Winning the West : The Lives and Legacies of Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and George H. Thomas

In the 19th century, one of the surest ways to rise to prominence in American society was to be a war hero, like Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison. But few would have predicted such a destiny for Hiram Ulysses Grant, who had been a career soldier with little experience in combat and a failed