Personal Memoirs"One of the most unflinching studies of war in our literature." --William McFeeley Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood to his heroics in battle to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically "rescued" him, these memoirs are a mesmerizing, deeply moving account of a brilliant man, told with great courage as he reflects on the fortunes that shaped his life and his character. Written under excruciating circumstances (as Grant was dying of throat cancer), encouraged and edited from its very inception by Mark Twain, it is a triumph of the art of autobiography. The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit. |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
CHAPTER II | 12 |
CHAPTER III | 19 |
CHAPTER IV | 27 |
CHAPTER V | 34 |
CHAPTER VIII | 51 |
CHAPTER X | 63 |
PROMOTION TO FIRST LIEUTENANTCAPTURE OF THE CITY OF MEXICO | 81 |
THE RELIEF OF KNOXVILLEHEADQUARTERS MOVED TO NASHVILLE | 353 |
CHAPTER XLVI | 362 |
CHAPTER XLVIII | 383 |
CHAPTER XLIX | 390 |
CHAPTER L | 401 |
CHAPTER LI | 419 |
CHAPTER LII | 427 |
CHAPTER LIII | 434 |
CHAPTER XIII | 88 |
CHAPTER XIV | 96 |
CHAPTER XVI | 106 |
CHAPTER XVII | 116 |
CHAPTER XXI | 145 |
CHAPTER XXII | 152 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 167 |
CHAPTER XXV | 186 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 195 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 203 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 213 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 219 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 232 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 241 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 251 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 258 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 283 |
CHAPTER XL | 315 |
CHAPTER XLI | 323 |
CHAPTER XLII | 330 |
CHAPTER LIV | 442 |
CHAPTER LV | 455 |
CHAPTER LVI | 464 |
CHAPTER LVII | 475 |
SHERIDANS ADVANCEVISIT TO SHERIDAN SHERIDANS VICTORY IN | 489 |
CHAPTER LIX | 499 |
CHAPTER LX | 516 |
CHAPTER LXI | 522 |
CHAPTER LXII | 529 |
CHAPTER LXIII | 540 |
CHAPTER LXIV | 548 |
CHAPTER LXV | 558 |
CHAPTER LXVI | 567 |
CHAPTER LXVII | 575 |
CHAPTER LXVIII | 588 |
CHAPTER LXX | 603 |
CONCLUSION | 611 |
APPENDIX | 618 |
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