Ulysses S. Grant : Memoirs and Selected Letters : Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant / Selected Letters, 1839-1865 (Library of America) Hardcover – October 1, 1990 by Ulysses S. Grant … I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse. Politics did not enter into the matter at all.Grant's writing has been praised for its conciseness and clarity—a sharp contrast from contemporary Civil War memoirs, which tended to reflect the Victorian fondness for elaborate language.I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy; but I feel it within me that it is to be so. I was without a sword, as I usually was when on horseback on the field, and wore a soldier's blouse for a coat, with the shoulder straps of my rank to indicate to the army who I was. Whatever his feelings, they were entirely concealed from my observation; but my own feelings, which had been quite jubilant on the receipt of his letter, were sad and depressed. The Hardcover of the Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters by Ulysses S. Grant at Barnes & Noble. I can better trust those who have helped to … Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters Edited by Mary McFeely and William S. McFeely “The Grant autobiography…is a powerful, riveting, endlessly fascinating book, gracefully written—every word—by Grant himself….” — San Diego Tribune When I went into the house I found General Lee. Memoirs and selected letters : personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, selected letters 1839-1865.
Twenty years after Appomattox, stricken by cancer and facing financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family's future. His narrative of the war’s final year culminates in his meeting with Lee at Appomattox, a scene of quiet pride, sadness, and humanity.Ulysses S. Grant, “Letters from Matamoros”His account of the Civil War combines a lucid treatment of its political causes and its military actions, along with the story of his own growing strength as a commander. The two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death. From the Publisher. Grant considered the Mexican War “one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation” and thought that the Civil War was our punishment for it; but his retrospective disapproval did not prevent him from becoming enchanted by Mexico or from learning about his own capacity for leadership amid the confusion and carnage of battle.Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter and receive a coupon for 10% off your first LOA purchase. After dismissing one tale, Grant wrote "Like many other stories, it would be very good if it were only true.
in doing so, the Civil War's greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. Twenty years after Appomattox, the Civil War’s greatest general fought his last campaign against death and time. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, United States.