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3 days ago · On July 18, 1885, Grant finished his memoir, which includes the events of his life to the end of the Civil War. The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant was a critical and commercial success. Julia Grant eventually received about $450,000 in royalties (equivalent to $15,300,000 in 2023).
Jun 14, 2024 · Sherman's Annotated Grant's Memoirs. "This account of the Civil War is wonderfully accurate and him.""From the day I reported to him from Paducah till his death our relations were as brothers rather than as commander and commanded…” -William Tecumseh ShermanUlysses S. Grant (1822-1885). The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
1 day ago · Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.
Jun 18, 2024 · Biography of Robert E. Lee, Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and later all Southern armies during the American Civil War (1861–65). The Army of Northern Virginia was the most successful of the Southern armies. Lee became an enduring symbol for the people of the American South.
- On both sides, Robert E. Lee’s family had produced many of the dominant figures in the ruling class of Virginia. His father, Col. Henry (“Light-Hor...
- Robert E. Lee’s father’s financial mismanagement left Lee, his mother, and his siblings in circumstances that rendered them less wealthy than the p...
- Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, the most successful of the Southern armies during the American Civil War, and ultimately com...
- Robert E. Lee spent several months recuperating from the Civil War and then, in 1865, became the president of Washington College (later Washington...
- Whether statues of Robert E. Lee or other controversial people should be taken down is widely debated. Some argue the statues misrepresent history...
Jun 22, 2024 · Detailed Account of Grant's Last Days and Funerals from Life and Personal Memories of U. S. Grant, by R. A. Fenton, 1886. Pages 158 to 268 contain a highly detailed account of Grant's last days at Mt. McGregor and the activities and ceremonies following his death.
Jun 22, 2024 · McClure included the anecdote in his own memoirs of the War years (Abraham Lincoln and Men of War Times, Some Personal Recollections of War and Politics During the Lincoln Administration, published in 1892) so I am unsure as to why the comment by Lincoln is considered suspect.
Jun 16, 2024 · Ulysses S. Grant wrote his memoirs during the last year of his life and completed them only just before his death in July 1885. Although he discusses his personal life, Grant’s memoirs focus on the main two wars of his lifetime: the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.
