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1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 36 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Tom Weiner. |
| Summary |
In 1862, Ulysses S. Grant achieved what President Lincoln had sought since the start of the war: the first decisive Union victory. Fought on the western edge of the theater, the Forts Henry and Donelson campaign was a gruesome omen of what was to come. Grant, until then an obscure brigadier general with a reputation for drink, became the fighting man of the hour, earning the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant for his relentless pounding of the Confederates. But he had a match in ruthlessness in Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest, cavalry commander in the Henry and Donelson campaign, proved a counterweight to Grant: quick and nimble to the former's steady plodding, a ruthless slaveholder and future KKK Grand Wizard to Grant's abolitionism. Hurst captures the battle of these two great men and armies in all its destructive glory. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Military leadership.
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Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877 -- Military leadership.
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Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
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Fort Henry, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Weiner, Tom. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982434618 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982434619 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10028040 |
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