Grant and Sherman, Charles Bracelen Flood
Grant and Sherman, Charles Bracelen Flood
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Grant and Sherman
The Friendship That Won the Civil War

Author: Charles Bracelen Flood

Narrator: Charles Bracelen Flood

Abridged: 5 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/16/2007

Synopsis

""We were as brothers,"" William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship with Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it possible.Heeding the call to save the Union, each struggled past political hurdles to join the war effort. Taking each other's measure at the Battle of Shiloh, they began their unique collaboration. Often together under fire on the war's great battlefields, they shared the demands of family life, the heartache of loss, and supported each other in the face of mudslinging by the press and politicians. Their growing mutual admiration and trust set the stage for the crucial final year of the war and the peace that would follow.Moving and elegantly written, Grant and Sherman is a historical page-turner: a gripping portrait of two men whose friendship, forged on the battlefield, would win the Civil War.

About Charles Bracelen Flood

Charles Bracelen Flood is the author of Lee: The Last Years; Hitler: The Path to Power; and Rise, and Fight Again: Perilous Times Along the Road to Independence, winner of an American Revolution Round Table Award. He lives with his wife on a farm in Richmond, Kentucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on February 09, 2011

As other reviews note, this book is marred by some errors (e.g., it was not Grant who abrogated Kentucky's neutrality; most works I have read credit The Bishop General, Polk, with that accomplishment). It also promises more in the subtitle than it can deliver ("The Friendship That Won the Civil War"......more

Goodreads review by Arminius on May 24, 2017

The story recalls the past glory of the two greatest leaders of the Civil War and their relationship. Grant and Sherman's incredible victories combined to crush the game but overmatched Confederate Army led by who was considered the War's best Generals Robert E . Lee. The book runs a little long des......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on March 23, 2011

Sherman once famously said of Grant, 'we were as brothers', and the enduring friendship between them is brought wonderfully to life in this book. Both were considered failures before the War began, both had left the army, Grant was considered a drunk and Sherman a lunatic, but the Civil War was real......more

Goodreads review by DonnaDavis on February 23, 2018

Grant and Sherman are my favorite generals of all time, and Flood is a highly respected author. This book was on my must-read list, and so I searched it out on an annual pilgrimage to Powell’s City of Books, and I came home happy. It turned out to be even better than I anticipated. The beginning is c......more

Goodreads review by John on August 20, 2024

Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman are probably the most famous Union generals of the entire Civil War. Both men were failures before the war but found success in the worst conflict in American history, especially Grant. He captured three Confederate armies (including Robert E. Lee's Army......more

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