Grant Takes Command

De: Bruce Catton

Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins

A thrilling account of the final years of the War Between the States and the great general who led the Union to victory.

This conclusion of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton's acclaimed Civil War history of General Ulysses S. Grant begins in the summer of 1863. After Grant's bold and decisive triumph over the Confederate Army at Vicksburg - a victory that wrested control of the Mississippi River from Southern hands - President Abraham Lincoln promoted Grant to the head of the Army of the Potomac.

The newly named general was virtually unknown to the nation and to the Union's military high command, but he proved himself in the brutal closing year and a half of the War Between the States. Grant's strategic brilliance and unshakeable tenacity crushed the Confederacy in the battles of the Overland Campaign in Virginia and the Siege of Petersburg.

In the spring of 1865, Grant finally forced Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, thus ending the bloodiest conflict on American soil. Although tragedy struck only days later when Lincoln - whom Grant called "incontestably the greatest man I have ever known" - was assassinated, Grant's military triumphs would ensure that the president's principles of unity and freedom would endure.

In Grant Takes Command, Catton offers listeners an in-depth portrait of an extraordinary warrior and unparalleled military strategist whose brilliant battlefield leadership saved an endangered Union.

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Grant takes command

This was a great book I've read a lot about Grant and this book took that knowledge 1 step further could not put it down

Excellent book!

I found this book to be an excellent listen (read). It was well researched and provided a look and an understanding of the personalities of Generals Grant, Lee, Sherman, Sheridan, Halleck, Jackson, Hood, Hill, Johnson, etc., and of President Lincoln as well as a clear picture of the war from Grant's perspective. Please do not be dissuaded from listening to this important work by those who do not like the narrator. Yes, the narrator did mispronounce some names and places, but the story is so absorbing and well told, that any annoyances from mistakes from the narrator are quickly forgotten and left as a leaf that flows down a stream.

Well read and very informative

Information not previously known was explained. Any Civil War enthusiast will enjoy this in its entirety

Great book

Catton does an excellent job putting the listener alongside Grant as he grows into his new role

Great book. Worst narration. Ever.

Sounds like a recording of a robot in a small closet reading a text in which every sentence ends with an exclamation point. Catton’s excellent book deserves infinitely better than the atrocity that is this narration.

Great book, poor pronunciation

Reader did good overall, but he drove me nuts with pronunciation of names, places, and military minutiae. The book itself was excellent.

Excellent Book

An excellent book and an excellent look into the late war mindset of General Grant. Highly recommend.

After This You Won't Take Grant For Granted

Great follow up companion to Catton's other book on Grant. Detailed stories with the personalities of those involved. You will not only learn history, but also be able to draw your own conclusion as to whether US Grant was an alcoholic or his drinking was exaggerated by his enemies and perpetuated by writers due to laziness or their belief that it made a better story.

Incredible

One of the finest Civil War pieces of literature ever. Clear writing, great structure and it was easy to follow the order of battle, where some works of war non-fiction get bogged down here. Probably the best narrator I've ever listened to. He captured the mood of each scene.

General Grant goes to war

This is more than a history of Grant, it the whole Union Army lay bear with all its ugly warts... Grant shines through and Lincoln see this gem of a man in the Western Theatre and calls him East to Command the Union Army and what a excellent choice.