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Grant

It was as iffrom the battlefield a metaphorical postcardwent home to America, and it...

Grant • S01E01 • 2020
It was as if
from the battlefield a metaphorical postcard
went home to America, and it said,
with a picture of the dead, "This is what
you've signed up for." It forced us to wake up. It forced us to grow up. It forced us to realize
that this was going to be much harder
than anybody had imagined. ♪ ♪

Full Transcript

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It was as if from the battlefield
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a metaphorical postcard went home to America,
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and it said, with a picture of the dead,
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"This is what you've signed up for."
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It forced us to wake up.
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It forced us to grow up.
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It forced us to realize that this was going
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to be much harder than anybody had imagined.
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♪ ♪
Duration
33 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:07
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 So eventually, Grant did go with Twain's offer - Grant 00:59
So eventually, Grant did go with Twain's offer
S01 • E02 ‐ We have 'em hell, General Lee. - Grant 00:04
‐ We have 'em hell, General Lee.
S01 • E02 ‐ I now felt the full weight - Grant 00:40
‐ I now felt the full weight
S01 • E03 This was a truly heroic effort of Grant in agonizing pain, - Grant 00:21
This was a truly heroic effort of Grant in agonizing pain,
S01 • E01 ‐ Up to the Battle of Shiloh, I believed that the rebellion - Grant 00:39
‐ Up to the Battle of Shiloh, I believed that the rebellion...
S01 • E03 ‐ But as everything else in his life, - Grant 00:11
‐ But as everything else in his life,
S01 • E03 ‐ These volumes are dedicated to the American soldier - Grant 00:29
‐ These volumes are dedicated to the American soldier
S01 • E02 [bugle call playing] - Grant 00:22
[bugle call playing]
S01 • E01 The art of war is simple enough. - Grant 00:15
The art of war is simple enough.
S01 • E03 ‐ My family is American and has been for generations. - Grant 00:18
‐ My family is American and has been for generations.
S01 • E01 You'll go after him until he's finished. - Grant 00:08
You'll go after him until he's finished.
S01 • E03 It's very successful, and people read it everywhere. - Grant 00:37
It's very successful, and people read it everywhere.
S01 • E03 ‐ In 1900, Theodore Roosevelt - Grant 00:10
‐ In 1900, Theodore Roosevelt
S01 • E03 So even as late as the turn of the century, - Grant 00:07
So even as late as the turn of the century,
S01 • E03 And then in the decades that follow, - Grant 00:20
And then in the decades that follow,
S01 • E02 [soldiers yelling and cheering] - Grant 00:10
[soldiers yelling and cheering]
S01 • E03 ‐ The Lost Cause narrative - Grant 00:10
‐ The Lost Cause narrative
S01 • E02 ‐ Suddenly, to their astonishment, - Grant 00:23
‐ Suddenly, to their astonishment,
S01 • E03 "No, no, it was about state's rights and independence." - Grant 00:11
"No, no, it was about state's rights and independe...
S01 • E03 ‐ There were three separate attacks on his legacy. - Grant 00:35
‐ There were three separate attacks on his legacy.