Grant

by Ron Chernow

42 This exchange is noteworthy, for a decade later Buchanan would reemerge as a major nemesis in Grant’s career, with highly destructive consequences.

had free time to ride to the city daily and play cards with future president Franklin Pierce.

battles then raging in Italy.

redeem tarnished reputations in the brutal crucible

years, we will put him [i.e., Grant] in.”39 The impetus

It was the only time in American history a sitting president came under fire in combat.