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Memoirs and selected letters

Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio to Jesse Root and Hannah Simpson Grant. The Grant family had originally moved from Connecticutt to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and, later, to Ohio. Grant grew up in Ohio and in 1839 entered West Point where he graduated 21st in the class of 1843. He participated in the Mexican-American War and, in 1848, married Julia Dent. He then resigned from the military and spent the next decade at odd jobs. In 1861 he again joined the Army and eventually moved up to command the Army of the Potomac. In 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattax, Virginia thus ending the Civil War. He was heralded as the hero of the north. In 1868 Grant was elected President of the United States, a position he held until 1877. The years after public office were filled with a world tour, activities as an American Statesman and then several years of failing health. Descendants live in the United States.

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  • "Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, selected letters 1839-1865"
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  • "Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio to Jesse Root and Hannah Simpson Grant. The Grant family had originally moved from Connecticutt to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and, later, to Ohio. Grant grew up in Ohio and in 1839 entered West Point where he graduated 21st in the class of 1843. He participated in the Mexican-American War and, in 1848, married Julia Dent. He then resigned from the military and spent the next decade at odd jobs. In 1861 he again joined the Army and eventually moved up to command the Army of the Potomac. In 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattax, Virginia thus ending the Civil War. He was heralded as the hero of the north. In 1868 Grant was elected President of the United States, a position he held until 1877. The years after public office were filled with a world tour, activities as an American Statesman and then several years of failing health. Descendants live in the United States."@en
  • "Twenty years after Appomattox, stricken by cancer and facing financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family's future. in doing so, the Civil War's greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character, intelligence, sense of purpose, and simple compassion are evident throughout this vivid and deeply moving account, which has been acclaimed by readers as diverse asMark Twain, Matthew Arnold, Gertrude Stein, and Edmund Wilson. Annotated and complete with detailed maps, battle plans, and facsimiles reproduced from the original edition, this volume offers an unparalleled vantage on the most terrible, moving, and inexhaustibly fascinating event in American history. included are 174 letters, many of them to his wife, Julia, which offer an intimate view of their affectionate and enduring marriage."@en
  • "Contains a chronology of Grant's life and military career, his memoirs, and 174 personal letters."

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  • "Records and correspondence"
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  • "Personal narratives"@en
  • "Personal narratives"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Autobiographie"
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  • "Briefsammlung"
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  • "History"
  • "Briefsammlung 1839-1865"

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