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This was a truly heroic effortof Grant in agonizing pain, writing the memoirs. And he...

Grant • S01E03 • 2020
This was a truly heroic effort
of Grant in agonizing pain, writing the memoirs. And he literally willed
himself to stay alive. ‐ And it's the final battle
of his life, the battle to outrace
his terminal cancer in order to finish his memoirs and rescue his family
from bankruptcy

Full Transcript

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This was a truly heroic effort of Grant in agonizing pain,
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writing the memoirs.
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And he literally willed himself to stay alive.
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‐ And it's the final battle of his life,
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the battle to outrace his terminal cancer
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in order to finish his memoirs
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and rescue his family from bankruptcy.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:10
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.
S01 • E01 ‐ Up to the Battle of Shiloh, I believed that the rebellion - Grant 00:39
‐ Up to the Battle of Shiloh, I believed that the rebellion...
S01 • E03 ‐ But as everything else in his life, - Grant 00:11
‐ But as everything else in his life,
S01 • E03 ‐ These volumes are dedicated to the American soldier - Grant 00:29
‐ These volumes are dedicated to the American soldier
S01 • E02 [bugle call playing] - Grant 00:22
[bugle call playing]
S01 • E01 The art of war is simple enough. - Grant 00:15
The art of war is simple enough.
S01 • E03 ‐ My family is American and has been for generations. - Grant 00:18
‐ My family is American and has been for generations.
S01 • E01 You'll go after him until he's finished. - Grant 00:08
You'll go after him until he's finished.
S01 • E03 It's very successful, and people read it everywhere. - Grant 00:37
It's very successful, and people read it everywhere.
S01 • E03 ‐ In 1900, Theodore Roosevelt - Grant 00:10
‐ In 1900, Theodore Roosevelt
S01 • E03 So even as late as the turn of the century, - Grant 00:07
So even as late as the turn of the century,
S01 • E03 And then in the decades that follow, - Grant 00:20
And then in the decades that follow,
S01 • E02 [soldiers yelling and cheering] - Grant 00:10
[soldiers yelling and cheering]
S01 • E03 ‐ The Lost Cause narrative - Grant 00:10
‐ The Lost Cause narrative
S01 • E02 ‐ Suddenly, to their astonishment, - Grant 00:23
‐ Suddenly, to their astonishment,
S01 • E03 "No, no, it was about state's rights and independence." - Grant 00:11
"No, no, it was about state's rights and independe...
S01 • E03 ‐ There were three separate attacks on his legacy. - Grant 00:35
‐ There were three separate attacks on his legacy.
S01 • E02 And I think that there are certain generals in history, - Grant 00:35
And I think that there are certain generals in history,
S01 • E03 ‐ And so Confederates lost the Civil War, - Grant 00:06
‐ And so Confederates lost the Civil War,
S01 • E02 ‐ It indicated to the men that they had passed through - Grant 00:18
‐ It indicated to the men that they had passed through
S01 • E02 ‐ Hold on with a bulldog grip. - Grant 00:07
‐ Hold on with a bulldog grip.