>> i'm -- i'm gonna leave that up to you, dana. >> bogged down in the middle of a siege that could strike a decisive blow against the confederacy, ulysses s. grant falls victim to boredom and the bottle, going on a two-day binge just as confederate general john pemberton tries to break the siege by attacking grant's supp base at milliken's bend. >> grant doesn't start the war as an abolitionist. he even supports a pro-slavery candidate in the election of 1860. but after lincoln issues the emancipation proclamation, grant is quick to see how the union army and newly freed slaves can benefit from each other. >> if my name goes down in history, it will be for this act. >> he creates a system that pays ex-slaves to work on abandoned plantations in the mississippi valley. and when he makes his move to vicksburg, he leaves his base at milliken's bend in the hands of new regiments made up of freed
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