• President Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of the Butcher

  • Apr 15 2024
  • Length: 50 mins
  • Podcast
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President Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of the Butcher

  • Summary

  • How does a heroic general of the Civil War become one of the lowest rated Presidents (at least until recently)?


    To discuss Grant's commitment to reconstruction, civil rights, and the crushing of the Ku Klux Klan, Don is joined by Professor Anne Marshall. Anne is a historian of the Nineteenth century U.S. South and the Civil War in historical memory at Mississippi State University.


    Produced by Freddy Chick. Edited by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.


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