This is the digital edition of John S.C. Abbott’s ‘The Life of General Ulysses S. Grant’ first published in 1868.
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). As commanding general, Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War, which ended shortly after Robert E. Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox in 1865. After the war, Grant served as peacetime general, implementing Congressional Reconstruction, often at odds with President Andrew Johnson. Twice elected president, Grant led the Radical Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery, protect African-American citizenship, and defeat the Ku Klux Klan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. COMMENCEMENT OF HIS CAREER
CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF BELMONT
CHAPTER III. THE CAPTURE OP FORT HENRY, AND THE MARCH TO DONELSON
CHAPTER IV. THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON
CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF SHILOH
CHAPTER VI. THE VICTORY AT PITTSBURG LANDING
CHAPTER VII. THE SIEGE OP CORINTH AND THE ADVANCE TO VICKSBURG
CHAPTER VIII. RUNNING THE BATTERIES
CHAPTER IX. THE MARCH TO THE BEAR
CHAPTER X. THE ADVANCE TOWARDS VICKSBURG
CHAPTER XI. THE CAPTURE OP VICKSBURG
CHAPTER XII. THE PERIL AT CHATTANOOGA
CHAPTER XIII. PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE
CHAPTER XIV. THE BATTLE OP MISSIONARY RIDGE
CHAPTER XV. THE PURSUIT
CHAPTER XVI. THE RELIEF OF KNOXVILLE
CHAPTER XVII. NATIONAL HONORS CONFERRED UPON GENERAL GRANT
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BATTLES OF THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XIX. THE MARCH FROM SPOTSYLVANIA TO THE PAMUNKEY
CHAPTER XX. THE MARCH PROM THE CHICKAHOMINY TO PETERSBURG
CHAPTER XXI. THE SIEGE OP PETERSBURG
CHAPTER XXII. PROGRESS OF THE SIEGE
CHAPTER XXIII. GRANT’S BATTLES AND SHERMAN’S MARCH
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FINAL VICTORY
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