The Annotated Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant Av Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant''s memoirs begins with the author''s formative years and his military service, continuing through the U.S. Civil War and the author''s time as President of the United States.Various battles such as Monterrey,...

Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War''s greatest general and former president, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family''s future. In doing so he won himself a unique place in American letters....

<p>Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point rather against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed by the governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment,...