Word: belmonts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first battles Grant was repeatedly taken by surprise. He was beaten at Belmont and just barely held the field at Fort Donelson and Shiloh. These near disasters taught him a second lesson: "In every battle there may come a moment when each side is fought out and ready to quit." At that moment, victory goes to the man who attacks. His determination was always to destroy the enemy, not just to defeat him, and his terms of "unconditional surrender" have often been part of U.S. strategy since...