![]() What he knew best, it turned out, was how to wage war, relentlessly and with irresistible force. ![]() ![]() Grant made the most of unexpected commands. out a living for himself and his family with hardscrabble jobs, at the outbreak of hostilities he suddenly found himself a colonel, and then a general, of volunteers. Forced to resign his commission in the peacetime army for drinking, and thereafter reduced to eking. Grant, whose military genius ultimately preserved the Union, came to the forefront in the Civil War is a story as surprising as it is compelling. Grant's Rise to Command (Trade Paperback / Paperback)
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