by H. W. Brands
Stanton’s suspension in
Wilmot Proviso in
see also Congress, U.S.; House of Representatives, U.S.
Seven Days’ battles
Seventh Cavalry, U.S.
Seward, William, 13.1, 18.1, 38.1, 42.1
attempted assassination of
co-presidency proposal of
Emancipation Proclamation and
Fort Sumter crisis and
purchase of Alaska and
Seymour, Horatio, 56.1, 56.2, 56.3
Sheets, Lewis
Shenandoah Valley campaign, 44.1, 45.1, 47.1
Sheridan, Philip, prl.1, 36.1, 41.1, 44.1, 48.1, 48.2, 50.1, 53.1, 53.2, 54.1, 77.1, 79.1, 79.2, 79.3, 80.1, 80.2, 84.1, 87.1
in Appomattox campaign, 48.1, 49.1
on Grant
Louisiana electoral conflict and
Mexico crisis and
in Shenandoah Valley campaign
on war
Sherman, Ellen, 43.1, 43.2
Sherman, John, 13.1, 18.1, 18.2, 24.1, 40.1, 56.1, 58.1, 60.1, 65.1, 77.1, 82.1
Sherman, William Tecumseh, prl.1, 7.1, 31.1, 31.2, 33.1, 36.1, 39.1, 39.2, 41.1, 45.1, 50.1, 50.2, 54.1, 58.1, 62.1, 66.1, 77.1, 77.2, 78.1, 79.1, 79.2, 80.1, 80.2, 81.1, 85.1, 86.1, 87.1, 87.2
in Atlanta campaign
banking career of, 10.1, 13.1
California gold rush and
Cameron’s conversation with
Chase’s correspondence with, 27.1, 29.1
at Chattanooga, 36.1, 36.2
at Chickasaw Bayou
on contraband cotton trade
Dana’s admiration for
1872 election and
in European tour
at First Bull Run
Fort Pillow incident and
Grant’s correspondence with, 47.1, 48.1, 48.2, 49.1, 50.1, 53.1, 54.1, 55.1, 56.1, 57.1, 65.1, 80.1
on Grant’s leadership style
Halleck’s correspondence with
Indian wars and
Lincoln’s encounters with, 18.1, 18.2
memoir of
in Meridian campaign
promoted to major general
on reconstruction
reputed mental disability of, 24.1, 25.1
at Shiloh, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
on slavery question
Stanton’s public humiliation of, 50.1, 51.1
total war concept of
in Vicksburg campaign, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3, 31.1, 31.2, 32.1
Willie Sherman’s death and
Sherman, Willie (son)
Sherman’s march:
bummers in
in Carolinas and Virginia, 47.1, 47.2, 48.1, 48.2
destruction of Atlanta in
freed blacks and
through Georgia, 46.1, 46.2, 47.1, 47.2
idea for
Lunt plantation in
preparations for
Savannah taken in
Shiloh, Battle of, prl.1, 24.1, 38.1, 58.1, 80.1
Buell’s arrival in
casualties in, 25.1
criticism of Grant in aftermath of
Grant in, 24.1, 24.2
Grant’s articles on
in Grant’s memoirs, 24.1, 25.1
Johnston’s proposal of
onset of
Sherman in, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3
surprise achieved in
Union counterattack in
Union retreat in
Wallace’s lost division in, 24.1, 24.2
Siam (Thailand)
Sickles, Daniel
Simonton, William
Sioux Indians, 55.1, 55.2, 66.1, 77.1
Sitting Bull
slaves, slavery, 1.1, 7.1, 11.1, 18.1, 19.1, 52.1, 52.2
arming of, 35.1, 40.1, 47.1
British abolition of
cotton industry and
Dominican annexation debate and
Dred Scott decision and
after the Emancipation Proclamation
escaped
Frémont’s emancipation decree and
fugitive slave law and, 7.1, 27.1
Grant’s ownership of, 10.1, 12.1
in Greeley’s open letter
Harpers Ferry raid and
immunity to malaria of
Kansas-Nebraska Act and, 9.1, 9.2
Kansas violence and
Lincoln’s view of
North-South boundary of
Pottawatamie massacre and
Sherman’s view of
Texas debate on
three-fifths rule and, 52.1, 52.2
Wilmot Proviso and
see also African Americans
Smith, Charles F., 21.1, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.2, 24.1
Smith, Dr.
