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? John Wilkes Boothhad gathered a small band of conspirators because Booth plannednot only...

Grant • S01E03 • 2020
� John Wilkes Booth
had gathered a small band of conspirators because Booth planned
not only to murder Lincoln but to murder
Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State Seward,
and General Ulysses S. Grant. He planned to decapitate
the entire United States government,
if he could do it

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‐ John Wilkes Booth had gathered a small band
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of conspirators
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because Booth planned not only to murder Lincoln
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but to murder Vice President Andrew Johnson,
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Secretary of State Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant.
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He planned to decapitate the entire
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United States government, if he could do it.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:01
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E02 ‐ By the summer of 1863, - Grant 00:30
‐ By the summer of 1863,
S01 • E01 ‐ They're begging Halleck, prodding Halleck. - Grant 00:41
‐ They're begging Halleck, prodding Halleck.
S01 • E03 [woman screams] - Grant 00:36
[woman screams]
S01 • E02 win. - Grant 00:09
win.
S01 • E02 Here's the guy who won the campaign at Vicksburg, - Grant 00:08
Here's the guy who won the campaign at Vicksburg,
S01 • E01 ‐ Most of the Confederates had already evacuated. - Grant 00:10
‐ Most of the Confederates had already evacuated.
S01 • E02 The Union Army of the Cumberland is stuck - Grant 00:45
The Union Army of the Cumberland is stuck
S01 • E03 [hoofbeats clopping] - Grant 00:30
[hoofbeats clopping]
S01 • E01 The capture of Fort Henry was significant, - Grant 00:08
The capture of Fort Henry was significant,
S01 • E01 Fort Donelson was only about 12 miles to the east. - Grant 00:15
Fort Donelson was only about 12 miles to the east.
S01 • E01 [booming] - Grant 00:16
[booming]
S01 • E01 [all shouting] - Grant 00:06
[all shouting]
S01 • E01 That's a pattern with Grant. - Grant 00:21
That's a pattern with Grant.
S01 • E02 And he immediately calls the four divisions - Grant 00:14
And he immediately calls the four divisions
S01 • E01 [booming] - Grant 00:18
[booming]
S01 • E02 He's got Sherman with the Army of the Tennessee. - Grant 00:46
He's got Sherman with the Army of the Tennessee.
S01 • E03 [dramatic music] - Grant 00:20
[dramatic music]
S01 • E01 ‐ Sir, we should reinforce the right and wait till nightfall. - Grant 00:04
‐ Sir, we should reinforce the right and wait till nightfall...
S01 • E01 We got to attack now, and we can take this victory. - Grant 00:05
We got to attack now, and we can take this victory.
S01 • E01 [booming] - Grant 00:06
[booming]