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EPISODE · Apr 6, 2026 · 17 MIN

Grant's Worst Day - April 6, 1862

from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus

On April 6, 1862, Ulysses S. Grant’s unprepared army was nearly destroyed at a Tennessee church called Shiloh and the press demanded he be arrested. What happened next reveals everything about how wars are actually won, how truth gets swallowed by narrative, and what it really means to lead when everything has already gone wrong.

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