Profiles the life, career and legacy of Ulysses S. Grant with a focus on his heroics in the Civil War and his rise to the presidency. Includes maps, photographs, timeline, glossary and list of historical sites.
Chronicles the last year of the Civil War, following the Army of the Potomac through the Battle of the Wilderness, the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, and Lee's surrender.
Provides an account of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union General Grant at Appomattox Court House in April 1865 which ended the U.S. Civil War.