Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so he won himself a unique place in American letters. Acclaimed by write…
Originally published in 1885 by Mark Twain, Ulysses S. Grant's landmark memoir has been annotated by Elizabeth Samet in this lavish edition. No previous edition combines such a sweep of historical and cultural contexts with the literary authority th…
Ulysses Simpson Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the gov…
On March29, Grant opened the Ap pomattox campaign, informing Sheridan that " I now feel like ending the matter." Despite pleas to cancel the offensive because of adverse weather, Grant pressed ahead. Sheridan won the battle of Five Forks on April 1,…
Ulysses S. Grant faced numerous political challenges during 1874. In the south, the Republican party steadily receded from power. As the year opened, Grant conceded Texas to the Democrats, counseling the recently defeated Republican governor to ""yi…
Ulysses S. Grant served as the Commanding General and the 18th President of the United States. He cooperated closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Grant implemented R…
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In his eighth and final annual message to Congress, Ulysses S. Grant reminded the nation that it was his fortune or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training? The electoral crisis that dominate…
Grant's career in the closing months of 1861 has been obscured by the success which came to him on the battlefield early in the following year, beginning with the victory at Fort Donelson in February 1862.Hence, Volume 3 of this definitive edition w…
This is an account of the decisive Vicksburg Campaign written by the Union general who planned and orchestrated it: Ulysses S. Grant. At the start of 1863, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had been frustrating the Union in the Eastern theat…
Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs begins with the author's formative years and his military service, continuing through the U.S. Civil War and the author's time as President of the United States. Various battles such as Monterrey, and sieges such as Vera C…
"One of the most unflinching studies of war in our literature." --William McFeeley Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of an…
Grant's trials and tribulations as a general after his victory at Fort Donelson is the scope of this 88-day period. The end of the Confederate power in western Kentucky and Ten nessee began with the Union's capture of Fort Henry on February 6. Afte…
Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point rather against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed by the governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment,…
Ulysses S. Grant as symbol became as important in peace as he had been in war. The nation rewarded Grant with the rank of full general, the first U.S. officer to hold the rank since George Washington. Disliking politics, Grant sought to avoid the g…
?This fine volume leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War. The book is deeply researched, but it introduces its scholarship with a light touch that never interferes with the r…
Ulysses Grant's memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Union soldiers, were once as ubiquitous in American households as the Bible. Mark Twain and Henry James hailed them as great literature, and countless presidents credit Grant with influencing thei…
The memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant's are lucid, compelling, and brutally honest, a chronicle of triumph and failure, from his boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him.
"Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant" was written in two volumes by Grant and is presented here in two volumes. This book is volume one. Below is his preface. "Man proposes and God disposes." There are but few important events in the affairs of men broug…
By late 1878, after a year and a half abroad, Ulysses S. Grant had visited every country in Europe, and he was homesick. ""I have seen nothing to make me regret that I am an American. Our country: its resources; energy, ingenuity and intelligence of…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United St…
This edition of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. Volume Two i by Ulysses S. Grant is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition
This edition of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. Volume Two by Ulysses S. Grant is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition
About The Book: Ulysses S. Grant was a prominent United States Army general during the American Civil War and Commanding General He was elected as the 18th President of the United States in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, Gra…
