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'4510#.'/1+451(TT4#06 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant i The Project Gutenberg EBook of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete Author: Ulysses S. Grant Release Date: June 1, 2004 [EBook No. 4367] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII Produced by David Widger Produced in PDF Format by Chris Drane ( PREFACE ”Man proposes and God disposes.” There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice. Although frequently urged by friends to write my memoirs I had determined never to do so, nor to write anything for publication. At the age of nearly sixty- two I received an injury from a fall, which confined me closely to the house while it did not apparently affect my general health. This made study a pleasant pastime. Shortly after, the rascality of a business partner developed itself by the announcement of a failure. This was followed soon after by universal depression of all securities, which seemed to threaten the extinction of a good part of the income still retained, and for which I am indebted to the kindly act of friends. At this juncture the editor of the Century Magazine asked me to write a few articles for him. I consented for the money it gave me; for at that moment I was living upon borrowed money. The work I found congenial, and I determined to continue it. The event is an important one for me, for good or evil; I hope for the former. In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. The first volume, as well as a portion of the second, was written before I had reason to suppose I was in a critical condition of health. Later I was reduced almost to the point of death, and it became impossible for me to attend to anything for weeks. I have, however, somewhat regained my strength, and am able, often, to devote as many hours a day as a person should devote to such work. I would have more hope of satisfying the expectation of the public if I could have allowed myself more time. I have used my best efforts, with the aid of my eldest son, F. D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records ii PREFACE iii every statement of fact given. The comments are my own, and show how I saw the matters treated of whether others saw them in the same light or not. With these remarks I present these volumes to the public, asking no favor but hoping they will meet the approval of the reader. U. S. GRANT. MOUNT MACGREGOR, NEW YORK, July 1, 1885. Contents PREFACE ii VOLUME I 1 1 ANCESTRY–BIRTH–BOYHOOD 2 2 WEST POINT–GRADUATION 9 3 ARMY LIFE 15 4 CORPUS CHRISTIE 22 5 TRIP TO AUSTIN 28 6 ADVANCE OF THE ARMY 33 7 THE MEXICAN WAR 37 8 ADVANCE ON MONTEREY 44 9 POLITICAL INTRIGUE 49 10 MARCH TO JALAPA 54 11 ADVANCE ON MEXICO CITY 59 12 PROMOTION 69 13 TREATY OF PEACE 75 14 RETURN OF THE ARMY 82 15 SAN FRANCISCO 86 16 RESIGNATION 91 iv CONTENTS v 17 REBELLION 99 18 APPOINTED COLONEL 105 19 COMMISSIONED BRIGADIER-GENERAL 111 20 GENERAL FREMONT 118 21 GENERAL HALLECK 124 22 INVESTMENT OF FORT DONELSON 129 23 PROMOTED MAJOR-GENERAL 139 24 THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG LANDING 146 25 STRUCK BY A BULLET 156 26 HALLECK ASSUMES COMMAND 164 27 HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO MEMPHIS 170 28 ADVANCE OF VAN DORN AND PRICE 179 29 VAN DORN’S MOVEMENTS 183 30 THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST VICKSBURG 187 31 HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO HOLLY SPRINGS 195 32 THE BAYOUS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI 204 33 ATTACK ON GRAND GULF 212 34 CAPTURE OF PORT GIBSON 218 35 MOVEMENT AGAINST JACKSON 224 36 BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE 233 37 SIEGE OF VICKSBURG 238 38 JOHNSTON’S MOVEMENTS 244 39 RETROSPECT OF THE CAMPAIGN 255 VOLUME II 260 CONTENTS vi 40 FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON 262 41 ASSUMING THE COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA 268 42 CONDITION OF THE ARMY 274 43 PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE 282 44 BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA 288 45 THE RELIEF OF KNOXVILLE 295 46 OPERATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI 303 47 THE MILITARY SITUATION 311 48 COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN 319 49 SHERMAN’S CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA 324 50 GRAND MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY 332 51 AFTER THE BATTLE 341 52 BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA 347 53 HANCOCK’S ASSAULT 352 54 MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK 358 55 ADVANCE ON COLD HARBOR 366 56 LEFT FLANK MOVEMENT 374 57 RAID ON THE VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD 383 58 SHERIDAN’S ADVANCE 394 59 THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA 402 60 THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN 417 61 EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT FISHER 420 62 SHERMAN’S MARCH NORTH 426 63 ARRIVAL OF THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS 436 CONTENTS vii 64 INTERVIEW WITH SHERIDAN 445 65 THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURG 453 66 BATTLE OF SAILOR’S CREEK 460 67 NEGOTIATIONS AT APPOMATTOX 466 68 MORALE OF THE TWO ARMIES 474 69 SHERMAN AND JOHNSTON 481 70 THE END OF THE WAR 488 REPORT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT,1864-65 501 FOOTNOTES 565 PROJECT GUTENBERG 593 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBURG LICENCE 594 VOLUME I 1

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