Grant's Emergence As A Strategic Leader July, 1863, To March, 1864
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Bruce Catton, Lloyd Lewis, Carl Sandburg, and T. Harry Williams wrote the primary sources used in research and provided a good balance of “Grant-centric” and “Lincoln-centric” views. Whenever possible, The Official Records of the Rebellion were used. Care was taken to use source material written during the Civil War. Sherman’s war time views of Grant’s abilities carry more weight in this paper than what he wrote after the war. Similarly, Grant’s Memoirs were read with a jaundiced eye.
The findings of the research are laid out in the body of the paper. Grant’s career is reviewed in order to show a steady progression of ability. There is also a noticeable maturation in Grant’s strategic thinking that can be seen in the period highlighted. Finally, incidents are examined in which Grant proved himself to President Lincoln to be a perceptive, adept actor in the politics of high level command, earning Lincoln’s trust and confidence.
The conclusion of the paper is that just when the nation called for him, Grant had developed the essential skills for the job of general-in-chief.
LTC Robert L. Ball
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Grant's Emergence As A Strategic Leader July, 1863, To March, 1864 - LTC Robert L. Ball
GRANT’S EMERGENCE AS A STRATEGIC LEADER JULY, 1863, TO MARCH, 1864
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Robert L. Ball, LTC, U.S. Army
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
Preface 5
Abstract 6
Chapter 1 — Introduction 7
Chapter 2 — The Foundation Is Laid 9
Chapter 3 — Uncharted Waters 13
Chapter 4 — The Die Is Cast 18
Chapter 5 — Conclusions 21
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 23
Bibliography 24
Preface
This paper was years in the making and sprang from two questions. The first has to do with the relationship between Grant and Lincoln and how it developed. I have long thought that the teaming of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant was one of the keys to success in the American Civil War. Until this year I had not spent any time researching and thinking about how that relationship happened.
The second question had to do with how Grant became the great strategic thinker that he was at the end of the war. Did he have a solid grasp of strategy as a brigadier general? I had a feeling that he developed his strategic skills but, again, had not been able to devote any serious study to it.
Researching and thinking about this subject has been a joy. I have found Grant to