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Title

The personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant : the complete annotated edition / edited by John F. Marszalek with David S. Nolen and Louie P. Gallo.

Author

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.

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Additional Authors

• Marszalek, John F.
• Nolen, David S.
• Gallo, Louie P.

Description

xxviii, 784 pages; 25 cm

Summary

President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was one of the most esteemed individuals of the nineteenth century. His two-volume memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Union soldiers, have never gone out of print and were once as ubiquitous in American households as the Bible. Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Matthew Arnold, Henry James, and Edmund Wilson hailed these works as great literature, and presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush both credit Grant with influencing their own writing. Yet a judiciously annotated clarifying edition of these memoirs has never been produced until now. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is the first comprehensively annotated edition of Grant's memoirs, fully representing the great military leader's thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War and his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. An introduction contextualizes Grant's life and significance, and lucid editorial commentary allows the president's voice and narrative to shine through. Compiled by the editors in the Ulysses S. Grant Association's Presidential Library, these selections enrich our understanding of the antebellum era, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. Grant provides insight into how rigorously these events tested America's democratic institutions and the cohesion of its social order. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant preserves and extends a work of profound political, historical, and literary significance and serves as the gateway for modern readers of all backgrounds to an American classic.--

Subject

• Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885
• United States. Army > Biography
• United States. Army
• American Civil War (1861-1865)
• Mexican War (1846-1848)
• 1846-1865
• Generals > United States > Biography
• Presidents > United States > Biography
• Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Personal narratives
• Generals
• Military campaigns
• Presidents
• United States > Campaigns > Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
• United States

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History
• Personal narratives
• Autobiographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Cover ; Frontispiece; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Preface by Frank J. Williams; Introduction; Editorial Procedure; Abbreviations; Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant; Preface; 1. Ancestry--Birth--Boyhood ; 2. West Point--Graduation ; 3. Army Life--Causes of the Mexican War--Camp Salubrity ; 4. Corpus Christi--Mexican Smuggling--Spanish Rule in Mexico--Supplying Transportation ; 5. Trip to Austin--Promotion to Full Second Lieutenant--Army of Occupation.
• 6. Advance of the Army--Crossing the Colorado--The Rio Grande 7. The Mexican War--The Battle of Palo Alto--The Battle of Resaca de la Palma--Army of Invasion--General Taylor--Movement on Camargo ; 8. Advance on Monterey--The Black Fort--The Battle of Monterey--Surrender of the City ; 9. Political Intrigue--Buena Vista--Movement against Vera Cruz--Siege and Capture of Vera Cruz ; 10. March to Jalapa--Battle of Cerro Gordo--Perote--Puebla--Scott and Taylor.
• 11. Advance on the City of Mexico--Battle of Contreras--Assault at Churubusco--Negotiations for Peace--Battle of Molino del Rey--Storming of Chapultepec--San Cosme--Evacuation of the City--Halls of the Montezumas 12. Promotion to First Lieutenant--Capture of the City of Mexico--The Army--Mexican Soldiers--Peace Negotiations ; 13. Treaty of Peace--Mexican Bull Fights--Regimental Quartermaster--Trip to Popocatapetl--Trip to the Caves of Mexico ; 14. Return of the Army--Marriage--Ordered to the Pacific Coast--Crossing the Isthmus--Arrival at San Francisco.
• 15. San Francisco--Early California Experiences--Life on the Pacific Coast--Promoted Captain--Flush Times in California 16. Resignation--Private Life--Life at Galena--The Coming Crisis ; 17. Outbreak of the Rebellion--Presiding at a Union Meeting--Mustering Officer of State Troops--Lyon at Camp Jackson--Services Tendered to the Government ; 18. Appointed Colonel of the 21st Illinois--Personnel of the Regiment--General Logan--March to Missouri--Movement against Harris at Florida, Mo.--General Pope in Command--Stationed at Mexico, Mo.
• 19. Commissioned Brigadier-General--Command at Ironton, Mo.--Jefferson City--Cape Girardeau--General Prentiss--Seizure of Paducah--Headquarters at Cairo 20. General Fremont in Command--Movement against Belmont--Battle of Belmont--A Narrow Escape--After the Battle ; 21. General Halleck in Command--Commanding the District of Cairo--Movement on Fort Henry--Capture of Fort Henry ; 22. Investment of Fort Donelson--The Naval Operations--Attack of the Enemy--Assaulting the Works--Surrender of the Fort.
• 23. Promoted Major-General of Volunteers--Unoccupied Territory--Advance upon Nashville--Situation of the Troops--Confederate Retreat--Relieved of the Command--Restored to the Command--General Smith.

ISBN

• 9780674976290
• 0674976290

LCCN

^^2017012584

OCLC

• 982089254
• SCSB-11809820

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library