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Ulysses S. Grant · Public domain text

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Authors
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), John Alexander Logan (1826–1886), Philip Henry Sheridan (1831–1888), William T. Sherman (1820–1891)
Language
English
Subjects
Generals › United States › Biography, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, United States › History › Civil War, 1861-1865 › Campaigns, Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891, United States › History › Civil War, 1861-1865 › Biography, United States › History › Civil War, 1861-1865 › Personal narratives
Length
1,079,107 words · about 75 h 34 min
Sections
214 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (214)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. III. ARMY LIFE—CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR—CAMP SALUBRITY under 1 min
  3. VI. ADVANCE OF THE ARMY—CROSSING THE COLORADO—THE RIO GRANDE under 1 min
  4. VIII. ADVANCE ON MONTEREY—THE BLACK FORT—THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY—SURRENDER OF THE CITY under 1 min
  5. X. MARCH TO JALAPA—BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO—PEROTE—PUEBLA—SCOTT AND TAYLOR under 1 min
  6. XVI. RESIGNATION—PRIVATE LIFE—LIFE AT GALENA—THE COMING CRISIS about 1 min
  7. XXIX. VAN DORN'S MOVEMENTS—BATTLE OF CORINTH—COMMAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE under 1 min
  8. XXXIII. ATTACK ON GRAND GULF—OPERATIONS BELOW VICKSBURG under 1 min
  9. XXXVII. SIEGE OF VICKSBURG about 1 min
  10. XLVIII. COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN—GENERAL BUTLER'S POSITION—SHERIDAN'S FIRST RAID under 1 min
  11. LI. AFTER THE BATTLE—TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL SERVICE—MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK about 1 min
  12. LX. THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN—THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE about 1 min
  13. Appendix about 10 min
  14. I. A PRELIMINARY RETROSPECT about 1 min
  15. II. PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE about 1 min
  16. III. GROWTH OF THE SLAVERY QUESTION about 1 min
  17. IV. "POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY." about 1 min
  18. V. THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST OF 1860— THE CRISIS APPROACHING about 1 min
  19. VI. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY MATURING about 1 min
  20. VII. SECESSION ARMING about 1 min
  21. VIII. THE REJECTED OLIVE BRANCH about 1 min
  22. IX. SLAVERY'S SETTING AND FREEDOM'S DAWN about 1 min
  23. X. THE WAR-DRUM—"ON TO WASHINGTON!" about 1 min
  24. XI. THE CAUSES OF SECESSION about 1 min
  25. XII. COPPERHEADISM VS. UNION DEMOCRACY about 1 min
  26. XIII. THE STORM OF BATTLE under 1 min
  27. XIV. THE COLORED CONTRABAND under 1 min
  28. XV. FREEDOM'S EARLY DAWN about 1 min
  29. XVI. "COMPENSATED GRADUAL EMANCIPATION." about 1 min
  30. XVII. BORDER—STATE OPPOSITION about 1 min
  31. XVIII. FREEDOM PROCLAIMED TO ALL about 1 min
  32. XIX. HISTORICAL REVIEW under 1 min
  33. XX. LINCOLN'S TROUBLES AND TEMPTATIONS under 1 min
  34. XXI. THE ARMED—NEGRO under 1 min
  35. XXII. FREEDOM'S SUN STILL RISING under 1 min
  36. XXIII. "THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" IN THE SENATE under 1 min
  37. XXIV. TREASON IN THE NORTHERN CAMPS under 1 min
  38. XXV. THE "FIRE IN THE REAR." under 1 min
