Biography and Memoir

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

An American Civil War Memoir of Command and CharacterBy Ulysses S. Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant: Life of the Fearless General & Commander-in-Chief (Complete Edition—Volumes 1 & 2) presents a comprehensive account of Grant's formation, military career, and presidency, tracing the experiences that shaped one of the central figures of nineteenth-century American history. Its narrative joins biographical exposition with the drama of campaign history, emphasizing strategy, endurance, leadership, and the moral and political consequences of the Civil War. Read in its historical context, the work belongs to the tradition of popular yet documentary American biography, translating national crisis and military transformation into an accessible portrait of character and command. Grant's life offered an unusually compelling subject: marked by financial setbacks, professional uncertainty, wartime responsibility, and eventual elevation to the highest office in the republic. His victories at Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Appomattox, together with his contested presidency, reveal a figure whose reserve and persistence often concealed considerable intellectual discipline. The author's attention to these contrasts illuminates why Grant remained both admired and debated by contemporaries and later historians. This complete two-volume edition is recommended to readers seeking a sustained introduction to Grant's career and to the wider political and military world he inhabited. It will interest students of the Civil War, presidential history, and nineteenth-century biography, while offering general readers a vivid study of courage, responsibility, and national leadership. Its broad scope makes it especially valuable for understanding Grant not merely as a victorious general, but as a complex public figure shaped by war's lasting consequences.

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Publish dateDec 14, 2023

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1Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)

2PREFACE

3CHAPTER I ANCESTRY — BIRTH — BOYHOOD

4CHAPTER II WEST POINT — GRADUATION

5CHAPTER III ARMY LIFE — CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR — CAMP SALUBRITY

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6CHAPTER IV CORPUS CHRISTI — MEXICAN SMUGGLING — SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO — SUPPLYING TRANSPORTATION

7CHAPTER V TRIP TO AUSTIN — PROMOTION TO FULL SECOND LIEUTENANT — ARMY OF OCCUPATION

8CHAPTER VI ADVANCE OF THE ARMY — CROSSING THE COLORADO — THE RIO GRANDE

9CHAPTER VII THE MEXICAN WAR — THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO — THE BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA — ARMY OF INVASION — GENERAL TAYLOR — MOVEMENT ON CAMARGO

10CHAPTER VIII ADVANCE ON MONTEREY — THE BLACK FORT — THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY — SURRENDER OF THE CITY

11CHAPTER IX POLITICAL INTRIGUE — BUENA VISTA — MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ — SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ

12CHAPTER X MARCH TO JALAPA — BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO — PEROTE — PUEBLA — SCOTT AND TAYLOR

13CHAPTER 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

14CHAPTER XII PROMOTION TO FIRST LIEUTENANT — CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF MEXICO — THE ARMY — MEXICAN SOLDIERS — PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

15CHAPTER XIII TREATY OF PEACE — MEXICAN BULL FIGHTS — REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER — TRIP TO POPOCATAPETL — TRIP TO THE CAVES OF MEXICO

16CHAPTER XIV RETURN OF THE ARMY — MARRIAGE — ORDERED TO THE PACIFIC COAST — CROSSING THE ISTHMUS — ARRIVAL AT SAN FRANCISCO

17CHAPTER XV SAN FRANCISCO — EARLY CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCES — LIFE ON THE PACIFIC COAST — PROMOTED CAPTAIN — FLUSH TIMES IN CALIFORNIA

18CHAPTER XVI RESIGNATION — PRIVATE LIFE — LIFE AT GALENA — THE COMING CRISIS

19CHAPTER XVII OUTBREAK OF THE REBELLION — PRESIDING AT A UNION MEETING — MUSTERING OFFICER OF STATE TROOPS — LYON AT CAMP JACKSON — SERVICES TENDERED TO THE GOVERNMENT

20CHAPTER 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

21CHAPTER XIX COMMISSIONED BRIGADIER-GENERAL — COMMAND AT IRONTON, MO. — JEFFERSON CITY — CAPE GIRARDEAU — GENERAL PRENTISS — SEIZURE OF PADUCAH — HEADQUARTERS AT CAIRO

22CHAPTER XX GENERAL FREMONT IN COMMAND — MOVEMENT AGAINST BELMONT — BATTLE OF BELMONT — A NARROW ESCAPE — AFTER THE BATTLE

23CHAPTER XXI GENERAL HALLECK IN COMMAND — COMMANDING THE DISTRICT OF CAIRO — MOVEMENT ON FORT HENRY — CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY

24CHAPTER XXII INVESTMENT OF FORT DONELSON — THE NAVAL OPERATIONS — ATTACK OF THE ENEMY — ASSAULTING THE WORKS — SURRENDER OF THE FORT

25CHAPTER 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

26CHAPTER XXIV THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG LANDING — INJURED BY A FALL — THE CONFEDERATE ATTACK AT SHILOH — THE FIRST DAY'S FIGHT AT SHILOH — GENERAL SHERMAN — CONDITION OF THE ARMY — CLOSE OF THE FIRST DAY'S FIGHT — THE SECOND DAY'S FIGHT — RETREAT AND DEFEAT OF THE CONFEDERATES

