"The men knew they were cut loose from their base, knew they were gonna be dependent for their supplies on a very tenuous supply line. But Grant himself gave’em confidence. They believed Grant knew what he was doing, and one great encouragement to them believing that was quite often on the march, whether at night or in the daytime, they’d be moving along the road or over a bridge, and right beside the road would be Grant on his horse. A dust covered man on a dust covered horse, saying “move on, close up”. So they felt very much that he personally was in charge of their movement and it gave them that added confidence."
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The Civil War (documentary)
The Civil War is a nine-episode series created by Ken Burns about The American Civil War, which was produced by PBS affiliate WETA-TV (with Burns company) and first screened in 1990. The narrator was David McCullough.
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