Biography and Memoir

Ulysses S. Grant: Life of the Fearless General & Commander-in-Chief (Complete Edition - Volumes 1&2)

By Ulysses S. Grant

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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 Reconstruction with the support of Congress. Main focus of Grant's writing in this autobiography is on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Original edition of Grant's Memoirs was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death.

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GenreBiography and Memoir

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Publish dateDec 14, 2023

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1PREFACE

26CHAPTER XXV STRUCK BY A BULLET — PRECIPITATE RETREAT OF THE CONFEDERATES — INTRENCHMENTS AT SHILOH — GENERAL BUELL — GENERAL JOHNSTON — REMARKS ON SHILOH

2CHAPTER I ANCESTRY — BIRTH — BOYHOOD

27CHAPTER XXVI HALLECK ASSUMES COMMAND IN THE FIELD — THE ADVANCE UPON CORINTH — OCCUPATION OF CORINTH — THE ARMY SEPARATED

3CHAPTER II WEST POINT — GRADUATION

28CHAPTER XXVII HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO MEMPHIS — ON THE ROAD TO MEMPHIS — ESCAPING JACKSON — COMPLAINTS AND REQUESTS — HALLECK APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF — RETURN TO CORINTH — MOVEMENTS OF BRAGG — SURRENDER OF CLARKSVILLE — THE ADVANCE UPON CHATTANOOGA — SHERIDAN COLONEL OF A MICHIGAN REGIMENT

4CHAPTER III ARMY LIFE — CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR — CAMP SALUBRITY

29CHAPTER XXVIII ADVANCE OF VAN DORN AND PRICE — PRICE ENTERS IUKA — BATTLE OF IUKA

5CHAPTER IV CORPUS CHRISTI — MEXICAN SMUGGLING — SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO — SUPPLYING TRANSPORTATION

30CHAPTER XXIX VAN DORN&#x27;S MOVEMENTS — BATTLE OF CORINTH — COMMAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE

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6CHAPTER V TRIP TO AUSTIN — PROMOTION TO FULL SECOND LIEUTENANT — ARMY OF OCCUPATION

31CHAPTER XXX THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST VICKSBURG — EMPLOYING THE FREEDMEN — OCCUPATION OF HOLLY SPRINGS — SHERMAN ORDERED TO MEMPHIS — SHERMAN&#x27;S MOVEMENTS DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI — VAN DORN CAPTURES HOLLY SPRINGS — COLLECTING FORAGE AND FOOD

7CHAPTER VI ADVANCE OF THE ARMY — CROSSING THE COLORADO — THE RIO GRANDE

32CHAPTER XXXI HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO HOLLY SPRINGS — GENERAL M&#x27;CLERNAND IN COMMAND — ASSUMING COMMAND AT YOUNG&#x27;S POINT — OPERATIONS ABOVE VICKSBURG — FORTIFICATIONS ABOUT VICKSBURG — THE CANAL — LAKE PROVIDENCE — OPERATIONS AT YAZOO PASS

8CHAPTER VII THE MEXICAN WAR — THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO — THE BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA — ARMY OF INVASION — GENERAL TAYLOR — MOVEMENT ON CAMARGO

33CHAPTER XXXII THE BAYOUS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI — CRITICISMS OF THE NORTHERN PRESS — RUNNING THE BATTERIES — LOSS OF THE INDIANOLA — DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS

9CHAPTER VIII ADVANCE ON MONTEREY — THE BLACK FORT — THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY — SURRENDER OF THE CITY

34CHAPTER XXXIII ATTACK ON GRAND GULF — OPERATIONS BELOW VICKSBURG

10CHAPTER IX POLITICAL INTRIGUE — BUENA VISTA — MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ — SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ

35CHAPTER XXXIV CAPTURE OF PORT GIBSON — GRIERSON&#x27;S RAID — OCCUPATION OF GRAND GULF — MOVEMENT UP THE BIG BLACK — BATTLE OF RAYMOND

11CHAPTER X MARCH TO JALAPA — BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO — PEROTE — PUEBLA — SCOTT AND TAYLOR

36CHAPTER XXXV MOVEMENT AGAINST JACKSON — FALL OF JACKSON — INTERCEPTING THE ENEMY — BATTLE OF CHAMPION&#x27;S HILL

12CHAPTER XI 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

37CHAPTER XXXVI BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE — CROSSING THE BIG BLACK — INVESTMENT OF VICKSBURG — ASSAULTING THE WORKS

13CHAPTER XII PROMOTION TO FIRST LIEUTENANT — CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF MEXICO — THE ARMY — MEXICAN SOLDIERS — PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

38CHAPTER XXXVII SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

14CHAPTER XIII TREATY OF PEACE — MEXICAN BULL FIGHTS — REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER — TRIP TO POPOCATAPETL — TRIP TO THE CAVES OF MEXICO