  39. XXVI. "THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE under 1 min
  40. XXVII. SLAVERY DOOMED AT THE POLLS under 1 min
  41. XXVIII. FREEDOM AT LAST ASSURED under 1 min
  42. XXIX. LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURATION under 1 min
  43. XXX. COLLAPSE OF THE ARMED CONSPIRACY under 1 min
  44. XXXI. ASSASSINATION! under 1 min
  45. XXXII. TURNING BACK THE HANDS about 1 min
  46. XXXIII. WHAT NEXT? about 1 min
  47. Preface about 2 min
  48. VI. ADVANCE OF THE ARMY—CROSSING THE COLORADO—THE RIO GRANDE under 1 min
  49. VIII. ADVANCE ON MONTEREY—THE BLACK FORT—THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY—SURRENDER OF THE CITY under 1 min
  50. X. MARCH TO JALAPA—BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO—PEROTE—PUEBLA—SCOTT AND TAYLOR under 1 min
  51. XVI. RESIGNATION—PRIVATE LIFE—LIFE AT GALENA—THE COMING CRISIS about 1 min
  52. XXIX. VAN DORN'S MOVEMENTS—BATTLE OF CORINTH—COMMAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE under 1 min
  53. XXXIII. ATTACK ON GRAND GULF—OPERATIONS BELOW VICKSBURG under 1 min
  54. XXXVII. SIEGE OF VICKSBURG about 1 min
  55. XLVIII. COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN—GENERAL BUTLER'S POSITION—SHERIDAN'S FIRST RAID under 1 min
  56. LI. AFTER THE BATTLE—TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL SERVICE—MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK about 1 min
  57. LX. THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN—THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE about 1 min
  58. Appendix about 2 min
  59. I. ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD about 15 min
  60. II. WEST POINT—GRADUATION about 13 min
  61. III. ARMY LIFE—CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR—CAMP SALUBRITY about 16 min
  62. IV. CORPUS CHRISTI—MEXICAN SMUGGLING—SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO—SUPPLYING TRANSPORTATION about 12 min
  63. V. TRIP TO AUSTIN—PROMOTION TO FULL SECOND LIEUTENANT—ARMY OF OCCUPATION about 10 min
  64. VI. ADVANCE OF THE ARMY—CROSSING THE COLORADO—THE RIO GRANDE about 7 min
  65. VII. THE MEXICAN WAR—THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO—THE BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA—ARMY OF INVASION—GENERAL TAYLOR—MOVEMENT ON CAMARGO about 15 min
  66. VIII. ADVANCE ON MONTEREY—THE BLACK FORT—THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY—SURRENDER OF THE CITY about 11 min
  67. IX. POLITICAL INTRIGUE—BUENA VISTA—MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ—SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ about 9 min
  68. X. MARCH TO JALAPA—BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO—PEROTE—PUEBLA—SCOTT AND TAYLOR about 1 h 19 min
  69. XVI. RESIGNATION—PRIVATE LIFE—LIFE AT GALENA—THE COMING CRISIS about 3 h 7 min
  70. XXVIII. ADVANCE OF VAN DORN AND PRICE—PRICE ENTERS IUKA—BATTLE OF IUKA about 9 min
  71. XXIX. VAN DORN'S MOVEMENTS—BATTLE OF CORINTH—COMMAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE about 56 min
  72. XXXIII. ATTACK ON GRAND GULF—OPERATIONS BELOW VICKSBURG about 54 min
  73. XXXVII. SIEGE OF VICKSBURG about 2 h 54 min
  74. XLVIII. COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN—GENERAL BUTLER'S POSITION—SHERIDAN'S FIRST RAID about 44 min
  75. LI. AFTER THE BATTLE—TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL SERVICE—MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK about 2 h 43 min
