Captain Sam Grant / Grant Takes Command / Grant Moves South

Ulysses S. Grant Catton wrote the 2nd & 3rd volumes of this trilogy, following the publication of Captain Sam Grant in 1950 by historian & biographer Lloyd Lewis, making extensive use of Lewis's historical research, provided by his widow, Kathryn Lewis, who personally selected Catton to continue her husband's work.Grant Moves South (1960) shows the growth of Grant as a military commander, from victories at Forts Henry & Donelson, to Shiloh & Vicksburg. Grant Takes Command (1969) follows Grant from the Battle of Chattanooga in 1863 through Virginia campaigns against Robert E. Lee & the end of the war.(less)