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U. S. Grant CIVIL WAR AMERICA GARY W. GALLAGHER, EDITOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS CHAPEL HILL U. S. Gr ant AMERICAN HERO, AMERICAN MYTH Joan Waugh © 2009 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Designed by Kimberly Bryant Set in Minion and Bickham Script by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Waugh, Joan. U. S. Grant : American hero, American myth / Joan Waugh. p. cm. — (Civil War America) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8078-3317-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822–1885. 2. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822–1885—Public opinion. 3. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822–1885—Influence. 4. Presidents—United States—Biography. 5. Generals—United States—Biography. 6. United States. Army—Biography. 7. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Public opinion. 8. Collective memory—United States. 9. Public opinion—United States. I. Title. E672.W38 2009 973.8′2092—dc22 [B] 2009018550 Title page illustration: “Grant from West Point to Appomattox” (print) by Thure de Thulstrup (Boston: L. Prang and Co., 1885). The commemorative portrait of Grant is surrounded by scenes from his life (clockwise from lower left): West Point graduation, 1843; action at Chapultepec, Mexico, 1847; drilling volunteers, 1861; directing action at Fort Donelson, 1862; with Sherman at Shiloh, 1862; Vicksburg, 1863; Chattanooga, 1863; formal acceptance as commander-in-chief, 1864; Appomattox surrender, 1865. 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 for Caleb and Joshua Contents Introduction 1 ONE Youth 9 TWO The Magnanimous General 49 THREE A Great Soldier Might Be a Baby Politician 103 INTERLUDE The Most Famous Living American 155 FOUR Historian of the Union Cause 167 FIVE Pageantry of Woe: The Funeral of U. S. Grant 215 SIX The Nation’s Greatest Hero Should Rest in the Nation’s Greatest City 261 EPILOGUE Who’s [Really] Buried in Grant’s Tomb? 303 Notes 309 Acknowledgments 359 Index 361 This page intentionally left blank U. S. Grant

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At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his preside
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