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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 llviim to redom and the bottle, going on a two-day binge just as confederate general john pemberton tries to break the siege by attacking grant s supply 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 ....
The fractured country back together. and though the confederacy is reeling from its recent losses at gettysburg and vicksburg, ulysses s. grant and the union army still have a fight on their hands. what is to be done? how will we end this war? the end will require one more bloody battle. if we press this thing. they will surrender. then let the thing be pressed. ....
What i want and what the people want is generals who will fight battles and win victories. grant is my man, and i am his the rest of the war. [ knock on door ] [ door opens ] [ birds chirping ] come to say goodbye? to everybody s amazement i think even grant s he turns out to be a very natural writer. and what he publishes is still regarded as the best military memoir in american history. it takes grant a while to write it, and he will only live a month after he finishes it. unconditional surrender. i could live for 300 years and never come up with a more perfect slogan. unconditional surrender. i know now why they hated it so. ....
it says here that charles a. dana has been appointed special commissioner by the department of war to report upon the condition of the pay services of the western armies. indeed. i don t believe for a second that he s here to investigate the pay masters. see who he s after, general. i think you re right. dana arrives with a lot of whispering and gossiping. grant he s gonna take dana under his wing, explain to dana the situation in front of him. keep him closer. it s better that way. .and hopefully turn dana into a source of support instead of a spy. we have no choice here but to move forward to a decisive victory. charles dana s arrival is a warning. grant must find a way to attack vicksburg, or his career is over. grant devices a bold, brilliant new plan. first, grant will send transport ships protected by iron-clad gun ....
City have ended in failure. now it s up to grant to find a way to take vicksburg, completing the north s plan to strangle the south. but just getting to vicksburg is proving impossible. now put your back into it, give it to her again. [ men grunting ] come on! it s no use, general grant. ahh! take a break. take a break! the popular opinion in the north is that the plan to take vicksburg has been delayed because of grant s leadership. and when rumors of his drinking begin to surface, members of lincoln s cabinet and the press call for his removal. now, even though grant has turned to alcohol, the real reason for the stalled operation has to do with seasonal floods and little to do with grant being drunk. six feet of mud no matter where you look. we can t attack vicksburg if we don t have dry ground to attack it from. the key to a union victory lies in vicksburg, but if grant can t capture the city, his career, the war, and the union ....