Product Details

• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Acorn Media
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301270576
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,209 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Ulysses S. Grant tells the extraordinary story of the one-time shop clerk who became the commander of the Civil War's victorious Union armies. The documentary traces Grant's life from his birth in rural Ohio to his troubled tenure as the eighteenth President of the United States. Historians unlock Grant's distinctive temperament, his remarkable military ingenuity and his peacetime woes. Archival photographs, artwork and rare documents augment dramatic contemporary photography of many of the major sites of Grant's life, including his birthplace and boyhood home in Ohio, West Point, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Richmond, Appomattox and Washington, D.C. Original music by Grammy Award-winner Jon Carroll complements this vivid portrayal of the plainspoken man Abraham Lincoln refused to dismiss early in the Civil War by saying "I can't spare this man - he fights."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Skimming the surface, July 3, 2000

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Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Civil War Legends: Ulysses S Grant [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Cramming the life of Ulysses S. Grant into thirty minutes is impossible and insulting to the memory of a great American. This documentary barely skims the surface and relies upon hackneyed legends and common stock photographs, which they use over and over again.

There is no detailed explanation of Grant's rich private life or family, his astute and brilliant generaliship during the Civil War or his flawed Presidency. The narrative limps along, omitting major events in Grant's life and boring the viewer in the process.

If you want to discover Ulysses S. Grant, read some of the excellent biographies of him. He was a grand man with a fascinating life and this documentary doesn't begin to illuminate his heart and soul.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Look Into the Life Of General Grant -A.D., August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Civil War Legends: Ulysses S Grant [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Movie Tells The Great Story Of The Life Of President-Generel-American Hero Ulysses S. Grant. It Tells about his backround, childhood, Army life,Marrage, life at Hardscrabble, Life durning the Civil War, Life as President, His trip Around the world, writing his memoirs,and his Death - Aaron R.Dodds