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? The primary strategyof any siege is isolating the peopleyou are besieging inside,...

Grant • S01E02 • 2020
� The primary strategy
of any siege is isolating the people
you are besieging inside, causing them to use up
both their military resources but especially their food to force them to capitulate. So the consequence of this
is, Grant's army will grow to over 70,000 troops
over time... and it's a ratcheting up
of military pressure

Full Transcript

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‐ The primary strategy of any siege
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is isolating the people you are besieging inside,
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causing them to use up both their military resources
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but especially their food
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to force them to capitulate.
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So the consequence of this is, Grant's army will grow
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to over 70,000 troops over time...
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and it's a ratcheting up of military pressure.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:51
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 • E03 [door clicks open] - Grant 00:10
[door clicks open]
S01 • E01 ‐ And so having come from the tannery - Grant 00:12
‐ And so having come from the tannery
S01 • E01 ‐ Grant comes out of a series of failures - Grant 00:23
‐ Grant comes out of a series of failures
S01 • E03 ‐ Perhaps you remember, - Grant 00:06
‐ Perhaps you remember,
S01 • E01 ‐ In the military, he was home again. - Grant 00:12
‐ In the military, he was home again.
S01 • E03 ‐ Yes, I'm sure you're right. I don't quite recall. - Grant 00:06
‐ Yes, I'm sure you're right. I don't quite r...
S01 • E01 ‐ Very soon after the war began, - Grant 00:11
‐ Very soon after the war began,
S01 • E01 ‐ Kentucky is one of four slaveholding states - Grant 00:08
‐ Kentucky is one of four slaveholding states
S01 • E01 We called those the border states. - Grant 00:59
We called those the border states.
S01 • E03 ‐ As they sit there in that room, - Grant 00:12
‐ As they sit there in that room,
S01 • E03 You have Robert E. Lee, - Grant 00:19
You have Robert E. Lee,
S01 • E02 He doesn't relish any of it, - Grant 00:19
He doesn't relish any of it,
S01 • E01 ‐ Citizens of Paducah, I have come among you - Grant 00:55
‐ Citizens of Paducah, I have come among you
S01 • E02 And they started eating anything that moved, - Grant 00:52
And they started eating anything that moved,
S01 • E03 ‐ At least there's one real American in this room. - Grant 00:04
‐ At least there's one real American in this room.
S01 • E01 ‐ My dear Julia, - Grant 00:18
‐ My dear Julia,
S01 • E03 ‐ Your terms are generous. - Grant 00:04
‐ Your terms are generous.
S01 • E03 They'll listen to you, - Grant 00:06
They'll listen to you,
S01 • E01 ‐ Whoo, let them taste this steel! - Grant 00:14
‐ Whoo, let them taste this steel!
S01 • E01 [tense music] - Grant 00:16
[tense music]