27CHAPTER XXV STRUCK BY A BULLET — PRECIPITATE RETREAT OF THE CONFEDERATES — INTRENCHMENTS AT SHILOH — GENERAL BUELL — GENERAL JOHNSTON — REMARKS ON SHILOH

28CHAPTER XXVI HALLECK ASSUMES COMMAND IN THE FIELD — THE ADVANCE UPON CORINTH — OCCUPATION OF CORINTH — THE ARMY SEPARATED

29CHAPTER 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

30CHAPTER XXVIII ADVANCE OF VAN DORN AND PRICE — PRICE ENTERS IUKA — BATTLE OF IUKA

31CHAPTER XXIX VAN DORN'S MOVEMENTS — BATTLE OF CORINTH — COMMAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE

32CHAPTER XXX THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST VICKSBURG — EMPLOYING THE FREEDMEN — OCCUPATION OF HOLLY SPRINGS — SHERMAN ORDERED TO MEMPHIS — SHERMAN'S MOVEMENTS DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI — VAN DORN CAPTURES HOLLY SPRINGS — COLLECTING FORAGE AND FOOD

33CHAPTER XXXI HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO HOLLY SPRINGS — GENERAL M'CLERNAND IN COMMAND — ASSUMING COMMAND AT YOUNG'S POINT — OPERATIONS ABOVE VICKSBURG — FORTIFICATIONS ABOUT VICKSBURG — THE CANAL — LAKE PROVIDENCE — OPERATIONS AT YAZOO PASS

34CHAPTER XXXII THE BAYOUS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI — CRITICISMS OF THE NORTHERN PRESS — RUNNING THE BATTERIES — LOSS OF THE INDIANOLA — DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS

35CHAPTER XXXIII ATTACK ON GRAND GULF — OPERATIONS BELOW VICKSBURG

36CHAPTER XXXIV CAPTURE OF PORT GIBSON — GRIERSON'S RAID — OCCUPATION OF GRAND GULF — MOVEMENT UP THE BIG BLACK — BATTLE OF RAYMOND

37CHAPTER XXXV MOVEMENT AGAINST JACKSON — FALL OF JACKSON — INTERCEPTING THE ENEMY — BATTLE OF CHAMPION'S HILL

38CHAPTER XXXVI BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE — CROSSING THE BIG BLACK — INVESTMENT OF VICKSBURG — ASSAULTING THE WORKS

39CHAPTER XXXVII SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

40CHAPTER XXXVIII JOHNSTON'S MOVEMENTS — FORTIFICATIONS AT HAINES' 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

41CHAPTER XXXIX RETROSPECT OF THE CAMPAIGN — SHERMAN'S MOVEMENTS — PROPOSED MOVEMENT UPON MOBILE — A PAINFUL ACCIDENT — ORDERED TO REPORT AT CAIRO

42CHAPTER XL FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON — GENERAL ROSECRANS — COMMANDING MILITARY DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI — ANDREW JOHNSON'S ADDRESS — ARRIVAL AT CHATTANOOGA

43CHAPTER XLI ASSUMING THE COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA — OPENING A LINE OF SUPPLIES — BATTLE OF WAUHATCHIE — ON THE PICKET LINE

44CHAPTER XLII CONDITION OF THE ARMY — REBUILDING THE RAILROAD — GENERAL BURNSIDE'S SITUATION — ORDERS FOR BATTLE — PLANS FOR THE ATTACK — HOOKER'S POSITION — SHERMAN'S MOVEMENTS

45CHAPTER XLIII PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE — THOMAS CARRIES THE FIRST LINE OF THE ENEMY — SHERMAN CARRIES MISSIONARY RIDGE — BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN — GENERAL HOOKER'S FIGHT

46CHAPTER XLIV BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA — A GALLANT CHARGE — COMPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY — PURSUIT OF THE CONFEDERATES — GENERAL BRAGG — REMARKS ON CHATTANOOGA

47CHAPTER XLV THE RELIEF OF KNOXVILLE — HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO NASHVILLE — VISITING KNOXVILLE — CIPHER CIPHER DISPATCHES — WITHHOLDING ORDERS

48CHAPTER XLVI OPERATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI — LONGSTREET IN EAST TENNESSEE — COMMISSIONED LIEUTENANT-GENERAL — COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES — FIRST INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN

49CHAPTER XLVII THE MILITARY SITUATION — PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN — SHERIDAN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND OF THE CAVALRY — FLANK MOVEMENTS — FORREST AT FORT PILLOW — GENERAL BANKS'S EXPEDITION — COLONEL MOSBY — AN INCIDENT OF THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN

50CHAPTER XLVIII COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN — GENERAL BUTLER'S POSITION — SHERIDAN'S FIRST RAID