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To Rescue the Republic - Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876 (Paperback)
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To Rescue the Republic - Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876 (Paperback)
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#1 New York Times Bestseller Fox News Channel's Chief Political
Anchor illuminates the heroic life of Ulysses S. Grant "To Rescue
the Republic is narrative history at its absolute finest. A
fast-paced, thrilling and enormously important book." -Douglas
Brinkley An epic history spanning the battlegrounds of the Civil
War and the violent turmoil of Reconstruction to the forgotten
electoral crisis that nearly fractured a reunited nation, Bret
Baier's To Rescue the Republic dramatically reveals Ulysses S.
Grant's essential yet underappreciated role in preserving the
United States during an unprecedented period of division. Born a
tanner's son in rugged Ohio in 1822 and battle-tested by the
Mexican American War, Grant met his destiny on the bloody fields of
the Civil War. His daring and resolve as a general gained the
attention of President Lincoln, then desperate for bold leadership.
Lincoln appointed Grant as Lieutenant General of the Union Army in
March 1864. Within a year, Grant's forces had seized Richmond and
forced Robert E. Lee to surrender. Four years later, the reunified
nation faced another leadership void after Lincoln's assassination
and an unworthy successor completed his term. Again, Grant answered
the call. At stake once more was the future of the Union, for
though the Southern states had been defeated, it remained to be
seen if the former Confederacy could be reintegrated into the
country-and if the Union could ensure the rights and welfare of
African Americans in the South. Grant met the challenge by boldly
advancing an agenda of Reconstruction and aggressively countering
the Ku Klux Klan. In his final weeks in the White House, however,
Grant faced a crisis that threatened to undo his life's work. The
contested presidential election of 1876 produced no clear victory
for either Republican Rutherford B. Hayes or Democrat Samuel
Tilden, who carried most of the former Confederacy. Soon Southern
states vowed to revolt if Tilden was not declared the victor. Grant
was determined to use his influence to preserve the Union,
establishing an electoral commission to peaceably settle the issue.
Grant brokered a grand bargain: the installation of Republican
Hayes to the presidency, with concessions to the Democrats that
effectively ended Reconstruction. This painful compromise saved the
nation, but tragically condemned the South to another century of
civil-rights oppression. Deep with contemporary resonance and
brimming with fresh detail that takes readers from the battlefields
of the Civil War to the corridors of power where men decided the
fate of the nation in back rooms, To Rescue the Republic reveals
Grant, for all his complexity, to be among the first rank of
American heroes.
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