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Podcast: Calling History: Listen In on Conversations with History’s Most Influential People.
Episode: Ulysses S. Grant Part 2: There Were So Many Flies Hovering Over the Bodies, the Sky Went Dark.
Description: In Part 2 of the 1877 call with Ulysses S. Grant, you’ll hear him talk about:
Why as quarter master he would run towards the sound of the guns.
What turned the civil war into a holy war for the north.
And finally why grant attempted to move the mighty Mississippi River to a new location, even though he thought the idea given to him by his superiors was absurd.
After that, Grant will tell a story to close out this podcast that will leave you speechless. After the surrender at the Ap...