  76. LX. THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN—THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE about 2 h 44 min
  77. Appendix about 2 h 22 min
  78. I. FROM 1820 TO THE MEXICAN WAR about 42 min
  79. II. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS of CALIFORNIA about 1 h 25 min
  80. III. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA—(CONTINUED) about 38 min
  81. IV. MISSOURI, LOUISIANA, AND CALIFORNIA about 38 min
  82. V. CALIFORNIA about 42 min
  83. VI. CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, AND KANSAS about 16 min
  84. VII. LOUISIANA about 35 min
  85. VIII. MISSOURI about 16 min
  86. IX. FROM THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN TO PADUCAH KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI about 1 h 18 min
  87. X. BATTLE of SHILOH about 44 min
  88. XI. SHILOH TO MEMPHIS about 26 min
  89. XII. MEMPHIS TO ARKANSAS POST about 1 h 7 min
  90. XIII. VICKSBURG about 1 h 9 min
  91. XIV. CHATTANOOGA AND KNOXVILLE about 1 h 18 min
  92. XV. MERIDIAN CAMPAIGN about 1 h 16 min
  93. XVI. ATLANTA CAMPAIGN-NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA TO BENEBAW about 59 min
  94. XVII. ATLANTA CAMPAIGN—BATTLES ABOUT KENESAW MOUNTAIN about 21 min
  95. XVIII. ATLANTA CAMPAIGN—BATTLES ABOUT ATLANTA about 48 min
  96. XIX. CAPTURE OF ATLANTA about 1 h 6 min
  97. XX. ATLANTA AND AFTER—PURSUIT OF HOOD about 52 min
  98. XXI. THE MARCH TO THE SEA FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH about 1 h 39 min
  99. XXII. SAVANNAH AND POCOTALIGO about 1 h 7 min
  100. XXIII. CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINAS about 1 h 28 min
  101. XXIV. END OF THE WAR--FROM GOLDSBORO' TO RALEIGH AND WASHINGTON about 1 h 29 min
  102. XXV. CONCLUSION--MILITARY LESSONS OF THE WAR about 44 min
  103. XXVI. AFTER THE WAR about 1 h 39 min
  104. Chapter I about 12 min
  105. Chapter II about 18 min
  106. Chapter III about 14 min
  107. Chapter IV about 16 min
  108. Chapter V about 13 min
  109. Chapter VI about 17 min
  110. Chapter VII about 19 min
  111. Chapter VIII about 16 min
  112. Chapter IX about 20 min
  113. Chapter X about 15 min
  114. Chapter XI about 18 min
  115. Chapter XII about 12 min
  116. Chapter XIII about 23 min
  117. Chapter XIV about 21 min
  118. Chapter XV about 19 min
  119. Chapter XVI about 30 min
  120. Chapter XVII about 17 min
  121. Chapter XVIII about 22 min
  122. Chapter XIX about 19 min
  123. Chapter XX about 16 min
  124. Chapter XXI about 22 min
  125. Chapter XXII about 17 min
  126. Chapter XXIII about 19 min
  127. Chapter XXIV about 23 min
  128. Chapter I about 20 min
  129. Chapter II about 17 min
  130. Chapter III about 32 min
  131. Chapter IV about 22 min
  132. Chapter V about 21 min
  133. Chapter VI about 23 min
  134. Chapter VII about 14 min
  135. Chapter VIII about 16 min
  136. Chapter IX about 21 min
  137. Chapter X about 25 min
  138. Chapter XI about 30 min
  139. Chapter XII about 24 min
  140. Chapter XIII about 15 min
  141. Chapter XIV about 23 min
  142. Chapter XV about 13 min
  143. Chapter XVI about 17 min
  144. Chapter XVII about 12 min
  145. Chapter XVIII about 14 min
  146. Chapter XIX about 17 min
  147. Chapter XX about 21 min
  148. Preface about 2 min
  149. I. A PRELIMINARY RETROSPECT about 1 min
  150. II. PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE about 1 min
  151. III. GROWTH OF THE SLAVERY QUESTION about 1 min
