TV series
Grant
Overview
This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Details
- First air date
- 2020-05-25
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 3 episodes
- Genres
- War & Politics, Documentary
- Network
- History
- Production
- RadicalMedia, Appian Way, A+E Global Media, Lionsgate Television, Film Afrika
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Justin Salinger as Ulysses S. Grant
- Carel Nel as Abraham Lincoln
- Jason K. Ralph as General Sherman
- Brian Heydenrych as Robert E. Lee
- Francis Chouler as John Rawlins
- Dianne Simpson as Julia Grant
- Nicholas Dallas as Major Lewis Merrill
- Darron Araujo as Mark Twain
- Craig Jackson as General Halleck
- Daniel Fox as Colonel Charles Marshall
- Owen de Wet as Fred Grant
- Arthur Falko as Young Sentinel (Shiloh)
Creators and crew
- Ron Chernow - Executive Producer
- Dave Sirulnick - Executive Producer
- Fisher Stevens - Executive Producer
- Justin Wilkes - Executive Producer
- Brian Volk-Weiss - Executive Producer
- Eli Lehrer - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Unlikely Hero
In one of the unlikeliest stories in American history, Ulysses S. Grant rises from his humble beginnings to become the winning General in one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles.
Episode 2: Lincoln's General
With his back up against the wall, Ulysses S. Grant takes incredible risks, becomes Abraham Lincoln's favorite General, and prepares for an epic clash with Robert E. Lee.
Episode 3: Freedom's Champion
Ulysses S. Grant defeats Robert E. Lee and wins the Civil War, only to find that he will be called to duty again to serve as President during one of the most difficult times in America history.
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