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1 online resource |
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Ser. vol. 1 |
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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Ser. ; vol. 1
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""DEDICATION BY U.S. GRANT""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""Brevet Second Lieutenant U.S. Grant at the Age of 21""; ""Fac-Simile of Handwriting""; ""Birthplace at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio""; ""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-Similie of General Buckner's Dispatch ... ""; ""Map of the Field of Shiloh""; ""Map of the Country about Corinth, Mississippi"" |
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""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 Hailes' Bluff and Black River Bridge""; ""CHAPTER I""; ""Ancestry""; ""Boyhood""; ""CHAPTER II.""; ""West Point""; ""Graduation""; ""CHAPTER III.""; ""Army Life""; ""Causes of the Mexican War""; ""Camp Salubrity""; ""CHAPTER IV""; ""Corpus Christi"" |
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""Mexican Smuggling""""Spanish Rule in Mexico""; ""Supplying Transporation""; ""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""; ""Battle of Resaca de la Palva""; ""Army of Invasion""; ""General Taylor""; ""Movement on Camargo""; ""CHAPTER VIII""; ""Advance on Monterey""; ""The Black Fort""; ""The Battle of Monterey""; ""Map of Monterey""; ""Surrender of the City""; ""CHAPTER IX"" |
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""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""; ""Neogitations for Peace""; ""Battle of Molino Del Rey""; ""Storming of Chapultepec""; ""San Cosmie""; ""Evacuation of the City""; ""Map of the Valley of Mexico""; ""Halls of the Montezuma""; ""CHAPTER XII""; ""Promotion to First Lieutenant""; ""Capture of the City of Mexico"" |
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""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"" |
| Summary |
Annotation Known as the "savior of the Union" during the Civil War, General Grant went on to serve as the 18th president of the United States from 1869-1877. This first volume of his memoirs was completed just days prior to his death from throat cancer in 1885 |
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 fast |
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives
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Military campaigns
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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United States
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History
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Personal narratives
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781582181899 |
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1582181896 |
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