Born to Battle: Grant and Forrest--Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga

by Jack Hurst

Book Overview

Hurst shows how Grant and Forrest brought to the battlefield the fabled virtues of the American working-class: hard work, ingenuity, and intense determination. Each man's background contributed to his triumphs on the battlefield, but the open-mindedness of his fellow commanders proved just as important. When the North embraced Grant, it won a stalwart defender. When the South rejected Forrest, by contrast, it sealed its fate.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465020186
• ISBN13: 9780465020188
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.9" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher