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Grant

‐ Fire the cannon! ♪ ♪ ‐ Very few people really knowwho Ulysses S. Grant was. ‐ Today...

Grant • S01E02 • 2020
[soldiers yelling] ‐ Fire the cannon!
[cannon booms] ♪ ♪ ‐ Very few people really know
who Ulysses S. Grant was. ‐ Today there is this sense
that he's forgotten. ‐ He's been called
so many things over the years. ‐ The greatest general
of his time. ‐ A military genius. ‐ A bloody butcher. ‐ A corrupt president. ‐ A belligerent drunk
who got lucky. He didn't get lucky

Full Transcript

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[soldiers yelling]
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‐ Fire the cannon! [cannon booms]
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♪ ♪
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‐ Very few people really know who Ulysses S. Grant was.
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‐ Today there is this sense that he's forgotten.
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‐ He's been called so many things over the years.
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‐ The greatest general of his time.
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‐ A military genius.
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‐ A bloody butcher.
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‐ A corrupt president.
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‐ A belligerent drunk who got lucky.
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He didn't get lucky.
Duration
41 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:04
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 [gunfire] [all shouting] - Grant 00:49
[gunfire] [all shouting]
S01 • E03 ‐ Ulysses S. Grant is this perfectly average, - Grant 00:08
‐ Ulysses S. Grant is this perfectly average,
S01 • E03 ‐ With a lot of hard times and failures in his life. - Grant 00:20
‐ With a lot of hard times and failures in his life.
S01 • E02 ‐ Ulysses S. Grant is this perfectly average, - Grant 00:08
‐ Ulysses S. Grant is this perfectly average,
S01 • E02 ‐ With a lot of hard times and failures in his life. - Grant 00:20
‐ With a lot of hard times and failures in his life.
S01 • E03 ‐ To heal his country. - Grant 00:32
‐ To heal his country.
S01 • E01 ‐ Hurt bad, private? ‐ It's only a scratch, sir. - Grant 00:06
‐ Hurt bad, private? ‐ It's only a scratch, sir.
S01 • E02 ‐ To heal his country. - Grant 00:54
‐ To heal his country.
S01 • E01 Pitch in. I'm right behind you. - Grant 00:04
Pitch in. I'm right behind you.
S01 • E01 [indistinct shouting] - Grant 00:33
[indistinct shouting]
S01 • E02 ‐ The battle of Shiloh is the bloodiest battle - Grant 00:09
‐ The battle of Shiloh is the bloodiest battle
S01 • E02 And now all of a sudden, people are asking, - Grant 00:15
And now all of a sudden, people are asking,
S01 • E01 ‐ Ulysses S. Grant is this perfectly average, - Grant 00:08
‐ Ulysses S. Grant is this perfectly average,
S01 • E01 ‐ With a lot of hard times and failures in his life. - Grant 00:20
‐ With a lot of hard times and failures in his life.
S01 • E02 But the president answered - Grant 00:37
But the president answered
S01 • E03 ‐ The battles of the Wilderness, - Grant 00:43
‐ The battles of the Wilderness,
S01 • E03 And it's more loss. It's more rivers of blood. - Grant 00:05
And it's more loss. It's more rivers of blood.
S01 • E03 ‐ If you're a soldier, you think, - Grant 00:13
‐ If you're a soldier, you think,
S01 • E02 Grant wants to finish off - Grant 00:19
Grant wants to finish off
S01 • E03 But Grant still believes that Lee's army is almost broken. - Grant 00:17
But Grant still believes that Lee's army is almost brok...