THE BATTLE MAY HAVE BEEN WON, BUT THE WAR IS FAR FROM OVER.
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He resides in Virginia with his wife, Callista, with whom he hosts and produces documentaries, including "A City Upon A Hill." Dr.
About the Author: NEWT GINGRICH, front-running Republican primary candidate for the 2012 Presidential Election, former Speaker of the House, bestselling author of Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor, the longest serving teacher of the Joint War Fighting Course for Major Generals at Air University, and an honorary Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor at the National Defense University.
Spanning the ground from Washington to the banks of the Susquehanna, these factors will come together in a climatic, pivotal struggle.
What ensues across the next six weeks is a titanic struggle as the surviving Union forces inside the fortifications of Washington fight to hang on, while Grant prepares his counterblow.
Grant, fresh from his triumph at Vicksburg, races east, bringing with him his hardened veterans from Mississippi to confront Lee.
Grant as commander of all Union forces.
At the same time, Lincoln has appointed General Ulysses S.
Beyond a military victory in the field, Lee must also overcome the defiant stand of President Abraham Lincoln, who vows that regardless of the defeat at Gettysburg, his solemn pledge to preserve the Union will be honored at all cost.
C., and launches an assault against one of the largest fortifications in the world.
Lee\'s marches on Washington, D.
It is from this departure point that the story continues in Grant Comes East, as General Robert E.
Forstchen continues the story of a Confederate victory, examining the great "what if" of American history: Could Lee have won the Battle of Gettysburg? A Confederate victory, however, would not necessarily mean that the Southern cause has gained its final triumph and a lasting peace.
Grant Comes East from bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R.
THE BATTLE MAY HAVE BEEN WON, BUT THE WAR IS FAR FROM OVER
