General Ulysses S. Grant is remembered tod ay as a war winning general\, and he certainly deserves credit for his eff orts on behalf of the Union. But has he gotten too much credit\, at the ex pense of other men? In an earlier book\, General Grant and the Rewriti ng of History\, Dr. Varney looked at the tempestuous relationship of Grant with General William S. Rosecrans. In General Grant and the Verd ict of History: Memoir\, Memory\, and the Civil War\, Professor Varne y looks at Grant&rsquo\;s relationship with three other noted Civil War ge nerals: the brash and uncompromising &ldquo\;Fighting Joe&rdquo\; Hooker\; George H. Thomas\, the stellar soldier who earned the sobriquet of &ldquo \;The Rock of Chickamauga&rdquo\; on one of the bloodiest fields of the wa r\; and Gouverneur Kemble Warren\, who served honorably and well in every major action of the Army of the Potomac before finding himself relieved\, less than two weeks before the end of the war\, after he had played a prom inent part in the Union victory.
\nIt is time to go back to the orig inal sources: back to the letters and journals and reports and memoirs of other witnesses\, back to the transcripts of the court-martial\, and to us e those sources to examine Grant&rsquo\;s story from a new perspective\, a s we compare what Grant said to the accounts other witnesses have left us. The results are enlightening and more than a little disturbing. \;
\nAbout the Presenter: Frank Varney earned his underg raduate degree at William Paterson University\, and his MA and PH.D at Cor nell University. He retired as a Distinguished Professor of U.S. and Class ical History\, and recently began teaching at St. Michael&rsquo\;s College in Vermont. He frequently speaks to Civil War roundtables\, history socie ties\, and other interested groups\, and often takes student groups to vis it historical sites\, especially Civil War battlefields. Dr. Varney makes frequent appearances as a guest on television and radio.
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