The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
The Complete Annotated Edition
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Preface -- |t Introduction -- |t Editorial Procedure -- |t Abbreviations -- |t Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant -- |t Preface -- |t Ancestry - Birth - Boyhood -- |t West Point - Graduation -- |t Army life - Causes of the Mexican War - Camp Salubrity -- |t Corpus Christi - Mexican Smuggling - Spanish Rule in Mexico - Supplying Transportation -- |t Trip to Austin - Promotion to Full Second Lieutenant - Army of Occupation -- |t Advance of the Army - Crossing the Colorado - The Rio Grande -- |t The Mexican War - The Battle of Palo Alto - The Battle of Resaca de la Palma - Army of Invasion - General Taylor - Movement on Camargo -- |t Advance on Monterey - The Black Fort - The Battle of Monterey - Surrender of the City -- |t Political Intrigue - Buena Vista - Movement against Vera Cruz - Siege and Capture of Vera Cruz -- |t March to Jalapa - Battle of Cerro Gordo - Perote - Puebla - Scott and Taylor -- |t Advance on the City of Mexico - Battle of Contreras - Assault at Churubusco - Negotiations for Peace - Battle of Molino del Rey - Storming of Chapultepec - San Cosme - Evacuation of the City - Halls of the Montezumas -- |t Promotion to First Lieutenant - Capture of the City of Mexico - The Army - Mexican Soldiers - Peace Negotiations -- |t Treaty of Peace - Mexican Bull Fights - Regimental Quartermaster - Trip to Popocatapetl - Trip to the Caves of Mexico -- |t Return of the Army - Marriage - Ordered to the Pacific Coast - Crossing the Isthmus - Arrival at San Francisco -- |t San Francisco - Early California Experiences - Life on the Pacific Coast - Promoted Captain - Flush Times in California -- |t Resignation - Private Life - Life at Galena - The Coming Crisis -- |t Outbreak of the Rebellion - Presiding at a Union Meeting - Mustering Officer of State Troops - Lyon at Camp Jackson - Services Tendered to the Government -- |t Appointed Colonel of the 21st Illinois - Personnel of the Regiment - General Logan - March to Missouri - Movement against Harris at Florida, Mo. - General Pope in Command - Stationed at Mexico, Mo. -- |t Commissioned Brigadier-General - Command at Ironton, Mo. |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t - Jefferson City - Cape Girardeau - General Prentiss - Seizure of Paducah - Headquarters at Cairo -- |t General Fremont in Command- Movement against Belmont - Battle of Belmont - A Narrow Escape - After the Battle -- |t General Halleck in Command - Commanding the District of Cairo - Movement on Fort Henry - Capture of Fort Henry -- |t Investment of Fort Donelson - The Naval Operations - Attack of the Enemy - Assaulting the Works - Surrender of the Fort -- |t Promoted Major-General of Volunteers - Unoccupied Territory - Advance upon Nashville - Situation of the Troops - Confederate Retreat - Relieved of the Command - Restored to the Command - General Smith -- |t The Army at Pittsburg Landing - Injured by a Fall - The Confederate Attack at Shiloh - The First Day's Fight at Shiloh - General Sherman - Condition of the Army - Close of the First Day's Fight - The Second Day's Fight - Retreat and Defeat of the Confederates -- |t Struck by a Bullet - Precipitate Retreat of the Confederates - Intrenchments at Shiloh - General Buell - General Johnston - Remarks on Shiloh -- |t Halleck Assumes Command in the Field - The Advance upon Corinth - Occupation of Corinth - The Army Separated -- |t Headquarters Moved to Memphis - On the Road to Memphis - Escaping Jackson - Complaints and Requests - Halleck Appointed Commander-in-chief - Return to Corinth - Movements of Bragg - Surrender of Clarksville - The Advance upon Chattanooga - Sheridan Colonel of a Michigan Regiment -- |t Advance of Van Dorn and Price - Price Enters Iuka - Battle of Iuka -- |t Van Dorn's Movements - Battle of Corinth - Command of the Department of the Tennessee -- |t The Campaign against Vicksburg - Employing the Freedmen - Occupation of Holly Springs - Sherman Ordered to Memphis - Sherman's Movements down the Mississippi - Van Dorn Captures Holly Springs - Collecting Forage and Food -- |t Headquarters Moved to Holly Springs - General McClernand in Command - Assuming Command at Young's Point - Operations above Vicksburg - Fortifications about Vicksburg - The Canal - Lake Providence - Operations at Yazoo Pass -- |t The Bayous West of the Mississippi - Criticisms of the Northern Press - Running the Batteries - Loss of the Indianola - Disposition of the Troops -- |t Attack on Grand Gulf - Operations below Vicksburg -- |t Capture of Port Gibson - Grierson's Raid - Occupation of Grand Gulf - Movement up the Big Black - Battle of Raymond -- |t Movement against Jackson - Fall of Jackson - Intercepting the Enemy - Battle of Champion's Hill -- |t Battle of Black River Bridge - Crossing the Big Black - Investment of Vicksburg - Assaulting the Works -- |t Siege of Vicksburg -- |t Johnston's Movements - Fortifications at Haines' Bluff - Explosion of the Mine - Explosion of the Second Mine - Preparing for the Assault - The Flag of Truce - Meeting with Pemberton - Negotiations for Surrender - Accepting the Terms - Surrender of Vicksburg -- |t Retrospect of the Campaign - Sherman's Movements - Proposed Movement upon Mobile - A Painful Accident - Ordered to Report at Cairo -- |t First Meeting with Secretary Stanton - General Rosecrans - Commanding Military Division of Mississippi - Andrew Johnson's Address - Arrival at Chattanooga -- |t