History in Five: Ulysses S. Grant

[@9of966]

Happy to say I am one of those who read his memoirs, many years ago, and may do so again some day. When my life gets tough I often remind myself of what he went thru and self-correct my attitude.

[@Apaleutos24]

Ulysses S. Grant was a great General! Kind of decisive, organized, effective, skilled, humble, patient, persistent with his goals...

[@warden9876]

Maybe he was a good general, but he was a very poor politician. Once he antagonized the South with his enforcement of crazy Reconstruction laws that only made a black's life more miserable thanks to enormous white backlash against his Radical Republican measures. Second, his presidency is considered as the most corrupt in the whole of the US history.

[@Skittles1987]

@@warden9876 he was a good man

[@peterermish3017]

Wardenwarden warden Unbiased historians judge his political career differently.

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

@@warden9876 Don't confuse Grant with Johnson.

[@brandyroe3270]

Kind??

[@whitemexican8843]

He is my ancestor!!! My mom has a dresser that belonged to him a long time ago

[@Coolvid971]

she may have a dresser but that doesnt prove anything

[@tinytimgamer1671]

I took an ancestry DNA test and they traced my family tree to Ulysses s. Grant

[@connerwills6802]

TinyTim Gamer cool

[@banjokazooiefan181]

Eric Williams i might get wooshed but being related to trump is nothing to brag about

[@lj5116]

be careful looking at that dresser

[@justonemori]

One of the world's greatest Generals and Gentlemen!

[@dakarai2350]

He was married into my family awhile ago we have pictures of my family at that time with him but technically he’s not my relative by blood

[@Rschont11]

So you’re related to the Dent family?

[@CricketChris513]

He is my great great great grandfather

[@dakarai2350]

We’re probably related then

[@CricketChris513]

@@dakarai2350 turns out he is my great great great uncle

[@CricketChris513]

@@dakarai2350 we are related?

[@CricketChris513]

@@dakarai2350 btw bowles is my last name and the street his farm house is on just so happens to be bowles road

[@TTopherYT]

He is a distant cousin of mine, hello distant relatives

[@marissagilley5480]

He is my ancestor!

[@Coolvid971]

as if

[@jongrant1215]

He is mine as well

[@jongrant1215]

Grant was the first General and President to appoint Native Americans to positions of authority and power. Ely Samuel Parker was a full-blood Seneca Indian. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel during the American Civil War, when he served as adjutant and secretary to General Ulysses S. Grant. He wrote the final draft of the Confederate surrender terms at Appomattox. Later in his career, Parker rose to the rank of brevet brigadier general. When General Grant was elected as US president, he appointed Parker as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the first Native American to hold that post. And- he was a GRANT!

[@britneywilliams5863]

In these comments, people saying that Grant isn't relevant, how so?

[@bp4187]

Grant, truly great leader on and off the battlefield but much under appreciated and much maligned by over influential Southern historians. He saved our country.

[@amberwarren5513]

Jesus half my family line is in this damn comment section 😂

[@tanjiro9589]

His life's story should be told to everyone, everywhere

[@Gnarmarmilla]

Hey man, and he’s from Illinois! Represent... (I live on the southern end whereas Mr. Grant lived in the north west end, Galena Illinois.) Thanks for this brief bio.

[@jongrant1215]

Actually, he was born in Ohio and lived most of his life outside Illinois

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

I have read Smith's book. Highly recommended!

[@charlesg7707]

I like ur comments under this vid

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

@@charlesg7707 Thank you, Charles. Grant's generalship has always been maligned by historians. He won, so naturally the losers spit at him with titles like "Butcher" Grant. But he was the best. He captured 3 Confederate armies, intact, in the field: Ft. Donelson, Vicksburg, and Appomattox. No other general, North or South, captured even one.

[@corbinmcnabb]

Don't think I would call Grant a GREAT president, but he was better than some would have you believe. In 1961, there were a group of historians who listed Grant as our worst president, which is clearly absurd. Grant wanted to bring legal equality to African Americans, and deserves credit for the attempt. Unfortunately, he was not successful. He sometimes exercised poor judgement in his appointments, which caused a number of controversies. Grant himself was never implicated in any wrongdoing, but some of the people he appointed were. Grant was, in my opinion, an above average president. But no, not a great president.

[@johnbattle7518]

Pretty sure historians know more than you do!

[@corbinmcnabb]

Some historians have an agenda that has nothing to do with history. It is also a fact that historians differ on many such things. There is also the fact that this kind of evaluation is by definition, an opinion. I have read some ratings of past presidents that prevent me from unabashed agreement with your statement.