Smith, M. L.
Smith, Roswell
Smith, William F., 36.1, 41.1, 42.1
Society of Friends (Quakers)
Soldiers’ Convention
South Carolina, 15.1, 15.2, 62.1, 65.1, 73.1, 79.1, 79.2
electoral violence in
Ku Klux Klan violence in, 62.1, 63.1, 63.2, 63.3, 71.1
secession of, 13.1, 14.1, 14.2
Sherman’s march through, 47.1, 47.2
Southern Pacific Railroad
Spain, 2.1, 5.1, 15.1, 57.1, 64.1
Cuban insurgency and, 60.1, 60.2, 61.1, 70.1
Virginius war scare and
Special Order No. 14
Special Order No. 15
Spotsylvania, Battle of
Spotted Tail, 66.1, 67.1, 77.1
Springfield Republican, 58.1, 65.1
Stanbery, Henry
Stanton, Edwin, 25.1, 27.1, 29.1, 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 38.1, 39.1, 39.2, 39.3, 42.1, 44.1, 44.2, 45.1, 45.2, 46.1, 47.1, 48.1, 49.1, 50.1, 53.1, 55.1, 56.1, 68.1, 86.1
congressional investigation of
Dana as spy for, 29.1, 30.1
ouster of, 54.1, 54.2
Sherman publicly humiliated by, 50.1, 51.1
State Department, U.S., 15.1, 58.1, 60.1
Washburne named secretary of
states’ rights, 18.1, 87.1
Stephens, Alexander, 9.1, 9.2, 14.1, 47.1, 51.1
Stevens, Aaron Dwight
Stevens, Thaddeus, 51.1, 52.1, 52.2, 53.1, 54.1
death of
Stewart, Alexander T.
Stewart, William
Stillwell, Leander
Stoddard, William
Storey, Moorfield
Stuart, George
Stuart, J. E. B.
death of
Suez Canal
Sumner, Charles, 46.1, 52.1, 53.1, 58.1, 61.1, 75.1
Alabama claims and
Brooks’s caning of, 9.1, 51.1
Dominican annexation debate and, 61.1, 65.1
1872 election and, 65.1, 65.2
Johnson impeachment and
Lincoln on
Republican Party’s rift and
Supreme Court, Massachusetts
Supreme Court, Missouri
Supreme Court, Texas
Supreme Court, U.S., 54.1, 62.1, 71.1, 75.1
Dred Scott decision of, 11.1, 11.2, 52.1
Grant’s nominations to
Slaughterhouse Cases in
Sutter, John
Syria
Taj Mahal
Tammany Hall, 67.1, 78.1
Taney, Roger B., 11.1, 52.1, 54.1
Taylor, Richard
Taylor, Zachary, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 57.1
Scott contrasted with
Tecumseh’s War
Temple, Oliver
Tennessee, 20.1, 53.1, 56.1, 65.1
Tennessee, Department of the, U.S., 28.1, 29.1, 36.1
Tenure of Office Act of 1867, 53.1, 54.1, 54.2
Terry, Alfred Howe, 47.1, 77.1
Texas, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, 14.1, 15.1, 30.1, 56.1, 58.1, 61.1, 65.1
electoral conflicts in
Ku Klux Klan violence in
slavery debate and
U.S. annexation of, 2.1, 2.2
Thailand (Siam)
Third Corps, U.S.
Thirteenth Amendment, 50.1, 52.1, 62.1, 75.1
Thirteenth Infantry Regiment, U.S.
Thomas, George H., 36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 36.4, 36.5, 43.1, 46.1, 47.1
Thomas, Jesse B.
