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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
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Contents

1
1 min
Preface
2 mins
I - Ancestry—Birth—Boyhood.
13 mins
II - West Point—Graduation.
12 mins
III - Army Life—Causes of the Mexican War—Camp Salubrity.
15 mins
IV - Corpus Christi—Mexican Smuggling—Spanish Rule in Mexico—Supplying Transportation.
11 mins
V - Trip to Austin—Promotion to Full Second Lieutenant—Army of Occupation.
9 mins
VI - Advance of the Army—Crossing the Colorado—The Rio Grande.
7 mins
VII - The Mexican War—The Battle of Palo Alto—The Battle of Resaca De La Palma—Army of Invasion—General Taylor—Movement on Camargo.
13 mins
VIII - Advance on Monterey—The Black Fort—The Battle of Monterey—Surrender of the City.
10 mins
IX - Political Intrigue—Buena Vista—Movement Against Vera Cruz—Siege and Capture of Vera Cruz.
8 mins
X - March to Jalapa—Battle of Cerro Gordo—Perote—Puebla—Scott and Taylor.
10 mins
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.
20 mins
XII - Promotion to First Lieutenant—Capture of the City of Mexico—The Army—Mexican Soldiers—Peace Negotiations.
10 mins
XIII - Treaty of Peace—Mexican Bull Fights—Regimental Quartermaster—Trip to Popocatapetl—Trip to the Caves of Mexico.
14 mins
XIV - Return of the Army—Marriage—Ordered to the Pacific Coast—Crossing the Isthmus—Arrival at San Francisco.
8 mins
XV - San Francisco—Early California Experiences—Life on the Pacific Coast—Promoted Captain—Flush Times in California.
8 mins
XVI - Resignation—Private Life—Life at Galena—The Coming Crisis.
17 mins
XVII - Outbreak of the Rebellion—Presiding at a Union Meeting—Mustering Officer of State Troops—Lyon at Camp Jackson—Services Tendered to the Government.
11 mins
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.
11 mins
XIX - Commissioned Brigadier-General—Command at Ironton, Mo.—Jefferson City—Cape Girardeau—General Prentiss—Seizure of Paducah—Headquarters at Cairo.
13 mins
XX - General Fremont in Command—Movement Against Belmont—Battle of Belmont—A Narrow Escape—After the Battle.
11 mins
XXI - General Halleck in Command—Commanding the District of Cairo—Movement on Fort Henry—Capture of Fort Henry.
9 mins
XXII - Investment of Fort Donelson—The Naval Operations—Attack of the Enemy—Assaulting the Works—Surrender of the Fort.
18 mins
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.
11 mins
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.
19 mins
XXV - Struck by a Bullet—Precipitate Retreat of the Confederates—Intrenchments at Shiloh—General Buell—General Johnston—Remarks on Shiloh.
16 mins
XXVI - Halleck Assumes Command in the Field—The Advance Upon Corinth—Occupation of Corinth—The Army Separated.
11 mins
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
18 mins
XXVIII - Advance of Van Dorn and Price—Price Enters Iuka—Battle of Iuka.
8 mins
XXIX - Van Dorn’s Movements—Battle of Corinth—Command of the Department of the Tennessee.
7 mins
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.
12 mins
XXXI - Headquarters Moved to Holly Springs—General M’clernand in Command—Assuming Command at Young’s Point—Operations Above Vicksburg—Fortifications About Vicksburg—The Canal—Lake Providence—Operations at Yazoo Pass.
17 mins
XXXII - The Bayous West of the Mississippi—Criticisms of the Northern Press—Running the Batteries—Loss of the Indianola—Disposition of the Troops.
12 mins
XXXIII - Attack on Grand Gulf—Operations Below Vicksburg.
8 mins
XXXIV - Capture of Port Gibson—Grierson’s Raid—Occupation of Grand Gulf—Movement Up the Big Black—Battle of Raymond.
12 mins
XXXV - Movement Against Jackson—Fall of Jackson—Intercepting the Enemy—Battle of Champion’s Hill.
19 mins
XXXVI - Battle of Black River Bridge—Crossing the Big Black—Investment of Vicksburg—Assaulting the Works.
