Incredibly, this is the first-ever book-length study of President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant. It explores the reasons for their successful teamwork as commander-in-chief and general-in-chief of the victorious Union forces in the American Civil War.Building on his prior studies of Grant, Lee and McClellan, Ed Bonekemper has produced the first-ever book-length study of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. They formed one of the great teams in American history and were the primary players in the Union’s Civil War victory. This book examines their similar “Western” backgrounds, Civil War experiences on military and political battlefields, common personal traits (humility, decisiveness, clarity of communication, moral courage and perseverance), mutual respect and loyalty, and productive working relationship in areas of national policy, military strategy, military operations and tactics, and military personnel decisions concerning manpower in the field and Union generals. This book is a “must” for Civil War buffs, admirers of Lincoln and Grant, and students of military-civilian relations.