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Tag Archives: John Rawlins
Henry Adams on Adam Badeau and Ulysses S. Grant
On April 29, 1885, as Ulysses S. Grant was in the last stretch of writing his memoirs—and in the last stages of his terminal throat cancer—a story appeared in one of the New York newspapers that claimed Grant was not … Continue reading
The William Belknap Impeachment – Some Historical Background
When American author Mark Twain referred to the postbellum United States as living through a ‘Gilded Age’ he almost certainly had in mind the excesses exhibited by men like William Belknap, whose term as Secretary of War in the cabinet … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Politics
Tagged Credit Mobilier, Grant's presidency, impeachment, John Rawlins, Ulysses S. Grant, Whiskey Ring, William Belknap
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Review: “My Greatest Quarrel with Fortune”: Major General Lew Wallace in the West, 1861-1862
Lew Wallace lived a life of many hats. From volunteer in the Mexican War, to lawyer, Civil War General, territorial governor where he tangled with Billy the Kid, best-selling novelist, and ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Wallace’s biography reads like … Continue reading
Grant the Butcher?
Although saddled with the reputation of “Grant the Butcher,” Ulysses S. Grant was hardly unmoved by the butchery around him. An incident in the Wilderness, relayed by Grant’s chief of staff, John Rawlins, to biographer James Wilson (Federal cavalryman and … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Grant, Grant the Butcher, Horace Porter, James Wilson, John Rawlins, Ulysses S. Grant, wilderness
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The Myth of the “Cracker Line”: Part One
We are excited to welcome guest author Frank Varney. Frank is the author of General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S. Rosecrans Influenced Our Understanding of the Civil War. Part one in a … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Leadership--Federal, Memory
Tagged Battle of Chickamauga, Cracker Line, Frank Varney, George Thomas, Henry Halleck, John Rawlins, Montgomery Meigs, Philip Sheridan, Siege of Chattanooga, The Myth of the Cracker Line, Ulysse S. Grant, William Rosecrans
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