The memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant's are lucid, compelling, and brutally honest, a chronicle of triumph and failure, from his boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War ironically rescued him.
CHAPTER ONE - ANCESTRY — BIRTH — BOYHOOD
CHAPTER TWO - WEST POINT — GRADUATION
CHAPTER THREE - ARMY LIFE — CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR — CAMP SALUBRITY
CHAPTER FOUR - CORPUS CHRISTI — MEXICAN SMUGGLING — SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO —...
CHAPTER FIVE - TRIP TO AUSTIN — PROMOTION TO FULL SECOND LIEUTENANT — ARMY OF OCCUPATION
CHAPTER SIX - ADVANCE OF THE ARMY — CROSSING THE COLORADO — THE RIO GRANDE
CHAPTER SEVEN - THE MEXICAN WAR — THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO — THE BATTLE OF...
CHAPTER EIGHT - ADVANCE ON MONTEREY — THE BLACK FORT — THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY —...
CHAPTER NINE - POLITICAL INTRIGUE — BUENA VISTA — MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ —...
CHAPTER TEN - MARCH TO JALAPA — BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO — PEROTE — PUEBLA — SCOTT...
CHAPTER ELEVEN - ADVANCE ON THE CITY OF MEXICO — BATTLE OF CONTRERAS — ASSAULT...
CHAPTER TWELVE - PROMOTION TO FIRST LIEUTENANT — CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF MEXICO...
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - TREATY OF PEACE — MEXICAN BULL FIGHTS — REGIMENTAL...
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - RETURN OF THE ARMY — MARRIAGE — ORDERED TO THE PACIFIC COAST...
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - SAN FRANCISCO — EARLY CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCES — LIFE ON THE...
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - RESIGNATION — PRIVATE LIFE — LIFE AT GALENA — THE COMING CRISIS
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - OUTBREAK OF THE REBELLION — PRESIDING AT A UNION MEETING —...
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - APPOINTED COLONEL OF THE 21ST ILLINOIS — PERSONNEL OF THE...
CHAPTER NINETEEN - COMMISSIONED BRIGADIER-GENERAL — COMMAND AT IRONTON, MO. —...
CHAPTER TWENTY - GENERAL FREMONT IN COMMAND — MOVEMENT AGAINST BELMONT — BATTLE...
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE - GENERAL HALLECK IN COMMAND — COMMANDING THE DISTRICT OF...
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO - INVESTMENT OF FORT DONELSON — THE NAVAL OPERATIONS —...
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE - PROMOTED MAJOR-GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS — UNOCCUPIED...
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR - THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG LANDING — INJURED BY A FALL — THE...
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE - STRUCK BY A BULLET — PRECIPITATE RETREAT OF THE...
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX - HALLECK ASSUMES COMMAND IN THE FIELD — THE ADVANCE UPON...
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN - HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO MEMPHIS — ON THE ROAD TO MEMPHIS —...
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT - ADVANCE OF VAN DORN AND PRICE — PRICE ENTERS IUKA —...
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE - VAN DORN’S MOVEMENTS — BATTLE OF CORINTH — COMMAND OF THE...
CHAPTER THIRTY - THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST VICKSBURG — EMPLOYING THE FREEDMEN —...
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE - HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO HOLLY SPRINGS — GENERAL McCLERNAND...
CHAPTER THIRTY TWO - THE BAYOUS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI — CRITICISMS OF THE...
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE - ATTACK ON GRAND GULF — OPERATIONS BELOW VICKSBURG
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR - CAPTURE OF PORT GIBSON — GRIERSON’S RAID — OCCUPATION OF...
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE - MOVEMENT AGAINST JACKSON — FALL OF JACKSON — INTERCEPTING...
CHAPTER THIRTY SIX - BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER BRIDGE — CROSSING THE BIG BLACK —...
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN - SIEGE OF VICKSBURG
CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT - JOHNSTON’S MOVEMENTS — FORTIFICATIONS AT HAINES’ BLUFF —...
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE - RETROSPECT OF THE CAMPAIGN — SHERMAN’S MOVEMENTS —...
CHAPTER FORTY - FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON — GENERAL ROSECRANS —...
CHAPTER FORTY ONE - ASSUMING THE COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA — OPENING A LINE OF...
CHAPTER FORTY TWO - CONDITION OF THE ARMY — REBUILDING THE RAILROAD — GENERAL...
CHAPTER FORTY THREE - PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE — THOMAS CARRIES THE FIRST LINE...
CHAPTER FORTY FOUR - BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA — A GALLANT CHARGE — COMPLETE ROUT...
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE - THE RELIEF OF KNOXVILLE — HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO NASHVILLE...
CHAPTER FORTY SIX - OPERATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI — LONGSTREET IN EAST TENNESSEE —...
CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN - THE MILITARY SITUATION — PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN —...
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT - COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN — GENERAL BUTLER’S...
CHAPTER FORTY NINE - SHERMAN’S CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA — SEIGE OF ATLANTA — DEATH...
CHAPTER FIFTY - GRAND MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC — CROSSING THE...
CHAPTER FIFTY ONE - AFTER THE BATTLE — TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL SERVICE — MOVEMENT...
CHAPTER FIFTY TWO - BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA — HANCOCK’S POSITION — ASSAULT OF...
CHAPTER FIFTY THREE - HANCOCK’S ASSAULT — LOSSES OF THE CONFEDERATES —...
CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR - MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK — BATTLE OF NORTH ANNA — AN...
CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE - ADVANCE ON COLD HARBOR — AN ANECDOTE OF THE WAR — BATTLE...
CHAPTER FIFTY SIX - LEFT FLANK MOVEMENT ACROSS THE CHICKAHOMINY AND JAMES —...
CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN - RAID ON THE VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD — RAID ON THE...
CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT - SHERIDAN’S ADVANCE — VISIT TO SHERIDAN — SHERIDAN’S...
CHAPTER FIFTY NINE - THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA — SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA — WAR...
CHAPTER SIXTY - THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN — THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE
CHAPTER SIXTY ONE - EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT FISHER — ATTACK ON THE FORT —...
CHAPTER SIXTY TWO - SHERMAN’S MARCH NORTH — SHERIDAN ORDERED TO LYNCHBURG —...
CHAPTER SIXTY THREE - ARRIVAL OF THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS — LINCOLN AND THE...
CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR - INTERVIEW WITH SHERIDAN — GRAND MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF...
CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE - THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURG — MEETING PRESIDENT LINCOLN IN...
CHAPTER SIXTY SIX - BATTLE OF SAILOR’S CREEK — ENGAGEMENT AT FARMVILLE —...
CHAPTER SIXTY SEVEN - NEGOTIATIONS AT APPOMATTOX — INTERVIEW WITH LEE AT...
CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT - MORALE OF THE TWO ARMIES — RELATIVE CONDITIONS OF THE...
CHAPTER SIXTY NINE - SHERMAN AND JOHNSTON — JOHNSTON’S SURRENDER TO SHERMAN —...
CHAPTER SEVENTY - THE END OF THE WAR — THE MARCH TO WASHINGTON — ONE OF...
APPENDIX - REPORT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL U. S. GRANT, OF THE UNITED STATES...