[@corbinmcnabb]

BMode32 Make sense. Can't confirm it, but it makes sense.

[@corbinmcnabb]

BMode32 People say they can't confirm racism?

[@dakarai2350]

BM32 Do you think it exists?

[@StomaticHat]

Good informational video!

[@jasonpalacios2705]

Actually he looked like the 70's George Carlin.

[@garylyons3506]

Grant and Lee we're mason brothers

[@shermanlee2164]

Many union/confederate generals are good friends, after all they went to West point together and fought the Mexicans together. In fact, even during the war while the 2 sides were in a cease fire for recovery, soldiers on both sides would meet and have cigarettes together.

[@protus3882]

but WHAT WAS HE DOING ON THE THERMOSTAT???

[@kidofflint8812]

This is what a leader looks like

[@scriptorium-in-candelight]

Granted some one must do what needs to be done. Slavery was a complex issue that through many years eventually some people came to understand the hatred and necessity to fight this war with every part of their existence....and others?

[@liamcoghlan5408]

RIP Jean Edward Smith

[@TTopherYT]

This is cool, Grant is a cousin on my dad’s side of the family and I’m doing a research paper on him. It’s very interesting

[@J1775-q6s]

thank you

[@youtubethienao508]

The world is empermanenting

[@mistervacation23]

You all are nuts if you think he should be president. He doesn’t know where he is!

[@dawsongrant6713]

Congratulations great great great great grandfather you did it ;)

[@liviadix1433]

You should be proud. He's one of my favorites historical figures It's not just what he was able to accomplish, which was a lot, but the kind of man he was His patriotism, his bravery, his humility, his empathy, his sense of honor, his love of family. America needs more men like him, during these troubling times.

[@danipartridge5739]

He was an amazing General

[@jamesverner9132]

Wait he became president After saving the country..... Where is this man's 80 foot statue?

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

He's got one on Capitol Hill. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_Memorial

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

Riverside Park, New Your City

[@cecelawlor4862]

He carried on after Lincoln a lot of people do not want you to know that. Johnson was the VP who became President after the assassination but did little for reconstruction and to help the free slaves. Then Grant ran and won and took on the KKK that was killing the free slaves. Mades sure they had guns etc You really should read about this great man. Some history books want you to believe he was just a drunk. He wasn't he gave up the bottle to become one of our finest leaders to continue what LIncoln had started.

[@tinytimgamer1671]

I’m related to his wife I have pictures of him with his wife and my dad has the family’s Crescent tattoo to his arm

[@waynedarley6034]

I don’t think history needs a kind, decisive General Grant. Just American History

[@blessed8081]

Rockefeller knows a lot of history

[@cecelawlor4862]

Rockefeller? they are part of the problem now. Deep state war mongars.

[@deadchannel2811]

I hated when he was president because he got rid of the backs and replaced them with the debts

[@ArchHades]

I like the young Grant in his mid 30s during the civil war, more than the fat Grant whom was president. Young Grant looked like a guy i'd follow into battle.

[@aeughtime]

water

[@oliviageorge1734]

I think Grant May have inspired the Soviet Union’s battle strategy during ww2

[@waynedarley6034]

No it was the Tsarist Russians in the Napoleonic wars

[@acdragonrider]

Integrating Indians? That was the time when indians’ cried and wailed because white Americans were desperate to drive them off of their land and strip it of resources. I am not bashing grant but integration destroyed indigenous cultures in manh ways

[@harryhoffmann398]

Hi

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Very excellent 👏 ...Ulysses Grant, great man ...one of greatest to walk this earth 🌎 I figure

[@lcllwy933]

hello

[@jabalimousa1576]

🎂USA SHAM

[@oc3694]

Native Americans...

[@rachael1253]

Hotdog water

[@stevelauda5435]

But he was still a good leader , in army , and president. However i think Sherman should have been charged with ewar crimes...

[@jacquesblaque7728]

In your opinion. Counts for ??

[@mertcalik3716]

fp'

[@fredrictengstrom9522]

Oh dear Good ideas alway derogate Worst murderers in history us f Arms Capice ? No way Dr T

[@crippledcrow2384]

BS

[@user-cr4mt6uy2r]

Lee lost more men than Grant. After your first lie, I knew you were full of it. Lee was a lousy general and Grant was a great one. You are not a historian.

