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100 1 _aGrant, Ulysses S.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant :
_bThe Complete Annotated Edition /
_cUlysses S. Grant.
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tIntroduction --
_tEditorial Procedure --
_tAbbreviations --
_tPersonal Memoirs of U.S. Grant --
_tPreface --
_tAncestry - Birth - Boyhood --
_tWest Point - Graduation --
_tArmy life - Causes of the Mexican War - Camp Salubrity --
_tCorpus Christi - Mexican Smuggling - Spanish Rule in Mexico - Supplying Transportation --
_tTrip to Austin - Promotion to Full Second Lieutenant - Army of Occupation --
_tAdvance of the Army - Crossing the Colorado - The Rio Grande --
_tThe Mexican War - The Battle of Palo Alto - The Battle of Resaca de la Palma - Army of Invasion - General Taylor - Movement on Camargo --
_tAdvance on Monterey - The Black Fort - The Battle of Monterey - Surrender of the City --
_tPolitical Intrigue - Buena Vista - Movement against Vera Cruz - Siege and Capture of Vera Cruz --
_tMarch to Jalapa - Battle of Cerro Gordo - Perote - Puebla - Scott and Taylor --
_tAdvance 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 --
_tPromotion to First Lieutenant - Capture of the City of Mexico - The Army - Mexican Soldiers - Peace Negotiations --
_tTreaty of Peace - Mexican Bull Fights - Regimental Quartermaster - Trip to Popocatapetl - Trip to the Caves of Mexico --
_tReturn of the Army - Marriage - Ordered to the Pacific Coast - Crossing the Isthmus - Arrival at San Francisco --
_tSan Francisco - Early California Experiences - Life on the Pacific Coast - Promoted Captain - Flush Times in California --
_tResignation - Private Life - Life at Galena - The Coming Crisis --
_tOutbreak of the Rebellion - Presiding at a Union Meeting - Mustering Officer of State Troops - Lyon at Camp Jackson - Services Tendered to the Government --
_tAppointed 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. --
_tCommissioned Brigadier-General - Command at Ironton, Mo. - Jefferson City - Cape Girardeau - General Prentiss - Seizure of Paducah - Headquarters at Cairo --
_tGeneral Fremont in Command- Movement against Belmont - Battle of Belmont - A Narrow Escape - After the Battle --
_tGeneral Halleck in Command - Commanding the District of Cairo - Movement on Fort Henry - Capture of Fort Henry --
_tInvestment of Fort Donelson - The Naval Operations - Attack of the Enemy - Assaulting the Works - Surrender of the Fort --
_tPromoted 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 --
_tThe 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 --
_tStruck by a Bullet - Precipitate Retreat of the Confederates - Intrenchments at Shiloh - General Buell - General Johnston - Remarks on Shiloh --
_tHalleck Assumes Command in the Field - The Advance upon Corinth - Occupation of Corinth - The Army Separated --
_tHeadquarters 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 --
_tAdvance of Van Dorn and Price - Price Enters Iuka - Battle of Iuka --
_tVan Dorn’s Movements - Battle of Corinth - Command of the Department of the Tennessee --
_tThe 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 --
_tHeadquarters Moved to Holly Springs - General McClernand in Command - Assuming Command at Young’s Point - Operations above Vicksburg - Fortifications about Vicksburg - The Canal - Lake Providence - Operations at Yazoo Pass --
_tThe Bayous West of the Mississippi - Criticisms of the Northern Press - Running the Batteries - Loss of the Indianola - Disposition of the Troops --
_tAttack on Grand Gulf - Operations below Vicksburg --
_tCapture of Port Gibson - Grierson’s Raid - Occupation of Grand Gulf - Movement up the Big Black - Battle of Raymond --
_tMovement against Jackson - Fall of Jackson - Intercepting the Enemy - Battle of Champion’s Hill --
_tBattle of Black River Bridge - Crossing the Big Black - Investment of Vicksburg - Assaulting the Works --
_tSiege of Vicksburg --
_tJohnston’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 --
_tRetrospect of the Campaign - Sherman’s Movements - Proposed Movement upon Mobile - A Painful Accident - Ordered to Report at Cairo --
_tFirst Meeting with Secretary Stanton - General Rosecrans - Commanding Military Division of Mississippi - Andrew Johnson’s Address - Arrival at Chattanooga --
_tAssuming the Command at Chattanooga - Opening a Line of Supplies - Battle of Wauhatchie - On the Picket Line --
_tCondition of the Army - Rebuilding the Railroad - General Burnside’s Situation - Orders for Battle - Plans for the Attack - Hooker’s Position - Sherman’s Movements --
_tPreparations for Battle - Thomas Carries the First Line of the Enemy - Sherman Carries Missionary Ridge - Battle of Lookout Mountain - General Hooker’s Fight --
_tBattle of Chattanooga - A Gallant Charge - Complete Rout of the Enemy - Pursuit of the Confederates - General Bragg - Remarks on Chattanooga --
