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

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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 [Author]

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online resource

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9780674981898

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E672 .P477 2017

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Subject: 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.--

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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.--

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""11. Advance on the City of Mexicoâ#x80;#x94;Battle of Contrerasâ#x80;#x94;Assault at Churubuscoâ#x80;#x94;Negotiations for Peaceâ#x80;#x94;Battle of Molino del Reyâ#x80;#x94;Storming of Chapultepecâ#x80;#x94;San Cosmeâ#x80;#x94;Evacuation of the Cityâ#x80;#x94;Halls of the Montezumas """"12. Promotion to First Lieutenantâ#x80;#x94;Capture of the City of Mexicoâ#x80;#x94;The Armyâ#x80;#x94;Mexican Soldiersâ#x80;#x94;Peace Negotiations ""; ""13. Treaty of Peaceâ#x80;#x94;Mexican Bull Fightsâ#x80;#x94;Regimental Quartermasterâ#x80;#x94;Trip to Popocatapetlâ#x80;#x94;Trip to the Caves of Mexico ""; ""14. Return of the Armyâ#x80;#x94;Marriageâ#x80;#x94;Ordered to the Pacific Coastâ#x80;#x94;Crossing the Isthmusâ#x80;#x94;Arrival at San Francisco ""

""15. San Franciscoâ#x80;#x94;Early California Experiencesâ#x80;#x94;Life on the Pacific Coastâ#x80;#x94;Promoted Captainâ#x80;#x94;Flush Times in California """"16. Resignationâ#x80;#x94;Private Lifeâ#x80;#x94;Life at Galenaâ#x80;#x94;The Coming Crisis ""; ""17. Outbreak of the Rebellionâ#x80;#x94;Presiding at a Union Meetingâ#x80;#x94;Mustering Officer of State Troopsâ#x80;#x94;Lyon at Camp Jacksonâ#x80;#x94;Services Tendered to the Government ""; ""18. Appointed Colonel of the 21st Illinoisâ#x80;#x94;Personnel of the Regimentâ#x80;#x94;General Loganâ#x80;#x94;March to Missouriâ#x80;#x94;Movement against Harris at Florida, Mo.â#x80;#x94;General Pope in Commandâ#x80;#x94;Stationed at Mexico, Mo. ""

""19. Commissioned Brigadier-Generalâ#x80;#x94;Command at Ironton, Mo.â#x80;#x94;Jefferson Cityâ#x80;#x94;Cape Girardeauâ#x80;#x94;General Prentissâ#x80;#x94;Seizure of Paducahâ#x80;#x94;Headquarters at Cairo """"20. General Fremont in Commandâ#x80;#x94;Movement against Belmontâ#x80;#x94;Battle of Belmontâ#x80;#x94;A Narrow Escapeâ#x80;#x94;After the Battle ""; ""21. General Halleck in Commandâ#x80;#x94;Commanding the District of Cairoâ#x80;#x94;Movement on Fort Henryâ#x80;#x94;Capture of Fort Henry ""; ""22. Investment of Fort Donelsonâ#x80;#x94;The Naval Operationsâ#x80;#x94;Attack of the Enemyâ#x80;#x94;Assaulting the Worksâ#x80;#x94;Surrender of the Fort ""

""23. Promoted Major-General of Volunteersâ#x80;#x94;Unoccupied Territoryâ#x80;#x94;Advance upon Nashvilleâ#x80;#x94;Situation of the Troopsâ#x80;#x94;Confederate Retreatâ#x80;#x94;Relieved of the Commandâ#x80;#x94;Restored to the Commandâ#x80;#x94;General Smith ""

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