Colonel Grant of the 21st Illinois in contention with Colonel Turner of the 15th Illinois by Mike Maxwell 3 comments
To Maurice D’Aoust, You provide an impressive report, upon completion of an interesting investigation: “How lucky was Grant?” At the start of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant did not think of himself as lucky, but more likely, “under-appreciated.” His early attempts to gain a colonelcy, or possibly a Staff position with McClellan, came to nothing. So, when that June 1861 offer of the 21st Illinois was dangled in front […]