Rare 1885 PERSONAL MEMOIRS U.S. GRANT CIVIL WAR LINCOLN SLAVERY 2VOL. 1st ED.
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Personal Memoirs of U
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. In Two Volumes. Vol. I - New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. Vol. II - 1886. First Edition. Green Hard covers with gilt stamped titles and gilt stamped designs on the spines and front covers. Spines decorated with gilt ornaments (four-star General\'s shoulder boards, U.S. shield). Front and rear boards of each volume have gilt stamped Gold seals. Floral decorative end sheets. The binding is tight with no loose or missing pages. Both hinges in Volume I still in good secure condition. Wonderful 584 pages with engravings and maps. Vol. II in & out is in good condition. Binding starting but holding tight. Both hinges still in good secure condition. 647 pages with engravings and maps plus index. Overall It\'s one of the better condition volumes of this title I have seen available. Shelf wear. It measures approx. 9 1/4" tall by 6 1/4" wide. First Edition Volumes of Ulysses S. Grant\'s Memoirs completed just before his death. Grant\'s dedication in Vol. I. Errata is presentin the back of Volume2indicating a true first edition. This is a solid collectable gift quality set. Pictures are a part of the description.
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 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 VOL. I
CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY - BIRTH - BOYHOOD.
CHAPTER II.
WEST POINT - GRADUATION.
CHAPTER III.
ARMY LIFE - CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR - CAMP SALUBRITY.tcg_
CHAPTER IV.
CORPUS CHRISTI - MEXICAN SMUGGLING - SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO - SUPPLYING TRANSPORTATION.
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 - THE BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA - ARMY OF INVASION - GENERAL TAYLOR - MOVEMENT ON CAMARGO.
CHAPTER VIII.
ADVANCE ON MONTEREY--THE BLACK FORT--THE BATTLE 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 - NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE - BATTLE OF MOLINO DEL REY - STORMING OF CHAPULTEPEC - SAN COSME - EVACUATION OF THE CITY - HALLS OF THE MONTEZUMAS.
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 - BATTLE OF BELMONT - A NARROW ESCAPE - AFTER THE BATTLE.
CHAPTER XXI.
GENERAL HALLECK IN COMMAND - COMMANDING THE DISTRICT OF CAIRO - MOVEMENT ON FORT HENRY - CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY.
CHAPTER XXII.
INVESTMENT OF FORT DONELSON - THE NAVAL OPERATIONS - ATTACK OF THE ENEMY - ASSAULTING 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 CONFEDERATES - INTRENCHMENTS AT SHILOH - GENERAL BUELL - GENERAL JOHNSTON - REMARKS ON SHILOH.
CHAPTER XXVI.
HALLECK ASSUMES COMMAND IN THE FIELD - THE ADVANCE UPON CORINTH - 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 - BATTLE OF IUKA.
CHAPTER XXIX.
VAN DORN\'S MOVEMENTS - BATTLE OF CORINTH - COMMAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE.
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 - COLLECTING 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 - OPERATIONS BELOW VICKSBURG.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CAPTURE OF PORT GIBSON - GRIERSON\'S RAID - OCCUPATION OF GRAND GULF - MOVEMENT UP THE BIG BLACK - BATTLE OF RAYMOND.
CHAPTER XXXV.
MOVEMENT AGAINST JACKSON - FALL OF JACKSON - INTERCEPTING THE ENEMY - BATTLE OF CHAMPION\'S HILL.
CHAPTER XXXVI. BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE - CROSSING THE BIG BLACK - INVESTMENT OF VICKSBURG - ASSAULTING THE WORKS.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
JOHNSTON\'S MOVEMENTS - FORTIFICATIONS AT HAINES\'S 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.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
RETROSPECT OF THE CAMPAIGN - SHERMAN\'S MOVEMENTS - PROPOSED MOVEMENT UPON MOBILE - A PAINFUL ACCIDENT - ORDERED TO REPORT AT CAIRO.
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Brevet Second Lieutenant U. S. Grant at the Age of 21 years, from an old Daguerreotype taken at Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio, in 1843. Engraved on Steel by A. H. Ritchie, N. A. - Fac-Simile of Handwriting - Birthplace at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio Etched by Wm. E. Marshall - 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-Simile of General Buckner\'s dispatch relating to terms of Capitulation, General Grant\'s reply, "I propose to move immediately upon your Works," and General Buckner\'s answer accepting the terms for the surrender of Fort Donelson, All from the Original Documents - 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 Haines Bluff and Black River Bridge.
CONTENTS VOL. II.
CHAPTER XL. First Meeting with Secretary Stanton - General Rosecrans - Commanding Military Division of Mississippi - Andrew Johnson\'s Address - Arrival at Chattanooga.
CHAPTER XLI. Assuming the Command at Chattanooga - Opening a Line of Supplies - Battle of Wauhatchie - On the Picket Line.
CHAPTER XLII. Condition of the Army - Rebuilding the Railroad - General Burnside\'s Situation - Orders for Battle - Plans for the Attack - Hooker\'s Position - Sherman\'s Movements.
CHAPTER XLIII. Preparations for Battle - Thomas Carries the First Line of the Enemy - Sherman Carries Missionary Ridge - Battle of Lookout Mountain - General Hooker\'s Fight.
