<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Surprised and almost overwhelmed, he stubbornly refused to admit defeat. His cool conduct saved his army and his job</span> </span></p>
<p><span class="deck">So spoke the Union general a few minutes after he was shot in the crowded lobby of a hotel in Louisville. His killer, a fellow general and subordinate, never regretted the deed—and never paid for it</span></p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Would the great fighter come over for the Union? Italian freedom and lead troops Lincoln hoped so</span> </span></p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Original documents tell the story of a Civil War steamboat captains sorrowful cruise with the most destructive cargo of all</span> </span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Lee. Grant. Jackson. Sherman. Thomas. Yes, George Henry Thomas belongs in that company. The trouble is that he and Grant never really got along.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Once the South was beaten, Eastern and Western troops of the Union army resented each other so violently that some feared for the survival of the victorious government. Then, the tension disappeared in one happy stroke that gave the United States its grandest pageant, and General Sherman the proudest moment of his life.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">They were the first black men to fight in the Civil War. They were the first to serve alongside whites. And they were the first to die.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">He told President Lincoln that he was better than any other officer on the field at Bull Run, and he got the Army’s top job. He built a beaten force into a proud one, and stole a march on Robert E. Lee with it. He was 24 hours away from winning the Civil War. Then, he fell apart.</span></p>