Thompson, Jeff
Tift, Nelson
Tilden, Samuel, 78.1, 79.1, 79.2, 80.1
Tilghman, Lloyd
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Tourgée, Albion
transcontinental railroad
Indian conflict and
scandals and
Treasury Department, U.S., 27.1, 29.1, 29.2, 35.1, 58.1, 58.2, 58.3, 59.1, 59.2, 69.1, 69.2, 76.1
Treaty of Washington of 1871, 67.1, 80.1
Trenton Gazette
Trist, Nicholas
Troy Press
Trumbull, Lyman, 14.1, 65.1
Twain, Mark, see Clemens, Samuel
Tweed, William, 67.1, 76.1, 78.1, 87.1
Tyler, John, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1
Uncle Sam (steamer)
“Undeserved Stigma, An” (Grant)
Union League Club
Union Pacific Railroad, 55.1, 67.1, 84.1, 85.1
United States:
Alabama claims of
as built by conquest
Manifest Destiny slogan of
Texas annexed by, 2.1, 2.2
Tocqueville’s characterization of, 4.1, 4.2
United States Mail Company
Utah
Van Buren, Martin, 1.1, 2.1
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, William
Van Dorn, Earl, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 28.3, 30.1
Van Duzer (staff officer)
Venable, Charles
Vicksburg campaign, prl.1, 29.1, 30.1, 35.1
Battle of Champion Hill in
Battle of Jackson in
Battle of Raymond in
Black River fight in
Chickasaw Bayou fight in
Confederate surrender in
drinking episode in
geography of
Grant’s assumption of leadership in
Grant’s initial plan for, 30.1, 30.2
Holly Springs situation in, 30.1, 30.2
hydraulic engineering projects in
incountry campaign in
Lincoln and
onset of
Port Gibson fight in
Port Huron surrender and
running of Confederate batteries in, 30.1, 30.2, 31.1
siege of Vicksburg in, 32.1, 33.1
Victoria, Queen of England
Villepigue, John
Virginia, 38.1, 56.1, 65.1
new constitution of
secession of, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1
Virginia campaign of 1864, 39.1, 87.1
African American prisoners in
casualties in
Confederate peace feelers in
Confederate shortages and desertions in, 39.1, 47.1
crossing of Rapidan in
crossing of the James in
Dana on, 39.1, 40.1
doubts and criticisms of, 41.1, 42.1, 42.2
drinking issue and
Early’s raid in
1864 election and, 42.1, 42.2, 45.1
Grant-Lincoln meeting in
Grant’s strategy in
Hampton Roads conference in
psychological balance in
revised strategy in
Shenandoah Valley campaign in
siege of Petersburg in, see Petersburg, siege of
see also specific battles
Virginia Central Railroad
Virginia Military Institute
Virginius, CSS
Wade, Benjamin
Waite, Morrison, 70.1, 76.1
Walker, John
Wallace, Lew, 22.1, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 42.1
Wallace, W. H. L.
Wallen, Lieutenant
Ward, Ferdinand
Ward, S. J.
War Department, U.S., 9.1, 17.1, 18.1, 24.1, 25.1, 25.2, 27.1, 28.1, 29.1, 29.2, 34.1, 35.1, 36.1, 37.1, 38.1, 48.1, 50.1, 54.1, 58.1, 70.1, 77.1
Grant as acting secretary of war, 54.1
Indian wars and
War of 1812, 1.1, 57.1, 64.1
Washburne, Elihu, 14.1, 15.1, 19.1, 25.1, 26.1, 35.1, 36.1, 45.1, 48.1, 53.1, 56.1, 58.1, 58.2, 60.1, 62.1, 64.1, 65.1, 80.1, 80.2, 82.1
appointed secretary of state
Grant’s promotion to lieutenant general and
pleading woman incident and
Washington, George, 37.1, 38.1, 45.1, 57.1, 61.1, 68.1, 76.1
Washington Territory
Webb, Alexander S., 33.1, 39.1
Webber, Captain
Webster, Charles
Webster, Daniel, 7.1, 11.1, 65.1, 72.1, 76.1
Webster, Joseph
Webster & Co.
