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Grant was sick and broke when he began work on his Memoirs. Driven by financial worries and a desire to provide for his wife, he wrote diligently during a year of deteriorating health. He vowed he would finish the work before he died. One week after its completion, he lay dead at the age of... (learn more about this book)
"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. In preparing these volumes for the... (learn more about this book)
Grant wrote his "Personal Memoirs" to secure his family's future. In doing so, the Civil War's greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character, sense of purpose, and simple compassion are evident throughout this deeply moving account, as well as in the... (learn more about this book)
Ulysses S. Grant was the first four-star general in the history of the United States Army and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. As general in chief, Grant revolutionized modern warfare. As president, he brought... (learn more about this book)
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... (learn more about this book)
"We were as brothers," William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship to Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it... (learn more about this book)
*Includes 30 pictures of Grant and important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes anecdotes about Grant's life, such as how Hiram Ulysses Grant came to be known as Ulysses S. Grant. *Includes a Table of Contents. A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most... (learn more about this book)
From The Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award - Part One of the classic Civil War study of Ulysses S. Grant that continues with GRANT TAKES COMMAND Among the many generals created by the North in the early summer of 1861 was one named Ulysses S. Grant. Some of the other... (learn more about this book)
*Includes pictures of each general and important people, places, and events in their lives. *Includes an introduction for each general *Includes a Table of Contents *Includes bibliographies for each general Despite the fact that the Civil War began over 150 years ago, it remains one of the... (learn more about this book)
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Includes an original introduction for each leader. *Includes a bibliography for each leader. *Includes a Table of Contents Despite the fact that the Civil War began over 150 years ago, it remains one of the most widely discussed... (learn more about this book)