. The photographic history of the civil . , REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. GRANT IN 1863—BEFORE THE FIRST OF HIS GREAT VICTORIES Grant was described in 1801 as a man who knows how to do tilings. In February, 186*2, he captured FortsHenry and Donelson, thus opening the way for a Federal advance up the Tennessee River, and was promptlycommissioned major-general. His experience at Shiloh in April, coupled with failures in official routineduring the Donelson campaign which were not approved by his superiors, left him under a cloud which wasnot removed until the capture of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, rev
. The photographic history of the civil . , REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. GRANT IN 1863—BEFORE THE FIRST OF HIS GREAT VICTORIES Grant was described in 1801 as a man who knows how to do tilings. In February, 186*2, he captured FortsHenry and Donelson, thus opening the way for a Federal advance up the Tennessee River, and was promptlycommissioned major-general. His experience at Shiloh in April, coupled with failures in official routineduring the Donelson campaign which were not approved by his superiors, left him under a cloud which wasnot removed until the capture of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, revealed capacity of a high order. The govern-ments plan of conducting the war was then entrusted to him to work out with practically unlimited power. unbelligerent that he never had even a spat at West no martial qualities except, perhaps, in his love ofhorses and in their fearless handling, there was in him nosuggestion of the vocation of the soldier. He entered the Mil-itary Academy simply because his father desired that he
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