8 mins
XXXVII - Siege of Vicksburg.
11 mins
XXXVIII - Johnston’s Movements—Fortifications at Haines’ 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.
17 mins
XXXIX - Retrospect of the Campaign—Sherman’s Movements—Proposed Movement Upon Mobile—A Painful Accident—Ordered to Report at Cairo.
11 mins
XL - First Meeting with Secretary Stanton—General Rosecrans—Commanding Military Division of Mississippi—Andrew Johnson’s Address—Arrival at Chattanooga.
11 mins
XLI - Assuming the Command at Chattanooga—Opening a Line of Supplies—Battle of Wauhatchie—On the Picket Line.
10 mins
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.
12 mins
XLIII - Preparations For Battle—Thomas Carries the First Line of the Enemy—Sherman Carries Missionary Ridge—Battle of Lookout Mountain—General Hooker’s Fight.
11 mins
XLIV - Battle of Chattanooga—A Gallant Charge—Complete Rout of the Enemy—Pursuit of the Confederates—General Bragg—Remarks on Chattanooga.
12 mins
XLV - The Relief of Knoxville—Headquarters Moved to Nashville—Visiting Knoxville—Cipher Dispatches—Withholding Orders.
15 mins
XLVI - Operations in Mississippi—Longstreet in East Tennessee—Commissioned Lieutenant-General—Commanding the Armies of the United States—First Interview with President Lincoln.
14 mins
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.
15 mins
XLVIII - Commencement of the Grand Campaign—General Butler’s Position—Sheridan’s First Raid.
9 mins
XLIX - Sherman’s Campaign in Georgia—Siege of Atlanta—Death of General Mcpherson—Attempt to Capture Andersonville—Capture of Atlanta.
14 mins
L - Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac—Crossing the Rapidan—Entering the Wilderness—Battle of the Wilderness.
17 mins
LI - After the Battle—Telegraph and Signal Service—Movement by the Left Flank.
10 mins
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.
7 mins
LIII - Hancock’s Assault—Losses of the Confederates—Promotions Recommended—Discomfiture of the Enemy—Ewell’s Attack—Reducing the Artillery.
10 mins
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.
12 mins
LV - Advance on Cold Harbor—An Anecdote of the War—Battle of Cold Harbor—Correspondence with Lee—Retrospective.
9 mins
LVI - Left Flank Movement Across the Chickahominy and James—General Lee—Visit to Butler—The Movement on Petersburg—The Investment of Petersburg.
13 mins
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.
20 mins
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.
14 mins
LIX - The Campaign in Georgia—Sherman’s March to the Sea—War Anecdotes—The March on Savannah—Investment of Savannah—Capture of Savannah.
25 mins
LX - The Battle of Franklin—The Battle of Nashville.
5 mins
LXI - Expedition Against Fort Fisher—Attack on the Fort—Failure of the Expedition—Second Expedition Against the Fort—Capture of Fort Fisher.
10 mins
LXII - Sherman’s March North—Sheridan Ordered to Lynchburg—Canby Ordered to Move Against Mobile—Movements of Schofield and Thomas—Capture of Columbia, South Carolina—Sherman in the Carolinas.
14 mins
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 Line of Battle of White Oak Road.
14 mins
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.
14 mins
LXV - The Capture of Petersburg—Meeting President Lincoln in Petersburg—The Capture of Richmond—Pursuing the Enemy—Visit to Sheridan and Meade.
13 mins
LXVI - Battle of Sailor’s Creek—Engagement at Farmville—Correspondence with General Lee—Sheridan Intercepts the Enemy.
8 mins
LXVII - Negotiations at Appomattox—Interview with Lee at Mclean’s House—The Terms of Surrender—Lee’s Surrender—Interview with Lee After the Surrender.
11 mins
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.
12 mins
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.
11 mins
LXX - The End of the War—The March to Washington—One of Lincoln’s Anecdotes—Grand Review at Washington—Characteristics of Lincoln and Stanton—Estimate of the Different Corps Commanders.
13 mins
Conclusion
11 mins
Appendix - Report of Lieutenant-General
1 min
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