Personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.

Description

Tracing his ancestry, Grant gives insight into the upbringing of a heralded military and political leader. On a broader scale, his first-person account of America’s armed forces outlines both civil and foreign insurrection.Grant wrote the two-volume Memoirs, published by Mark Twain, during his final battle – a battle against cancer that he would ultimately lose.

First Sentence

THE reply (to my telegram of October 16, 1863, from Cairo, announcing my arrival at that point) came on the morning of the 17th, directing me to proceed immediately to the Galt House, Louisville, where I would meet an officer of the War Department with my instructions.

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Other Editions

• Personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.: Volume 2Charles Webster1885-01-01
• Personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.Charles Webster1885-01-01
• Personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.Sampson Low, Marston1885-01-01
• Personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.Sampson Low, Marston1886-01-01
• Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantPaperbackKessinger Publishing2005-03-30
• Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantPaperbackKessinger Publishing2005-03-30