A General Who Will Fight: The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant

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Notes The following abbreviations have been used throughout the notes: OR War of the Rebellion PUSG Simon, ed., Papers of Ulysses S. Grant Introduction 1. Grant quoted in Catton, Grant Moves South, 223; Daniel, Shiloh, 173–76. 2. Johnston quoted in Cunningham, Shiloh and the Western Campaign, 138. 3. Grant quoted in “Report of Brig. Gen. B. M. Prentiss, U.S. Army, Commanding Sixth Division,” November 17, 1862, in OR, ser. 1, 10, pt. 1:278–79. 4. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, 130; Sword, Shiloh, 107–18, 352–53; Smith, Grant, 201. 5. Wong, Bliese, and McGurk, “Military Leadership,” 669. See also Reed, Bullis, Collins, and Paprone, “Mapping the Route of Leadership Education.” 6. Clausewitz, On War, 145, 141–44. 7. Clausewitz, On War, 143 (emphasis added). 8. For a thorough analysis of the “Grant as butcher” argument, see Bonekemper, A Victor, Not a Butcher. For a review of historiography on the butcher thesis, see ibid., xi–xviii. 9. McFeely, Grant, 165; Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant; Smith, Grant; Waugh, U. S. Grant. The historiography of Grant is extensive, if not in fact overwhelming. Fortunately for Grant scholars, Ethan S. Rafuse published a fine historiographic essay, “Still a Mystery?” that effectively reviews the significant literature of the last twenty-five years. 10. For examples of books on corporate leadership, see Isaacson, Steve Jobs; Schultz and Gordon, Onward; and Branson, Losing My Virginity. The beginning source for battlefield staff rides is Robertson, The Staff Ride. Guidebooks based on the staff ride model exist for nearly every battlefield. See, e.g., Luvaas, Bowman, and Fullenkamp, eds., Guide to the Battle of Shiloh ; and Grimsley and Woodworth, Shiloh. 168 Notes to Pages 9–26 11. Slim quoted in Tsouras, ed., The Book of Military Quotations, 249. 1. First Lessons 1. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, 2–7; Grant, Memoirs, 1:26; Waugh, U. S. Grant, 13–20. 2. Grant, Memoirs, 1:28. 3. Ibid., 31–33; Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, 9–17; Smith, Grant, 23–28. 4. Interview with Lafayette McLaws, New York Times, July 24, 1885, 6 (col. 7); Smith, Grant, 40. 5. Grant, Memoirs, 1:69. For more on Taylor, see Bauer, Zachary Taylor. 6. Grant, Memoirs, 1:66. 7. Ibid., 94–95. 8. Wellington quoted in Millett and Maslowski, For the Common Defense , 156. 9. Grant, Memoirs, 1:89–95; Grant to unknown, August 22, 1847, in PUSG, 1:144. 10. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, 54–56; Smith, Grant, 78; Grant, Memoirs, 1:131–34. 11. Grant, Memoirs, 1:135–40; contractor quoted in Smith, Grant, 85. 12. Grant, Memoirs, 1:141–42; James Longstreet interview in the New York Times, July 24, 1885, quoted in Smith, Grant, 93; Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, 63–77; Waugh, U. S. Grant, 47. 13. Grant, Memoirs, 1:142. 2. First Battles 1. Grant, Memoirs, 1:161–62; Smith, Grant, 107–8. 2. Grant, Memoirs, 1:162–63. 3. Ibid., 164. 4. Ibid., 56, 164–65. 5. Ibid., 174; Grant to Julia Grant, October 20, 1862, in PUSG, 3:63– 64; Elihu B. Washburne to Salmon P. Chase, October 31, 1861, in ibid., 98; Hughes, The Battle of Belmont, 5. 6. Grant, Memoirs, 1:178. See also Grant’s second report on the Battle of Belmont, in PUSG, 3:146; and Hughes, The Battle of Belmont, 51. 7. Grant, Memoirs, 1:178–80; Hughes, The Battle of Belmont, 121. 8. Grant, Memoirs, 1:180–83; Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, 98–103; Smith, Grant, 125–24. 9. Grant, Memoirs, 1:180–83; Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant, 98–103; Smith, Grant, 125–24. 10. Grant to Charles F. Smith, November 8, 1861, in PUSG, 3:134; Grant to Seth Williams, November 10, 1861, in ibid., 141–42. Grant also Notes to Pages 27–32 169 describes the victory as “complete” in letters to Chauncey McKeever, assistant adjutant general, Western Department, St. Louis (Grant to McKeever, November 8, 1861, in ibid., 133), and to his father (Grant to Jesse Grant, November 8, 1861, in ibid., 137–38). 11. Illinois soldier and Wallace quoted in Hughes, The Battle of Belmont, 134, 135. 12. Grant’s second report on the Battle of Belmont, in PUSG, 3:149; Grant to Jesse Grant, November 8, 1861, in ibid., 138; John McClernand’s report on the Battle of Belmont, in ibid., 197; Leonidas Polk to Francis D. Polk, November 15, 1861, quoted in Hughes, The Battle of Belmont, 187. 13. Fredriksen, ed...