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? The initials U. S. Grant areactually a complete accident. When that name appears, his...

Grant • S01E01 • 2020
� The initials U. S. Grant are
actually a complete accident. When that name appears, his fellow cadets immediately
start making nicknames. United States Grant,
Uncle Sam Grant, and it's Sam
that sticks with him

Full Transcript

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‐ The initials U. S. Grant are actually a complete accident.
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When that name appears,
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his fellow cadets immediately start making nicknames.
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United States Grant, Uncle Sam Grant,
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and it's Sam that sticks with him.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:25
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 • E01 ‐ If you attended West Point, you were a very, very prime - Grant 00:08
‐ If you attended West Point, you were a very, very prime
S01 • E02 ‐ Look, I want to fight and win this war, - Grant 00:07
‐ Look, I want to fight and win this war,
S01 • E03 ‐ General Grant, our readers are keen to understand - Grant 00:06
‐ General Grant, our readers are keen to understand
S01 • E01 ‐ Almost all of the senior generals - Grant 00:08
‐ Almost all of the senior generals
S01 • E02 ‐ Sam, you're the most useful man we have. - Grant 00:04
‐ Sam, you're the most useful man we have.
S01 • E03 ‐ Lee had the advantage of being on the defensive. - Grant 00:04
‐ Lee had the advantage of being on the defensive.
S01 • E01 In the North you had Sherman. - Grant 00:25
In the North you had Sherman.
S01 • E03 I had to attack his army where it was, - Grant 00:05
I had to attack his army where it was,
S01 • E03 ‐ Cold Harbor, General, 12,000 good Union men dead, - Grant 00:06
‐ Cold Harbor, General, 12,000 good Union men dead,
S01 • E03 ‐ Do you have a question? ‐ Was it worth it, sir? - Grant 00:04
‐ Do you have a question? ‐ Was it worth it, sir?
S01 • E01 His intimate knowledge of their personalities - Grant 00:11
His intimate knowledge of their personalities
S01 • E02 You know the next move is Vicksburg. - Grant 00:04
You know the next move is Vicksburg.
S01 • E03 ‐ Cold Harbor, 12,000. What did we gain? - Grant 00:04
‐ Cold Harbor, 12,000. What did we gain?
S01 • E03 [tense music] - Grant 00:07
[tense music]
S01 • E01 ‐ He was not a model cadet. - Grant 00:05
‐ He was not a model cadet.
S01 • E01 ‐ He was in the middle of his class. - Grant 00:07
‐ He was in the middle of his class.
S01 • E01 ‐ But he was good in math. - Grant 00:08
‐ But he was good in math.
S01 • E01 ‐ And he excelled at horsemanship. - Grant 00:21
‐ And he excelled at horsemanship.
S01 • E03 ‐ They called me a butcher. - Grant 00:05
‐ They called me a butcher.
S01 • E03 ‐ I sometimes could hardly bring myself - Grant 00:09
‐ I sometimes could hardly bring myself