Grant Comes East: A Novel of the Civil War Audiobook (Free)

Grant Comes East, the sequel in the bestselling series by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, continues the story of the Confederate success at Gettysburg.

Across 140 years, almost all historians have agreed that following the defeat from the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, the taking of Washington, DC, would end the war. But was it feasible?

Lee knows that a frontal assault against such fortifications could devastate his army, but it is a cost he fears should be paid for final success. Beyond a about Give Comes East: A Novel of the Civil War military success in the field, Lee must also get over the defiant stand of Leader Abraham Lincoln, who vows that whatever the defeat at Gettysburg, his solemn pledge to preserve the Union will become honored. Lincoln will mobilize the garrison of Washington to carry on no real matter what the costs.

At exactly the same time, Lincoln has appointed General Ulysses S. Offer as commander of all Union forces. Give, fresh new from his triumph at Vicksburg, races east, getting with him his solidified veterans from Mississippi to confront Lee.

What ensues over the following six weeks is a titanic struggle as the surviving Union forces in the fortifications of Washington fight to hang about, while Grant prepares his counterblow. The defeated Army of the Potomac, staggered with the debacle dealt at Gettysburg, isn’t yet completely out of the battle, and is gradually reorganizing. Its rogue commander, General Dan Sickles, is definitely thirsting for revenge against Lee, the recovery from the honor of his army, as well as the fulfillment of his own ambitions, which reach completely to the White House. Each one of these factors will come together in a climatic struggle spanning the bottom from Washington, through Baltimore, to the banks from the Susquehanna River.

Once more, Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen develop a brilliant tale of the way the Civil Battle could have unfolded. In Grant Comes East, they make use of their years of research and expertise to consider readers on an incredible journey.