The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 5: April 1-August 31, 1862: 005 (U S Grant Papers) - Hardcover

Ulysses S. Grant (author) & John Y. Simon (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809306360 ISBN 13: 9780809306367

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1977

Synopsis

Covering the period of Shiloh to the prelude to Vicksburg, Volume 5 of this distinguished series converges on the many dramatic changes taking place in Grant's military career.

The bloody two-day battle of Shiloh, the dominating event covered in this volume, shocked both North and South, caused public opinion to run against Grant, placed his career at a low point, and tested his will to remain in service. The period, therefore, is significant for the portrait emerging of Grant meeting a variety of problems ranging from grand strategy to mundane detail. The volume is particu-larly rich also in unpublished letters and documents from some twenty-two institu-tions and nine private collections here opened for the first time.

About this title

About the Author:

John Y. Simon is Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association and Pro-fessor of History at Southern Illinois Uni-versity Carbondale. Volume 5 was edited with the assistance of Thomas G. Alex-ander, Professor of History and Assistant Director of the Charles Read Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young Uni-versity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0809306360
• ISBN 13: 9780809306367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 488