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played an important strategic role by connecting Hagerstown
Sixteenth president of the United States
By sculptor Francis Barnum
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General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War (Frank P. Varney - UA) Section-US Presidents played an important strategic roleby Frank P. Varney General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war winning general, and he certainly deserves credit for his efforts on behalf of the Union. But has he received too much credit at the expense of other men? Have others who fought the war with him suffered unfairly at his hands? General Grant and the Verdict of History: Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War explores these issues. Professor Frank P. Varney examines Grants