_tThe Relief of Knoxville - Headquarters Moved to Nashville - Visiting Knoxville - Cipher Dispatches - Withholding Orders --
_tOperations in Mississippi - Longstreet in East Tennessee - Commissioned Lieutenant-General - Commanding the Armies of the United States - First Interview with President Lincoln --
_tThe 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 --
_tCommencement of the Grand Campaign - General Butler’s Position - Sheridan’s First Raid --
_tSherman’s Campaign in Georgia - Siege of Atlanta - Death of General McPherson - Attempt to Capture Andersonville - Capture of Atlanta --
_tGrand Movement of the Army of the Potomac - Crossing the Rapidan - Entering the Wilderness - Battle of the Wilderness --
_tAfter the Battle - Telegraph and Signal Service - Movement by the Left Flank --
_tBattle of Spottsylvania - Hancock’s Position - Assault of Warren’s and Wright’s Corps - Upton Promoted on the Field - Good News from Butler and Sheridan --
_tHancock’s Assault - Losses of the Confederates - Promotions Recommended - Discomfiture of the Enemy - Ewell’s Attack - Reducing the Artillery --
_tMovement by the Left Flank - Battle of North Anna - An Incident of the March - Moving on Richmond - South of the Pamunkey - Position of the National Army --
_tAdvance on Cold Harbor - An Anecdote of the War - Battle of Cold Harbor - Correspondence with Lee - Retrospective --
_tLeft Flank Movement across the Chickahominy and James - General Lee - Visit to Butler - The Movement on Petersburg - The Investment of Petersburg --
_tRaid on the Virginia Central Railroad - Raid on the Weldon Railroad - Early’s Movement upon Washington - Mining the Works before Petersburg - Explosion of the Mine before Petersburg - Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley - Capture of the Weldon Railroad --
_tSheridan’s Advance - Visit to Sheridan - Sheridan’s Victory in the Shenandoah - Sheridan’s Ride to Winchester - Close of the Campaign for the Winter --
_tThe Campaign in Georgia - Sherman’s March to the Sea - War Anecdotes - The March on Savannah - Investment of Savannah - Capture of Savannah --
_tThe Battle of Franklin - The Battle of Nashville --
_tExpedition against Fort Fisher - Attack on the Fort - Failure of the Expedition - Second Expedition against the Fort - Capture of Fort Fisher --
_tSherman’s March North - Sheridan Ordered to
505 0 0 _tLynchburg - Canby Ordered to Move against Mobile - Movements of Schofield and Thomas - Capture of Columbia, South Carolina - Sherman in the Carolinas --
_tArrival of the Peace Commissioners - Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners - An Anecdote of Mr. Lincoln - The Winter before Petersburg - Sheridan Destroys the Railroad - Gordon Carries the Picket Line - Parke Recaptures the Line - The Battle of White Oak Road --
_tInterview with Sheridan - Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac - Sheridan’s Advance on Five Forks - Battle of Five Forks - Parke and Wright Storm the Enemy’s Line - Battles before Petersburg --
_tThe Capture of Petersburg - Meeting President Lincoln in Petersburg - The Capture of Richmond - Pursuing the Enemy - Visit to Sheridan and Meade --
_tBattle of Sailor’s Creek - Engagement at Farmville - Correspondence with General Lee - Sheridan Intercepts the Enemy --
_tNegotiations at Appomattox - Interview with Lee at McLean’s House - The Terms of Surrender - Lee’s Surrender - Interview with Lee after the Surrender --
_tMorale of the Two Armies - Relative Conditions of the North and South - President Lincoln Visits Richmond - Arrival at Washington - President Lincoln’s Assassination - President Johnson’s Policy --
_tSherman and Johnston - Johnston’s Surrender to Sherman - Capture of Mobile - Wilson’s Expedition - Capture of Jefferson Davis - General Thomas’s Qualities - Estimate of General Canby --
_tThe End of the War - The March to Washington - One of Lincoln’s Anecdotes - Grand Review at Washington - Characteristics of Lincoln and Stanton - Estimate of the Different Corps Commanders --
_tConclusion --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIndex
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520 _aThis is the first complete 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—including the antebellum era and the Mexican War—and his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. An introduction contextualizes Grant’s life and significance.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)
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_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aMexican War, 1846-1848
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650 0 _aPresidents
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650 7 _aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General.
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