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In 17 days,Grant's army marched 200 milesand won five battles. And now we are talkingabout...

Grant • S01E02 • 2020
In 17 days,
Grant's army marched 200 miles
and won five battles. And now we are talking
about a siege. ♪ ♪ ‐ When Grant first settles
into siege operations, he digs a line opposite
the Confederate ones, so you can cut off the key
routes of supply to the city. And then in case
a Confederate force came from his rear,
he then dug another series of entrenchments
facing the other way

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In 17 days, Grant's army marched
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200 miles and won five battles.
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And now we are talking about a siege.
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♪ ♪
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‐ When Grant first settles into siege operations,
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he digs a line opposite the Confederate ones,
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so you can cut off the key routes of supply to the city.
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And then in case a Confederate force
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came from his rear, he then dug another
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series of entrenchments facing the other way.
Duration
29 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:31
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 • E01 I hate to be that callous about it, - Grant 00:11
I hate to be that callous about it,
S01 • E03 ‐ By April of 1865, Grant has captured - Grant 00:11
‐ By April of 1865, Grant has captured
S01 • E02 And so you have Union engineers, - Grant 00:22
And so you have Union engineers,
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.