Grant(2020)
Overview
This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
General Sherman
John Rawlins
Julia Grant
General Halleck
Colonel Charles Marshall
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