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Hymns of the Republic The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War

S. C. Gwynne

From the The fourth and final year of the Civil War offers one of the most compelling narratives and one of history’s great turning points. Now, Pulitzer Prize finalist S.C. Gwynne breathes new life into the epic battle between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant; the advent of 180,000 black soldier...

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The Joe Rogan Experience

He announced his new nonfiction work Hymns of the Republic, focusing on the final year of the Civil War.

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I have a new book out called Hems of the Republic about the final year of the war.

— Episode: #1397 - S.C. Gwynne

Episode: #1397 - S.C. Gwynne

He announced his new nonfiction work Hymns of the Republic, focusing on the final year of the Civil War.

"

I have a new book out called Hems of the Republic about the final year of the war.

The Daily Stoic

The book was mentioned in relation to Ulysses S. Grant's war tactics. His approach was described as 'punching the enemy in the gut' and then assessing the situation.

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As the brilliant historian Essie Gwyn writes in Hymns of the Republic, Grant's main approach was to punch the enemy in the gut and then afterward worry about what the enemy had been planning to do to...

— Episode: Just Keep Hammering Away | The Color of...

Episode: Just Keep Hammering Away | The Color of Your Thoug...

The book was mentioned in relation to Ulysses S. Grant's war tactics. His approach was described as 'punching the enemy in the gut' and then assessing the situation.

"

As the brilliant historian Essie Gwyn writes in Hymns of the Republic, Grant's main approach was to punch the enemy in the gut and then afterward worry about what the enemy had been planning to do to him.

He did not stop Gwyn writes. He would not be deterred. He came directly at you and smashed into you again and again until you were beaten, and then persisted beyond that to the non-existent terms of your surrender.

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