39CHAPTER XXXVIII JOHNSTON&#x27;S MOVEMENTS — FORTIFICATIONS AT HAINES&#x27; BLUFF — EXPLOSION OF THE MINE — EXPLOSION OF THE SECOND MINE — PREPARING FOR THE ASSAULT — THE FLAG OF TRUCE — MEETING WITH PEMBERTON — NEGOTIATIONS FOR SURRENDER — ACCEPTING THE TERMS — SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG

15CHAPTER XIV RETURN OF THE ARMY — MARRIAGE — ORDERED TO THE PACIFIC COAST — CROSSING THE ISTHMUS — ARRIVAL AT SAN FRANCISCO

40CHAPTER XXXIX RETROSPECT OF THE CAMPAIGN — SHERMAN&#x27;S MOVEMENTS — PROPOSED MOVEMENT UPON MOBILE — A PAINFUL ACCIDENT — ORDERED TO REPORT AT CAIRO

16CHAPTER XV SAN FRANCISCO — EARLY CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCES — LIFE ON THE PACIFIC COAST — PROMOTED CAPTAIN — FLUSH TIMES IN CALIFORNIA

41CHAPTER XL FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON — GENERAL ROSECRANS — COMMANDING MILITARY DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI — ANDREW JOHNSON&#x27;S ADDRESS — ARRIVAL AT CHATTANOOGA

17CHAPTER XVI RESIGNATION — PRIVATE LIFE — LIFE AT GALENA — THE COMING CRISIS

42CHAPTER XLI ASSUMING THE COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA — OPENING A LINE OF SUPPLIES — BATTLE OF WAUHATCHIE — ON THE PICKET LINE

18CHAPTER XVII OUTBREAK OF THE REBELLION — PRESIDING AT A UNION MEETING — MUSTERING OFFICER OF STATE TROOPS — LYON AT CAMP JACKSON — SERVICES TENDERED TO THE GOVERNMENT

43CHAPTER XLII CONDITION OF THE ARMY — REBUILDING THE RAILROAD — GENERAL BURNSIDE&#x27;S SITUATION — ORDERS FOR BATTLE — PLANS FOR THE ATTACK — HOOKER&#x27;S POSITION — SHERMAN&#x27;S MOVEMENTS

19CHAPTER XVIII 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

44CHAPTER XLIII PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE — THOMAS CARRIES THE FIRST LINE OF THE ENEMY — SHERMAN CARRIES MISSIONARY RIDGE — BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN — GENERAL HOOKER&#x27;S FIGHT

20CHAPTER XIX COMMISSIONED BRIGADIER-GENERAL — COMMAND AT IRONTON, MO. — JEFFERSON CITY — CAPE GIRARDEAU — GENERAL PRENTISS — SEIZURE OF PADUCAH — HEADQUARTERS AT CAIRO

45CHAPTER XLIV BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA — A GALLANT CHARGE — COMPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY — PURSUIT OF THE CONFEDERATES — GENERAL BRAGG — REMARKS ON CHATTANOOGA

21CHAPTER XX GENERAL FREMONT IN COMMAND — MOVEMENT AGAINST BELMONT — BATTLE OF BELMONT — A NARROW ESCAPE — AFTER THE BATTLE

46CHAPTER XLV THE RELIEF OF KNOXVILLE — HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO NASHVILLE — VISITING KNOXVILLE — CIPHER CIPHER DISPATCHES — WITHHOLDING ORDERS

22CHAPTER XXI GENERAL HALLECK IN COMMAND — COMMANDING THE DISTRICT OF CAIRO — MOVEMENT ON FORT HENRY — CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY

47CHAPTER XLVI OPERATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI — LONGSTREET IN EAST TENNESSEE — COMMISSIONED LIEUTENANT-GENERAL — COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES — FIRST INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN

23CHAPTER XXII INVESTMENT OF FORT DONELSON — THE NAVAL OPERATIONS — ATTACK OF THE ENEMY — ASSAULTING THE WORKS — SURRENDER OF THE FORT

48CHAPTER XLVII THE MILITARY SITUATION — PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN — SHERIDAN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND OF THE CAVALRY — FLANK MOVEMENTS — FORREST AT FORT PILLOW — GENERAL BANKS&#x27;S EXPEDITION — COLONEL MOSBY — AN INCIDENT OF THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN

24CHAPTER XXIII 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

49CHAPTER XLVIII COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN — GENERAL BUTLER&#x27;S POSITION — SHERIDAN&#x27;S FIRST RAID

25CHAPTER XXIV THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG LANDING — INJURED BY A FALL — THE CONFEDERATE ATTACK AT SHILOH — THE FIRST DAY&#x27;S FIGHT AT SHILOH — GENERAL SHERMAN — CONDITION OF THE ARMY — CLOSE OF THE FIRST DAY&#x27;S FIGHT — THE SECOND DAY&#x27;S FIGHT — RETREAT AND DEFEAT OF THE CONFEDERATES

50CHAPTER XLIX SHERMAN&#x27;S CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA — SIEGE OF ATLANTA — DEATH OF GENERAL MCPHERSON — ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE ANDERSONVILLE — CAPTURE OF ATLANTA