Grant Rising is an inspired, one-volume summary in maps and text of Ulysses S. Grant's famous battles in 1862 - including Donelson and Shiloh - and also his early life, including his frontier and Mexican War service - as well as his minor engagement in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Grant Rising features techniques that portray Civil War battles in a new way, such as shaded relief topography, giving the maps a three-dimensional appearance. Plus the use of different color tints to represent command relationships makes it easier to determine which brigades reported to which divisions and corps at a glance. Using slightly different shades of blue and red also allow for easy differentiation of many units on a single map, making the action easier to understand.

Grant Rising is a truly new type of map reference book as well as a remarkable history of Grant's early life and career through 1862.

• Cover
• Copyright
• Title
• Publisher’s Preface
• List of Supporters
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Cartographer’s Foreword
• History of Grant’s Career
• Author’s Introduction
• Grant’s Early Life
• War With Mexico: 1846–1848
  • Zachary Taylor’s Column
  • Winfield Scott’s Column
• THE CIVIL WAR
• Grant’s Life: 1848–1860
• 1861–A Nation Divided
• Command & Control in the West
• Grant’s Early Commands
• Operations in Southeastern Missouri
• The Army Builds a Navy
• Battle of Belmont: November 7, 1861
  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Retreat
• The South Invaded: January–March 1862
• Grant’s Lieutenants
• Western Theater: Early 1862
• Grant Moves South
• Battle of Fort Henry: February 6, 1862
• Gunboat Raid
• Advance to Fort Donelson
• Battle of Fort Donelson: February 13–16, 1862
  • Initial Plans Go Awry
  • Orders-of-Battle
  • Confederate Breakout
  • Federal Counterattack
  • Surrender
• Federal Offensives: April–July 1862
• Operations Around Corinth
• Grant Resumes Command
• Confederate Advance to Shiloh
• Battle of Shiloh: April 6–7, 1862 Confederate Order-of-Battle
  • Federal Order-of-Battle
  • April 6, 1862: 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.
  • April 6, 1862: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • April 6, 1862: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  • April 6, 1862: 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • April 6, 1862: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
  • Lew Wallace’s “Lost Division”
  • April 7, Morning
  • April 7, End of Battle
• Halleck Takes Corinth
• The South Strikes Back: August–October 1862
• Confederate Offensives in the West
• Federal Advance on Iuka
• Battle of Iuka: September 19, 1862
• Confederate Advance to Corinth
• Battle of Corinth: October 3–4, 1862
  • Orders-of-Battle
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
• Confederate Retreat From Corinth
• Stalemate–End of 1862
• Grant’s Vicksburg Offensive Foiled
• Federal Communications Breakdown
• Battle of Chickasaw Bayou: December 27–29, 1862
• Summary–The Rise of Grant
• Notes About Sources
• Bibliography