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And so you haveUnion engineers, and they'd be workingbehind the protection of what was...

Grant • S01E02 • 2020
And so you have
Union engineers, and they'd be working
behind the protection of what was called
a sap roller, normally a bundle
of cane and vine packed with dirt or cotton, anything that'll stop
a bullet. And the whole object
is to get all the way up to the Confederate line. ♪ ♪

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And so you have Union engineers,
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and they'd be working behind the protection
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of what was called a sap roller,
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normally a bundle of cane and vine
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packed with dirt or cotton,
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anything that'll stop a bullet.
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And the whole object is to get all the way
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up to the Confederate line.
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♪ ♪
Duration
22 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:22
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
RadicalMedia,Appian Way,A+E Global Media,Lionsgate Television,Film Afrika

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Movie Summary

The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
S01 • E03 And there's a crucial intersection - Grant 00:57
And there's a crucial intersection
S01 • E02 [gunfire] - Grant 00:05
[gunfire]
S01 • E02 Where are they? [gunfire] - Grant 00:06
Where are they? [gunfire]
S01 • E02 [gunshot] - Grant 00:06
[gunshot]
S01 • E03 ‐ And now, finally, we find - Grant 00:40
‐ And now, finally, we find
S01 • E01 ‐ I still had hopes for the extreme pro‐slavery sentiment - Grant 00:19
‐ I still had hopes for the extreme pro‐slavery sentiment...
S01 • E03 And so it becomes a chase. - Grant 00:18
And so it becomes a chase.
S01 • E01 The South is feeling completely under attack, - Grant 00:15
The South is feeling completely under attack,
S01 • E03 Any other Union general would have marched into Petersburg - Grant 00:20
Any other Union general would have marched into Petersburg
S01 • E01 Now we've gone and elected this guy - Grant 00:09
Now we've gone and elected this guy
S01 • E03 [indistinct chatter] - Grant 00:08
[indistinct chatter]
S01 • E01 ‐ A few days after Lincoln's election, - Grant 00:37
‐ A few days after Lincoln's election,
S01 • E02 So by the end of the first year of the war, - Grant 00:19
So by the end of the first year of the war,
S01 • E03 A messenger from General Sheridan - Grant 00:05
A messenger from General Sheridan
S01 • E02 his decision to grant freedom to a slave... - Grant 00:40
his decision to grant freedom to a slave...
S01 • E01 Obviously the federal government - Grant 00:07
Obviously the federal government
S01 • E01 The Confederates wanted the Union soldiers to leave. - Grant 00:09
The Confederates wanted the Union soldiers to leave.
S01 • E01 [explosions] - Grant 00:12
[explosions]
S01 • E02 ‐ When Lincoln put out the Emancipation Proclamation, - Grant 00:07
‐ When Lincoln put out the Emancipation Proclamation,
S01 • E01 ‐ Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers - Grant 00:10
‐ Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers