The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: February 21-April 30, 1865

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Southern Illinois University Press, 1967 - Manuscripts, American - 576 pages

On March29, Grant opened the Ap計omattox campaign, informing Sheridan that "I now feel like ending the matter."

Despite pleas to cancel the offensive because of adverse weather, Grant pressed ahead. Sheridan won the battle of Five Forks on April 1, and the next day Grant overran Lee's lines at Petersburg, forcing the evacuation of Richmond. Grant's mastery was never more appar苟nt than during his last battle. "I shall press the pursuit to the end," he wrote to Sherman, and by April 19 Lee had to choose between capitulation or annihila負ion. With the surrender at Appomattox, Grant demonstrated his capacity for making peace as well as for waging war.

In the frantic aftermath of Lincoln's death, Grant maintained his customary levelheadedness despite clamor for ven茆eance. He hoped that in President Andrew Johnson "we will find a man dis計osed and capable of conducting the gov苟rnment in its old channel."

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About the author (1967)

Civil War scholar John Y. Simon was born in Highland Park, Illinois on June 25, 1933. He received a B. A. from Swarthmore College and an M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He taught at Ohio State University before becoming a member of the Southern Illinois University history department in 1964. During his 34 years there, he taught courses on the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the history of Illinois. He also wrote and edited numerous books about Lincoln, Grant, and the Civil War. Beginning in 1962, he started editing the papers of Ulysses S. Grant, which comprised of thousands of documents and annotations, and set a new standard for the organization of historical documents. In 2004, he received a Lincoln Prize for his work. He was nearing completion of this project when he died on July 8, 2008.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: February 21-April 30, 1865
Volume 14 of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses S. Grant Association
Volume 14 of U S Grant Papers
AuthorUlysses Simpson Grant
EditorJohn Y. Simon
ContributorUlysses S. Grant Association
Editionillustrated
PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press, 1967
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized17 Jul 2007
ISBN0809311984, 9780809311989
Length576 pages
  
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