Men of Fire

By Jack Hurst

Subjects: Biography, Military leadership, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, campaigns, Generals, Grant, ulysses s. (ulysses simpson), 1822-1885, Nonfiction, Forrest, nathan bedford, 1821-1877, Tennessee Civil War, 1861-1865, Fort Henry (Tenn.), Battle of, 1862, HISTORY, Military campaigns, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Fort donelson, battle of, tenn., 1862, Fort Donelson (Tenn.), Battle of, 1862, Fort Henry, Battle of, Tenn., 1862, Generals, biography, History, Campaigns, Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862, Command of troops, Tennessee, history

Description: Deep in the winter of 1862, on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, two extraordinary military leaders faced each other in an epic clash that would transform them both and change the course of American history forever. Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant had no significant military successes to his credit at the outset of the campaign. He was barely clinging to his position within the Union Army-he had been officially charged with chronic drunkenness only days earlier, and his own troops despised him. His opponent was as untested as he was: an obscure lieutenant colonel named Nathan Bedford Forrest. The two men held one thing in common: an unrelenting desire for victory at any cost. A riveting account of the making of two great military leaders, and two battles that transformed America forever, 'Men of Fire' is destined to become a classic work of military history.