Ulysses S. Grant is a 2002 two-part television documentary film about Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. Produced by PBS for the American Experience documentary program, it recounts Grant's life from his childhood in Ohio to his presidency, with narration by Liev Schreiber. The film was released in two parts on May 5 and 6, 2002, with part one (titled "Warrior") written, produced, and directed by Adriana Bosch, and part two (titled "President") written, produced, and directed by Elizabeth Deane. Interviewees David Bradley, writer Max Byrd, novelist Dan T. Carter, historian Mark Grimsley, historian William S. McFeely, biographer James M. McPherson, historian Donald L. Miller, historian Geoffrey Perret, biographer John Y. Simon, historian Brooks D. Simpson, historian Joan Waugh, historian Critical response For the rebroadcast of Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior in 2011, Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times deemed it better than the more recent American Experience film Robert E. Lee, about the titular Confederate general during the American Civil War. Genzlinger reasoned that Grant was a more interesting figure than Lee, and that Ulysses S. Grants light use of reenactments made it a more engaging film than Robert E. Lee, which has none.

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Notable quotes

“My lord, I have heard that your father was a military man. Was that the case?”
— To Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, son of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as quoted in Handy-book of Literary Curiosities (1892) by William Shepard Walsh, p. 511
“No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.”
— Battle of Fort Donelson Feb 1862 as quoted in "United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey, White House Historical Association, 2006 Whitehouse.gov
“I am anxious to get as many of these negro regiments as possible, and to have them full, and completely equipped. I am particularly desirous of organizing a regiment of heavy artillery from the negroes, to garrison this place, and shall do so as soon as possible.”
— At Vicksburg (11 July 1863), as quoted in Words of our Hero: Ulysses S. Grant, edited by Jeremiah Chaplin, Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, p. 13
“Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.”
— Endorsement of a letter relating to the Whiskey Ring (29 July 1875)
“They fell upon an ungenial climate, where there were nine months of winter and three months of cold weather, and that called out the best energies of the men, and of the women too, to get a mere subsistence out of the soil, with such a climate. In their efforts to do that they cultivated industry and frugality at the same time — which is the real foundation of the greatness of the Pilgrims.”
— On the Pilgrims, in a speech at a New England Society Dinner (22 December 1880)
“It is probably well that we had the war when we did. We are better off now than we would have been without it, and have made more rapid progress than we otherwise should have made... But this war was a fearful lesson, and should teach us the necessity of avoiding wars in the future.”
— Conclusion

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Ulysses S. Grant is a 2002 two-part television documentary film about Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. Produced by PBS for the American Experience documentary program, it recounts Grant's life from his childhood in Ohio to his presidency, with narration by Liev Schreiber. The film was released in two parts on May 5 and 6, 2002, with part one (titled "Warrior") written, produced, and directed by Adriana Bosch, and part two (titled "President") written, produced, and directed by Elizabeth Deane.

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Notable quotes

“My lord, I have heard that your father was a military man. Was that the case?”
— To Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, son of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as quoted in Handy-book of Literary Curiosities (1892) by William Shepard Walsh, p. 511
“No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.”
— Battle of Fort Donelson Feb 1862 as quoted in "United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey, White House Historical Association, 2006 Whitehouse.gov
“I am anxious to get as many of these negro regiments as possible, and to have them full, and completely equipped. I am particularly desirous of organizing a regiment of heavy artillery from the negroes, to garrison this place, and shall do so as soon as possible.”
— At Vicksburg (11 July 1863), as quoted in Words of our Hero: Ulysses S. Grant, edited by Jeremiah Chaplin, Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, p. 13
“Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.”
— Endorsement of a letter relating to the Whiskey Ring (29 July 1875)
“They fell upon an ungenial climate, where there were nine months of winter and three months of cold weather, and that called out the best energies of the men, and of the women too, to get a mere subsistence out of the soil, with such a climate. In their efforts to do that they cultivated industry and frugality at the same time — which is the real foundation of the greatness of the Pilgrims.”
— On the Pilgrims, in a speech at a New England Society Dinner (22 December 1880)
“It is probably well that we had the war when we did. We are better off now than we would have been without it, and have made more rapid progress than we otherwise should have made... But this war was a fearful lesson, and should teach us the necessity of avoiding wars in the future.”
— Conclusion

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Overview

Ulysses S. Grant is a 2002 two-part television documentary film about Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. Produced by PBS for the American Experience documentary program, it recounts Grant's life from his childhood in Ohio to his presidency, with narration by Liev Schreiber. The film was released in two parts on May 5 and 6, 2002, with part one (titled "Warrior") written, produced, and directed by Adriana Bosch, and part two (titled "President") written, produced, and directed by Elizabeth Deane. Interviewees David Bradley, writer Max Byrd, novelist Dan T. Carter, historian Mark Grimsley, historian William S. McFeely, biographer James M. McPherson, historian Donald L. Miller, historian Geoffrey Perret, biographer John Y. Simon, historian Brooks D. Simpson, historian Joan Waugh, historian Critical response For the rebroadcast of Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior in 2011, Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times deemed it better than the more recent American Experience film Robert E. Lee, about the titular Confederate general during the American Civil War. Genzlinger reasoned that Grant was a more interesting figure than Lee, and that Ulysses S. Grants light use of reenactments made it a more engaging film than Robert E. Lee, which has none.

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