Personal Memoirs of U.S. GrantIntelligent, deeply moving firsthand account of Civil War military campaigns by former U.S. President and key figure in the Union's victory. Perhaps the finest military memoir ever written, the volume offers an incomparable vantage point on that conflict. Includes Grant's letters to his wife, photographs by Mathew Brady, maps, and more. |
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... MOVEMENT ON CAMARGO .. CHAPTER VIII . ADVANCE ON MONTEREY - THE BLACK FORT — THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY - SURRENDER OF THE CITY . CHAPTER IX . POLITICAL INTRIGUE — BUENA VISTA — MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ - SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ ...
... MOVEMENT ON CAMARGO .. CHAPTER VIII . ADVANCE ON MONTEREY - THE BLACK FORT — THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY - SURRENDER OF THE CITY . CHAPTER IX . POLITICAL INTRIGUE — BUENA VISTA — MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ - SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ ...
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... MOVEMENT AGAINST HARRIS AT FLORIDA , MO . - GENERAL POPE IN COMMAND - STATIONED AT MEXICO , MO ........ CHAPTER XIX . - COMMISSIONED BRIGADIER - GENERAL - COMMAND AT IRONTON , MO . JEFFERSON CITY - CAPE GIRARDEAU - GENERAL PRENTISS ...
... MOVEMENT AGAINST HARRIS AT FLORIDA , MO . - GENERAL POPE IN COMMAND - STATIONED AT MEXICO , MO ........ CHAPTER XIX . - COMMISSIONED BRIGADIER - GENERAL - COMMAND AT IRONTON , MO . JEFFERSON CITY - CAPE GIRARDEAU - GENERAL PRENTISS ...
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... MOVEMENTS OF BRAGG - SURRENDER OF CLARKSVILLE - THE ADVANCE UPON CHATTANOOGA- SHERIDAN COLONEL OF A MICHIGAN REGIMENT ... CHAPTER XXVIII . ADVANCE OF VAN DORN AND PRICE - PRICE ENTERS IUKA— BATTLE OF IUKA CHAPTER XXIX . VAN DORN'S MOVEMENTS ...
... MOVEMENTS OF BRAGG - SURRENDER OF CLARKSVILLE - THE ADVANCE UPON CHATTANOOGA- SHERIDAN COLONEL OF A MICHIGAN REGIMENT ... CHAPTER XXVIII . ADVANCE OF VAN DORN AND PRICE - PRICE ENTERS IUKA— BATTLE OF IUKA CHAPTER XXIX . VAN DORN'S MOVEMENTS ...
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... MOVEMENTS- PROPOSED MOVEMENT UPON MOBILE - A PAINFUL ACCI- DENT - ORDERED TO REPORT AT CAIRO . CHAPTER XL . FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON - GENERAL ROSE- CRANS - COMMANDING MILITARY DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI- ANDREW JOHNSON'S ...
... MOVEMENTS- PROPOSED MOVEMENT UPON MOBILE - A PAINFUL ACCI- DENT - ORDERED TO REPORT AT CAIRO . CHAPTER XL . FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON - GENERAL ROSE- CRANS - COMMANDING MILITARY DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI- ANDREW JOHNSON'S ...
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... MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC CROSSING THE RAPIDAN - ENTERING THE WILDERNESS - BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS CHAPTER LI . AFTER THE BATTLE - TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL SERVICE - MOVE- MENT BY THE LEFT FLANK CHAPTER LII . BATTLE OF ...
... MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC CROSSING THE RAPIDAN - ENTERING THE WILDERNESS - BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS CHAPTER LI . AFTER THE BATTLE - TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL SERVICE - MOVE- MENT BY THE LEFT FLANK CHAPTER LII . BATTLE OF ...
Contents
I | xxiii |
III | 1 |
IV | 8 |
V | 13 |
VI | 19 |
VII | 23 |
VIII | 27 |
IX | 30 |
XL | 206 |
XLI | 210 |
XLII | 217 |
XLIV | 227 |
XLV | 232 |
XLVI | 238 |
XLVII | 243 |
XLVIII | 250 |
X | 36 |
XI | 41 |
XII | 45 |
XIII | 49 |
XIV | 58 |
XV | 63 |
XVI | 69 |
XVII | 72 |
XVIII | 76 |
XIX | 83 |
XX | 88 |
XXI | 93 |
XXIII | 99 |
XXIV | 104 |
XXV | 109 |
XXVI | 122 |
XXVII | 127 |
XXVIII | 137 |
XXX | 144 |
XXXI | 150 |
XXXII | 157 |
XXXIII | 161 |
XXXIV | 165 |
XXXV | 171 |
XXXVI | 178 |
XXXVII | 185 |
XXXVIII | 191 |
XXXIX | 196 |
XLIX | 256 |
L | 261 |
LI | 268 |
LII | 275 |
LIII | 284 |
LIV | 289 |
LV | 297 |
LVI | 311 |
LVII | 317 |
LVIII | 322 |
LIX | 328 |
LX | 338 |
LXI | 345 |
LXII | 354 |
LXIII | 365 |
LXIV | 372 |
LXV | 385 |
LXVI | 390 |
LXVII | 404 |
LXVIII | 410 |
LXIX | 417 |
LXX | 424 |
LXXI | 430 |
LXXII | 441 |
LXXIII | 446 |
LXXIV | 452 |
LXXV | 458 |
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