Assuming the Command at Chattanooga - Opening a Line of Supplies - Battle of Wauhatchie - On the Picket Line -- |t Condition of the Army - Rebuilding the Railroad - General Burnside's Situation - Orders for Battle - Plans for the Attack - Hooker's Position - Sherman's Movements -- |t Preparations for Battle - Thomas Carries the First Line of the Enemy - Sherman Carries Missionary Ridge - Battle of Lookout Mountain - General Hooker's Fight -- |t Battle of Chattanooga - A Gallant Charge - Complete Rout of the Enemy - Pursuit of the Confederates - General Bragg - Remarks on Chattanooga -- |t The Relief of Knoxville - Headquarters Moved to Nashville - Visiting Knoxville - Cipher Dispatches - Withholding Orders -- |t Operations in Mississippi - Longstreet in East Tennessee - Commissioned Lieutenant-General - Commanding the Armies of the United States - First Interview with President Lincoln -- |t The Military Situation - Plans for the Campaign - Sheridan Assigned to Command of the Cavalry - Flank Movements - Forrest at Fort Pillow - General Banks's Expedition - Colonel Mosby - An Incident of the Wilderness Campaign -- |t Commencement of the Grand Campaign - General Butler's Position - Sheridan's First Raid -- |t Sherman's Campaign in Georgia - Siege of Atlanta - Death of General McPherson - Attempt to Capture Andersonville - Capture of Atlanta -- |t Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac - Crossing the Rapidan - Entering the Wilderness - Battle of the Wilderness -- |t After the Battle - Telegraph and Signal Service - Movement by the Left Flank -- |t Battle of Spottsylvania - Hancock's Position - Assault of Warren's and Wright's Corps - Upton Promoted on the Field - Good News from Butler and Sheridan -- |t Hancock's Assault - Losses of the Confederates - Promotions Recommended - Discomfiture of the Enemy - Ewell's Attack - Reducing the Artillery -- |t Movement by the Left Flank - Battle of North Anna - An Incident of the March - Moving on Richmond - South of the Pamunkey - Position of the National Army -- |t Advance on Cold Harbor - An Anecdote of the War - Battle of Cold Harbor - Correspondence with Lee - Retrospective -- |t Left Flank Movement across the Chickahominy and James - General Lee - Visit to Butler - The Movement on Petersburg - The Investment of Petersburg -- |t Raid on the Virginia Central Railroad - Raid on the Weldon Railroad - Early's Movement upon Washington - Mining the Works before Petersburg - Explosion of the Mine before Petersburg - Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley - Capture of the Weldon Railroad -- |t Sheridan's Advance - Visit to Sheridan - Sheridan's Victory in the Shenandoah - Sheridan's Ride to Winchester - Close of the Campaign for the Winter -- |t The Campaign in Georgia - Sherman's March to the Sea - War Anecdotes - The March on Savannah - Investment of Savannah - Capture of Savannah -- |t The Battle of Franklin - The Battle of Nashville -- |t Expedition against Fort Fisher - Attack on the Fort - Failure of the Expedition - Second Expedition against the Fort - Capture of Fort Fisher -- |t Sherman's March North - Sheridan Ordered to |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Lynchburg - Canby Ordered to Move against Mobile - Movements of Schofield and Thomas - Capture of Columbia, South Carolina - Sherman in the Carolinas -- |t Arrival of the Peace Commissioners - Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners - An Anecdote of Mr. Lincoln - The Winter before Petersburg - Sheridan Destroys the Railroad - Gordon Carries the Picket Line - Parke Recaptures the Line - The Battle of White Oak Road -- |t Interview with Sheridan - Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac - Sheridan's Advance on Five Forks - Battle of Five Forks - Parke and Wright Storm the Enemy's Line - Battles before Petersburg -- |t The Capture of Petersburg - Meeting President Lincoln in Petersburg - The Capture of Richmond - Pursuing the Enemy - Visit to Sheridan and Meade -- |t Battle of Sailor's Creek - Engagement at Farmville - Correspondence with General Lee - Sheridan Intercepts the Enemy -- |t Negotiations at Appomattox - Interview with Lee at McLean's House - The Terms of Surrender - Lee's Surrender - Interview with Lee after the Surrender -- |t Morale of the Two Armies - Relative Conditions of the North and South - President Lincoln Visits Richmond - Arrival at Washington - President Lincoln's Assassination - President Johnson's Policy -- |t Sherman and Johnston - Johnston's Surrender to Sherman - Capture of Mobile - Wilson's Expedition - Capture of Jefferson Davis - General Thomas's Qualities - Estimate of General Canby -- |t The End of the War - The March to Washington - One of Lincoln's Anecdotes - Grand Review at Washington - Characteristics of Lincoln and Stanton - Estimate of the Different Corps Commanders -- |t Conclusion -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Index |
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| 520 | |a This is the first complete annotated edition of Grant's memoirs, fully representing the great military leader's thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War-including the antebellum era and the Mexican War-and his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. An introduction contextualizes Grant's life and significance. | ||
| 538 | |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
| 546 | |a In English. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019) | ||
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