Bonekemper Edward H - Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War

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Original edition copyright 2012 by Edward H. Bonekemper III

This edition copyright 2015 by Edward H. Bonekemper III

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Bonekemper, Edward H.

Lincoln and Grant : the westerners who won the Civil War / Edward H. Bonekemper, III.

pages cm

1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Military leadership. 2. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Military leadership. 3. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns. 4. Civil-military relations--United States--History--19th century. 5. Command of troops--History--19th century. I. Title.

E457.2.B674 2014

973.70922--dc23

2014036079

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DEDICATION

T his book is dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln and Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, who played major roles in shaping a unified and freedom-loving nation.

It is not the least of the crowning mercies of these days that our political and military chiefs are men upon whose simple, earnest, unselfish devotion to their country no taint of suspicion was ever breathed; and our children will be forever grateful that our national salvation was achieved by the people under two such leaders as ABRAHAM LINCOLN and ULYSSES S. GRANT.

Harpers Weekly, April 22, 1865

CONTENTS

I n the course of writing two earlier books, A Victor, Not a Butcher: The Overlooked Military Genius of Ulysses S. Grant and Grant and Lee: Victorious American and Vanquished Virginian, I discovered the increasingly close working relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant as the Union moved toward victory in the Civil War. Astounded to discover that there has been no book-length treatment exclusively about their significant relationship, I decided to examine their backgrounds, experiences, and wartime interactions in order to demonstrate how these two men, working together, won the Civil War.