  152. IV. "POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY." about 1 min
  153. V. THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST OF 1860— THE CRISIS APPROACHING about 1 min
  154. VI. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY MATURING about 1 min
  155. VII. SECESSION ARMING about 1 min
  156. VIII. THE REJECTED OLIVE BRANCH about 1 min
  157. IX. SLAVERY'S SETTING AND FREEDOM'S DAWN about 1 min
  158. X. THE WAR-DRUM—"ON TO WASHINGTON!" about 1 min
  159. XI. THE CAUSES OF SECESSION about 1 min
  160. XII. COPPERHEADISM VS. UNION DEMOCRACY about 1 min
  161. XIII. THE STORM OF BATTLE under 1 min
  162. XIV. THE COLORED CONTRABAND under 1 min
  163. XV. FREEDOM'S EARLY DAWN about 1 min
  164. XVI. "COMPENSATED GRADUAL EMANCIPATION." about 1 min
  165. XVII. BORDER—STATE OPPOSITION about 1 min
  166. XVIII. FREEDOM PROCLAIMED TO ALL about 1 min
  167. XIX. HISTORICAL REVIEW under 1 min
  168. XX. LINCOLN'S TROUBLES AND TEMPTATIONS under 1 min
  169. XXI. THE ARMED—NEGRO under 1 min
  170. XXII. FREEDOM'S SUN STILL RISING under 1 min
  171. XXIII. "THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" IN THE SENATE under 1 min
  172. XXIV. TREASON IN THE NORTHERN CAMPS under 1 min
  173. XXV. THE "FIRE IN THE REAR." under 1 min
  174. XXVI. "THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE under 1 min
  175. XXVII. SLAVERY DOOMED AT THE POLLS under 1 min
  176. XXVIII. FREEDOM AT LAST ASSURED under 1 min
  177. XXIX. LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURATION under 1 min
  178. XXX. COLLAPSE OF THE ARMED CONSPIRACY under 1 min
  179. XXXI. ASSASSINATION! under 1 min
  180. XXXII. TURNING BACK THE HANDS about 1 min
  181. XXXIII. WHAT NEXT? about 1 min
  182. I. A PRELIMINARY RETROSPECT about 17 min
  183. II. PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE about 26 min
  184. III. GROWTH OF THE SLAVERY QUESTION about 22 min
  185. IV. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY about 56 min
  186. Chapter V about 22 min
  187. VI. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY MATURING about 22 min
  188. VII. SECESSION ARMING about 48 min
  189. VIII. THE REJECTED OLIVE BRANCH about 40 min
  190. IX. SLAVERY'S SETTING, AND FREEDOM'S DAWN about 28 min
  191. X. THE WAR-DRUM "ON TO WASHINGTON" about 39 min
  192. XI. THE CAUSES OF SECESSION about 59 min
  193. XII. COPPERHEADISM VS. UNION DEMOCRACY about 31 min
  194. XIII. THE STORM OF BATTLE about 1 h 41 min
  195. XIV. THE COLORED CONTRABAND about 22 min
  196. XV. FREEDOM'S EARLY DAWN about 22 min
  197. Chapter XVI about 24 min
  198. XVII. BORDER-STATE OPPOSITION about 47 min
  199. XVIII. FREEDOM PROCLAIMED TO ALL about 55 min
  200. XIX. HISTORICAL REVIEW about 16 min
  201. XX. LINCOLN'S TROUBLES AND TEMPTATIONS about 42 min
  202. XXI. THE ARMED NEGRO about 20 min
  203. XXII. FREEDOM'S SUN STILL RISING about 23 min
  204. Chapter XXIII about 34 min
  205. XXIV. TREASON IN THE NORTHERN CAMPS about 10 min
  206. Chapter XXV about 17 min
  207. Chapter XXVI about 21 min
  208. XXVII. SLAVERY DOOMED AT THE POLLS about 12 min
  209. XXVIII. FREEDOM AT LAST ASSURED about 18 min
  210. XXIX. LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURATION about 23 min
  211. XXX. COLLAPSE OF THE ARMED CONSPIRACY about 12 min
  212. XXXI. ASSASSINATION! about 18 min
  213. XXXII. TURNING BACK THE HANDS! about 20 min
  214. XXXIII. WHAT NEXT? about 12 min