Essay - Ulysses Simpson Grant, (1822-1885) Was the 18th President of the...

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT, (1822-1885) was the 18th President of the United States and was known for his strategies and his capability as a Union during Civil War. He ***** ***** first general to win the ***** victories and President Abraham Lincoln staunchly defended him against critics ***** promoted ***** to command all Union forces. Late in the adm*****istration of Andrew Johnson, Grant quarreled with the President and *****ied with the Radical Republicans. With them, he became a symbol of vic*****ry and a logical candidate for presidency in 1868.

However ***** did not have the disposition for political leadership, and as ***** (1869-1877) he scarcely attempted to control events. When Grant had been elected, the American had people hoped for an end to ***** political and social turmoil but Grant provided neither vigor nor reform, looking ***** Congress for direction, he seemed bewildered. ***** made injudicious appointments to public office, while official corruption tainted his administration, although Grant himself w***** not involved in t***** peculation.

William S. McFeely's book "Grant: A Biography" is an outstanding work on the life of the great ********** General and hero. The ***** especially has good accounts of post-***** War era, as the author has written books ***** the Civil ***** and Reconstruction period before and knows of its h*****tory. McFeely is not only a fine historian he is also a first-rate writer ********** sharp portraits of Grant and those who surround him. "*****: A Biography" is a compelling n*****rrative that gives insightful expositions on important issues during Grant's tenure. Perhaps the best characteristic of the book is ***** way McFeely allows the reader to explore the human drama of Grant's life. McFeely shows his ********** that Grant, who loved and commanded massive attention from American public from his days as a Gener*****l until his death, was in reality an average person. While he had ***** a great military leader ***** his time, ***** was a f*****ilure in every bus*****ess endeavor he engaged himself in ***** ***** entire ***** *****d was at best an ineffective president.

***** loved t***** sound of the crowd"; in his account McFeely gives us an insight of this silent hero. The main point th***** McFeely makes several times in the book is that if there had been no ***** War ***** would have ***** no Grant. Grant was part and parcel, a product ***** the Civil War without the war he would be just another army man.

However, though McFeely openly criticizes ***** he does not present him as a dishonest ***** or one *****volved in *****, he *****s Grant character as weak and without the ability to administrate the government such ***** he could c*****ruption in his administration. Grant was elected twice and he ***** ***** and revered by the public, but Grant, as McFeely argues w***** in doubt his entire life about his personality and that contri*****ed a lot in ***** mismanagement while he was president. As McFeely says "He would try to put off anyone who might doubt