[@mjfleming319]

D - it’s a simple matter of the historical record. It’s not entirely a matter of who was a better general than who - both had great strengths as well as weaknesses. But part of the story is that while Grant spent 1862-1863 in the west where the armies were about half the size of the Eastern armies, so naturally the casualties were lower for Grant during that period than for Lee.

[@pinkeye00]

OMFG ... "racist historians" out of the mouth of a historian. Let me remind you ... your facts are wrong, and meritless. Least you forget some of the WORST issues of racism pre-Klu Klux was were in New York City. Man ... glaring omission of the facts that relevant.

[@willgrenon3176]

He got rid of the kkk, dumbass!

[@willgrenon3176]

No such thing.

[@pinkeye00]

Sure ... if you say so. The KKK is a post-Civil War, mostly confederate, militant organization that was created to put fear into black populations and Souther Republicans who were for the equality of all peoples in the United States post-Civil War. There are two distinct periods in the KKK, and the first was the creation AFTER (ergo I am correct) the Civil War and a second 1920s wave which ALSO called themselves the KKK, but are like the modern incarnation of ISIS. ISIL/ISIS can be loosely associated with the Islamic State in Iraq, and exist outside of it ... but they are _not_ the same. The 1920 KKK was (and barely is today) the loooooooose association with the KKK of the 1870s at their height. So yes ... there was a pre-KKK. Also to note, the largest demographic were white males of the Confederacy and associated with Southern Democrats - noting .. that is an accurate statement of THAT TIME. My personal feelings towards modern Democrats (today) set aside, my statements above are accurate and correct both for period ... and now. :) #TruthTrumpsAll .. so go drink your koolaid. I'm sure theres a village missing an idiot somewhere.

[@willgrenon3176]

But he wasn't alive in the 1920s. And none of your facts are right, if so, tell me where you found them. I've actually read books about the man, and I bet you haven't.

[@mjfleming319]

Pinkeye - no doubt there was serious racism in New York before the KKK. There was serious racism EVERWHERE before the KKK. But I think it’s pretty clear that the WORST racism was in the slave states, where black people were bought and sold like cattle and subject to rape, torture, etc., and had absolutely no recourse to legal protection. Slavery is THE glaring fact in this discussion, and yes, racist Lost Cause historians hated Grant because of his commitment to destroying slavery and to destroying the KKK, and because of their hatred they smeared him for decades. Thankfully many historians are now exposing and debunking the old Lost Cause mythology and Grant’s humanity and genius are finally being recognized.

[@Jr_1705]

boomer

[@pinkeye00]

Grant is not relevant.

[@willgrenon3176]

Why?

[@pinkeye00]

He hired crooks and thieves and had the inability to recognize it. He probably got Abe killed, setting us back 70 years on Civil Rights indirectly. He should of died in Lincolns place.

[@willgrenon3176]

pinkeye00 Are you kidding me? He didn't set up his own cabinet. His friends and family did. And how was it his fault that Lincoln was shot? He didn't know. Read books about him and you'll understand him better. Read Grant by Ron Chernow

[@willgrenon3176]

pinkeye00 And he kept America together and at peace

[@pinkeye00]

lol .. hardly. He bankrupted the Army and by proxy America. We had no bone to pick with anyone ... nor did we have the coffers. He didn't keep us out of war ... he kept us in debt, and he knew better ... barely. Historians blow it up like some crazy event, but in reality pompous, arrogance was sobering when you have million man army to take on the British that ripped us apart with their Navy in the South against Union forces by superior tech. Grant ... was a common man by any stretch

[@paulhudson4254]

A drunk, he had enough war materials to win the civil war three times over. Not stragi

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

You are drunk. His strategies are taught at West Point to this day.

[@pmcclaren1]

Grant fulfilled Lincoln's directive; make 'total war' murder men , women and children; which he did. I will tell you this: lincoln, grant, sheridan and sherman are in hell

[@Garrett1240]

+paul mcclaren It's incredible how fucking stupid you are.

[@britneywilliams5863]

How many enslaved, native Indians , women, children, and men, were murdered and raped? More than the numbers in the south.

[@humbertoflores2545]

that`s the punishment for being abusive to the poor slaves during centuries..! In fact you got lucky to have most of your cities standing..

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

Just how long have you been an ignorant fool? Grant whipped the treasonous South. Grant didn't start the war but he sure as hell finished it.

[@pmcclaren1]

Just deal with the facts, son. Then we can talk. Oh, yes, when you see Grant you'll tell him what a fine job he did, won't you?