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� There were three separate
attacks on his legacy. Grant is known by many
as the butcher. Grant is known as the drunk.
Grant is known as the corrupt. ‐ Everything else
gets stripped away, and you've got the guy
that won the Civil War and he was an alcoholic
and a failed president. ‐ And the Lost Cause
casts Grant as the villain and Lee as the hero. So once the memory
of that generation that venerated him passed on,
he was forgotten
attacks on his legacy. Grant is known by many
as the butcher. Grant is known as the drunk.
Grant is known as the corrupt. ‐ Everything else
gets stripped away, and you've got the guy
that won the Civil War and he was an alcoholic
and a failed president. ‐ And the Lost Cause
casts Grant as the villain and Lee as the hero. So once the memory
of that generation that venerated him passed on,
he was forgotten
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‐ There were three separate
attacks on his legacy.
00:00:06.999 --> 00:00:08.799
Grant is known by many
as the butcher.
00:00:08.799 --> 00:00:13.345
Grant is known as the drunk.
Grant is known as the corrupt.
00:00:13.345 --> 00:00:15.097
‐ Everything else
gets stripped away,
00:00:15.097 --> 00:00:17.266
and you've got the guy
that won the Civil War
00:00:17.266 --> 00:00:19.476
and he was an alcoholic
and a failed president.
00:00:19.476 --> 00:00:24.648
‐ And the Lost Cause
casts Grant as the villain
00:00:24.648 --> 00:00:26.984
and Lee as the hero.
00:00:26.984 --> 00:00:29.987
So once the memory
of that generation
00:00:29.987 --> 00:00:35.159
that venerated him passed on,
he was forgotten.
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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.
