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Men of Fire: Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War Jack Hurst Unabridged edition
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Men of Fire: Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign That Decided the Civil War
Jack Hurst
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 Gran's steady plodding, a ruthless slaveholder and future KKK Grand Wizard to Grant's abolitionism.
Author Jack Hurst captures the battle of these two great men and armies in all its destructive glory.
| Media | Audio Book Audiobook (CD) (Audiobook on CD) |
| Number of discs | 11 |
| Released | July 2, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780786168101 |
| Label | Blackstone Audio Inc. |
| Dimensions | 125 × 145 × 10 mm · 349 g |
| Language | English |
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