Download or read book Ulysses S. Grant: A Victor, Not a Butcher written by Edward H. Bonekemper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulysses S. Grant is often accused of being a cold-hearted butcher of his troops. In Ulysses S. Grant: A Victor, Not a Butcher, historian Edward H. Bonekemper III proves that Grant's casualty rates actually compared favorably with those of other Civil War generals. His perseverance, decisiveness, moral courage, and political acumen place him among the greatest generals of the Civil War; indeed, of all military history. Bonekemper proves that it was no historical accident that Grant accepted the surrender of three entire Confederate armies and won the Civil War. Bonekemper ably silences Grant's critics and restores Grant to the heroic reputation he so richly deserves.