Weed, Thurlow, 14.1, 42.1, 64.1
Welles, Gideon, 41.1, 42.1, 42.2, 52.1
Wellington, Duke of
West Point, prl.1, 1.1, 57.1, 80.1, 86.1
Grant as cadet at
West Virginia, 45.1, 65.1
Wheeler, Joseph
Wheeler, William
Whig Party, U.S., 1.1, 2.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 65.1
breakup of
Whiskey Rebellion
whiskey scandal, 76.1, 87.1
White, Harry
White Leagues, 73.1, 74.1, 75.1, 75.2
Wide Awakes
Wilderness, Battle of the, prl.1, 39.1, 39.2, 40.1, 41.1, 58.1
Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, 64.1, 80.1
Willcox, Orlando
Williams, Alpheus
Williams, George, 70.1, 71.1, 73.1, 76.1
Willich, August
Wilmot, David
Wilson, Bluford
Wilson, Henry, 65.1, 67.1
Wilson, James
Winchester, Battle of
Wolf, Simon
Wood, Fernando
Wood, General
World tour (Grant’s), 1877–79, 80.1
Bismarck-Grant meeting in
British leg of
China leg of
Cuban leg of
France and Mediterranean legs of
free trade issue in
German leg of
India leg of
Japan leg of
Southeast Asia leg of
in U.S., 81.1, 82.1
Worth, William, 4.1, 6.1
Wyoming Territory
Yates, Richard, 16.1, 16.2
Yellow Tavern, Battle of
Young, John Russell, 80.1, 84.1
About the Author
For nearly two decades, H. W. Brands has been writing a six-volume history of the United States in the form of a series of linked biographies. Four volumes have been published before now; these are Volume 1: The First American (on Benjamin Franklin, 1706–1790), Volume 2: Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), Volume 4: T.R. (Theodore Roosevelt, 1858–1919), and Volume 5: Traitor to His Class (Franklin Roosevelt, 1882–1945). The present work, The Man Who Saved the Union (Ulysses Grant, 1822–1885), becomes Volume 3.
The author continues to teach at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Dickson Allen Anderson Professor of History, while he works on Volume 6.
Birthplace at Point Pleasant, Ohio
Earliest photograph of Grant (left), with the army in Louisiana, 1845
Hardscrabble, the Missouri home Grant built for his young family
Henry W. Halleck, Grant’s ambivalent superior
Jesse Grant, his father
Grant, suddenly famous though barely recognizable, after the battle of Fort Donelson, 1862
At Chattanooga, 1863
The siege of Vicksburg, 1863
Abraham Lincoln promotes Grant, 1864
At Cold Harbor, 1864
With John Rawlins (left), his fiercely loyal adjutant
George G. Meade the victor at Gettysburg and Grant’s subordinate in the Virginia campaign
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sp; William T. Sherman Grant’s closest friend and most capable lieutenant
Consulting his generals in Virginia, 1864 (Grant is the one bending over the back of the bench to see the map)
At City Point, Virginia, 1864
Headquarters at City Point
Heroically rendered for popular consumption
Lincoln, showing the strain of the agonizing conflict
Edwin M. Stanton, the war secretary who spied on Grant
Robert E. Lee’s surrender, reimagined
Grant for president, 1868
Young Jesse, Julia and Nellie
For reelection, 1872
At Long Branch, New Jersey, where the Grant family spent summers, with Jesse and Julia
The peace policy symbolized: Grant meets with Indian chiefs
Grant in the Southern press, after he used the army to safeguard civil rights in Louisiana
Elder statesman and world traveler
At Mount McGregor, racing death to finish his memoirs
Grant’s funeral procession in New York, 1885
Dedication of the tomb, New York, 1897
Also by H. W. Brands
The Reckless Decade
T.R.
The First American
The Age of Gold
Lone Star Nation
Andrew Jackson
Traitor to His Class
American Colossus
The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield