Personal MemoirsGeneral and President, success and utter failure, rich and poor, Grant battled many forces during his life, not the least of which was writing his memoirs while dying so that his wife might have an income. |
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ANCESTRYBIRTHBOYHOOD | 3 |
WEST POINTGRADUATION | 11 |
ARMY LIFECAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WARCAMP | 18 |
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