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"So if I pin Lee, "we'll eat the restof the Confederacy while we stand here and watchthis...

Grant • S01E03 • 2020

"So if I pin Lee, "we'll eat the rest
of the Confederacy while we stand here and watch
this all take place." ♪ ♪ ‐ So Grant decides to move Phil Sheridan
up the Shenandoah Valley, threatening
the logistical supply line of Robert E. Lee's army, threatening the bread basket
of the Confederacy that for three years had supplied
the Army of Northern Virginia. ‐ To General Sheridan: Do all the damage to railroads
and crops you can. We want the Shenandoah Valley
to remain a barren waste. Move quickly with the goal of
destroying all in your path. ‐ After Philip Sheridan destroys
the Shenandoah Valley, William Tecumseh Sherman
marches through Georgia. Grant famously says, "The Confederacy
is a hollow shell

Full Transcript

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"So if I pin Lee,

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"we'll eat the rest of the Confederacy

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while we stand here and watch this all take place."

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♪ ♪

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‐ So Grant decides to move

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Phil Sheridan up the Shenandoah Valley,

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threatening the logistical supply line

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of Robert E. Lee's army,

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threatening the bread basket of the Confederacy

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that for three years

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had supplied the Army of Northern Virginia.

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‐ To General Sheridan:

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Do all the damage to railroads and crops you can.

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We want the Shenandoah Valley to remain a barren waste.

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Move quickly with the goal of destroying all in your path.

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‐ After Philip Sheridan

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destroys the Shenandoah Valley,

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William Tecumseh Sherman marches through Georgia.

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Grant famously says,

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"The Confederacy is a hollow shell.

Duration

50 seconds

Views

69

Timestamp in Movie

00:26:04

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.