CHAPTER XLIV. Battle of Chattanooga - A Gallant Charge - Complete Rout of the Enemy - Pursuit of the Confederates - General Bragg - Remarks on Chattanooga.
CHAPTER XLV. The Relief of Knoxville - Headquarters moved to Nashville - Visiting Knoxville - Cipher Dispatches - Withholding Orders.
CHAPTER XLVI. Operations in Mississippi - Longstreet in East Tennessee - Commissioned Lieutenant-General - Commanding the Armies of the United States - First Interview with President Lincoln.
CHAPTER XLVII. 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.
CHAPTER XLVIII. Commencement of the Grand Campaign - General Butler\'s Position - Sheridan\'s First Raid.
CHAPTER XLIX. Sherman\'s Campaign in Georgia - Siege of Atlanta - Death of General McPherson - Attempt to Capture Andersonville - Capture of Atlanta.
CHAPTER L. Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac - Crossing the Rapidan - Entering the Wilderness - Battle of the Wilderness.
CHAPTER LI. After the Battle - Telegraph and Signal Service - Movement by the Left Flank.
CHAPTER LII. 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.
CHAPTER LIII. Hancock\'s Assoult - Losses of the Confederates - Promotions Recommended - Discomfiture of the Enemy - Ewell\'s Attack - Reducing the Artillery.
CHAPTER LIV. 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.
CHAPTER LV. Advance on Cold Harbor - An Anecdote of the War - Battle of Cold Harbor - Correspondence with Lee - Retrospective.
CHAPTER LVI. Left Flank Movement across the Chickahominy and James - General Lee - Visit to Butler - The Movement on Petersburg - The Investment of Petersburg.
CHAPTER LVII. 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.
CHAPTER LVIII. Sheridan\'s Advance - Visit to Sheridan - Sheridan\'s Victory in the Shenandoah - Sheridan\'s Ride to Winchester - Close of the Campaign for the Winter.
CHAPTER LIX. The Campaign in Georgia - Sherman\'s March to the Sea - War Anecdotes - The March on Savannah - Investment of Savannah - Capture of Savannah.
CHAPTER LX. The Battle of Franklin - The Battle of Nashville.
CHAPTER LXI. Expedition Against Fort Fisher - Attack on the Fort - Failure of the Expedition - Second Expedition against the Fort - Capture of Fort Fisher.
CHAPTER LXII. Sherman\'s March North - Sheridan Ordered to Lynchburg - Canby Ordered to Move against Mobile - Movements of Shofield and Thomas - Capture of Columbia, South Carolina - Sherman in the Carolinas.
CHAPTER LXIII. Arrival of the Peace Commissioners - Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners - An Anecdote of Lincoln - The Winter before Petersburg - Sheridan Destroys the Railroad - Gordon Carries the Picket Line - Parke Recaptures the Line - The Battle of White Oak Road.
CHAPTER LXIV. 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.
CHAPTER LXV. The Capture of Petersburg - Meeting President Lincoln in Petersburg - The Capture of Richmond - Pursuing the Enemy - Visit to Sheridan and Meade.
CHAPTER LXVI. Battle of Sailor\'s Creek - Engagement at Farmville - Correspondence with General Lee - Sheridan Intercepts the Enemy.
CHAPTER LXVII. Negotiations at Appomattox - Interview with Lee at McLean\'s House - The Terms of Surrender - Lee\'s Surrender - Interview with Lee after the Surrender.
CHAPTER LXVIII. 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.
CHAPTER LXIX. 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.
CHAPTER LXX. The End of the War - The March to Washington - One of Lincoln\'s Anecdotes - Grand Review at Washington - Characteristic of Lincoln and Stanton - Estimate of the Different Corps Commanders. tcg_
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
INDEX
LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant - Map of Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga - Map of Chattanooga and Vicinity - Map of the Battlefield of Chattanooga - Map of the Meridian Campaign - Map of Bermuda Hindred - Map of Sheridan\'s Campaign, Chattanooga to Atlanta - Map Illustrating Siege of Atlanta - Map of Wilderness Campaign - Map of the Battle of the Wilderness - Map of the Country between the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House - Map of the Battle of Spottsylvania - Map of the Battle of North Anna - Map of the Operations between the Pamunkey and the James Rivers - Map of Central Virginia - Map of the Battle of Cold Harbor - Map of Richmond - Map of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign - Map of Sherman\'s March to the Sea - Map of the Nashville Campaign South - Map of Fort Fisher - Map of Sherman\'s March North - Map of Petersburg and Five Forks - Map of the Appomattox Campaign - Map of Jetersville and Sailor\'s Creek - Map of High Bridge and Farmville - Map of Appomattox Court House - Etching of McLean\'s House at Appomattox where General Lee\'s Surrender Took Place - Fac-Simile of the Original Terms of Lee\'s Surrender as Written by General Grant - Map of the Defences of the City of Mobile - Map of the Seat of War - 1861 to 1865.
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Rare 1885 PERSONAL MEMOIRS U.S. GRANT CIVIL WAR LINCOLN SLAVERY 2VOL. 1st ED.:
$195.00