Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant. Volume I.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives.

Mexican War, 1846-1848.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future - and won himself a unique place in American letters. Devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, Grant's Memoirs traces the trajectory of his extraordinary career - from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. For their directness and clarity, his writings on war are without rival in American literature, and his autobiography deserves a place among the very best in the genre.

Contents:

Intro

DEDICATION BY U.S. GRANT

PREFACE

CONTENTS

MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Brevet Second Lieutenant U.S. Grant at the Age of 21

Fac-Simile of Handwriting

Birthplace at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio

Map of Monterey and Its Approaches

Map of the Valley of Mexico

Map of the Battle-Field near Belmont

Map Showing the Relative Positions of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

Map of Fort Donelson

Fac-Similie of General Buckner's Dispatch......

Map of the Field of Shiloh

Map of the Country about Corinth, Mississippi

Map of the Battles of Iuka and Corinth

Map of the Vicksburg Campaign

Map-Bruinsburg, Port Gibson and Grand Gulf

Map of the Country about Jackson, Mississippi

Map of the Battle of Champion's Hill

Map of Battle-Field of Big Black River Bridge

Map of the Siege of Vicksburg

Map-Line of Defences Vicksburg to Hailes' Bluff and Black River Bridge

CHAPTER I

Ancestry

Boyhood

CHAPTER II.

West Point

Graduation

CHAPTER III.

Army Life

Causes of the Mexican War

Camp Salubrity

CHAPTER IV

Corpus Christi

Mexican Smuggling

Spanish Rule in Mexico

Supplying Transporation

CHAPTER V.

Trip to Austin

Promotion to Full Second-Lieutenant

Army of Occupation

CHAPTER VI.

Advance of the Army

Crossing the Colorado

The Rio Grande

CHAPTER VII.

The Mexican War

The Battle of Palo Alto

Battle of Resaca de la Palva

Army of Invasion

General Taylor

Movement on Camargo

CHAPTER VIII

Advance on Monterey

The Black Fort

The Battle of Monterey

Map of Monterey

Surrender of the City

CHAPTER IX

Political Intrigue

Buena Vista

Movement Against Vera Cruz

Siege and Capture of Vera Cruz

Chapter X

March to Jalapa

Battle of Cerro Gordo

Perote

Puebla

Scott and Taylor

CHAPTER XI.

Advance on the City of Mexico

Battle of Contreras

Assault at Churubusco

Neogitations for Peace

Battle of Molino Del Rey

Storming of Chapultepec

San Cosmie

Evacuation of the City

Halls of the Montezuma

CHAPTER XII

Promotion to First Lieutenant

Capture of the City of Mexico

The Army

Mexican Soldiers

Peace Negotiations

CHAPTER XIII

Treaty of Peace

Mexican Bull Fights

Regimental Quartermaster

Trip to Popocatapetl

Trip to the Caves of Mexico

CHAPTER XIV

Return of the Army

Marriage

Ordered to the Pacific Coast

Crossing the Isthmus

Arrival at San Francisco

CHAPTER XV.

San Francisco

Early California Experiences

Life on the Pacific Coast

Promoted Captain

Flush Times in California

CHAPTER XVI.

Resignation

Private Life

Life at Galena

The Coming Crisis

CHAPTER XVII.

Outbreak of the Rebellion

Presiding at a Union Meeting

Mustering Officer of State Troops

Lyon at Camp Jackson

Services Tendered to the Government

CHAPTER XVIII.

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

CHAPTER XIX.

Commissioned Brigadier-General

Command at Ironton, MO.

Jefferson City

Cape Girardeau

General Prentiss

Seizure of Paducah

Headquarters at Cairo

CHAPTER XX.

General Fremont in Command

Movement Against Belmont

Map of the Battlefield Near Belmont

Battle of Belmont

A Narrow Escape

After the Battle

CHAPTER XXI.

General Halleck in Command

Commanding the District of Cairo

Movement on Fort Henry

Map of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

Capture of Fort Henry

CHAPTER XXII.

Investment of Fort Donelson.

Map of Fort Donelson, February 13-16 1862

The Naval Operations

Attack of the Enemy

Assulting the Works

Surrender of the Fort

CHAPTER XXIII

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

CHAPTER XXIV

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

CHAPTER XXV.

Struck by a Bullet

Precipitate Retreat of the Confederate

Intrenchments at Shiloh

General Buell

General Johnston

Remarks on Shiloh

CHAPTER XXVI.

Halleck Assumes Command in the Field

The Advance Upon Corinth

Map of the Country About Corinth, Miss.

Occupation of Corinth

The Army Separated

CHAPTER XXVII.

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

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Advance of Van Dorn and Price

Price Enters Iuka

Map of Battles of Iuka and Corinth

Battle of Iuka.

CHAPTER XXIX

Van Dorn's Movements

Battle of Corinth

Command of Dept. of the Tenn.

CHAPTER XXX.

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

Colecting Forage and Food

CHAPTER XXXI

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

CHAPTER XXXII

The Bayous West of the Mississippi

Criticisms of the Northern Press

Running the Batteries

Loss of the Indianola

Disposition of the Troops

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Attack on Grand Gulf

Map of Grand Gulf

Operations Below Vicksburgh

CHAPTER XXXIV.

Capture of Fort Gibson

Grierson's Raid

Occupation of Grand Gulf

Movement up the Big Black

Battle of Raymond

CHAPTER XXXV

Movement Against Jackson

Map of Battle of Jackson

Fall of Jackson

Intercepting the Enemy

Battle of Champion's Hill

Map of Battle of Champion's Hill

CHAPTER XXXVI.

Battle of Black River Bridge

Map of Battle of Black River Bridge

Crossing the Big Black

Investment of Vicksburg

CHAPTER XXXVII.

Siege of Vicksburg

Map of Seige of Vicksburg

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Johnston's Movements

Fortifications at Haine's Bluff

Map of Haine's Bluff and Vicksburg

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

CHAPTER XXXIX

Retrospect of the Campaign

Sherman's Movements

Proposed Movement upon Mobile

A Painful Accident

Ordered to Report at Cairo

END OF VOL. I.

Notes:

Originally published: Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, in two volumes. New York: C.L. Webster & Co., 1886.

ISBN:

1-58218-030-X

OCLC:

70729712