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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

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Twenty years after Appomattox, the Civil War’s greatest general fought his last campaign against death and time. Stricken by cancer as his family faced financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure their future, and in doing so won for himself a unique place in American letters. Acclaimed by readers as diverse as Mark Twain, Matthew Arnold, Gertrude Stein, and Edmund Wilson, the Personal Memoirs demonstrates the intelligence, intense determination, and laconic modesty that made Grant the Union’s foremost commander. This Library of America volume also includes 174 letters written by Grant from 1839 to 1865. Many of them are to his wife, Julia, and offer an intimate view of their affectionate and enduring marriage; others, addressed to fellow generals, government officials, and his congressional patron Elihu B. Washburne, provide a fascinating contemporary perspective on the events that would later figure in the Memoirs.

Grant’s autobiography is devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier: his years at West Point, his service in the peacetime army, and his education in war during conflicts foreign and domestic. 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.

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. At the end of an inconsequential advance in Missouri in 1861 he realized that his opponent “had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him.” Fort Donelson and Shiloh taught him to seize the initiative, while his success in living off the land during the Vicksburg campaign inspired William T. Sherman to undertake his marches through the interior of the South.

By 1864 Grant knew that the rebellion could be suppressed only by maintaining relentless pressure against its armies and methodically destroying its resources. As the Union’s final general-in-chief, he acted with the resolve that had eluded his predecessors, directing battles whose drawn-out ferocity had no precedent in Western warfare. His narrative of the war’s final year culminates in his meeting with Lee at Appomattox, a scene of quiet pride, sadness, and humanity.

Grant’s writing is spare, telling, and quick, superbly evocative of the imperatives of decision, motion, and action that govern those who try to shape the course of war. Grant wrote about the most destructive war in American history with a clarity and directness unequaled in our literature.

The editors of this volume are Mary Drake McFeely, editor of the Southern Literature Series and Georgia History and Culture Series, and William S. McFeely, professor emeritus of American History at the University of Georgia and author of Grant: A Biography.

This Library of America series edition is printed on acid-free paper and features Smyth-sewn binding, a full cloth cover, and a ribbon marker.

Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters is kept in print by a gift from Jack and Susan Rudin to the Guardians of American Letters Fund.
Table of Contents
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume I
- Preface
- Chapter I. Ancestry—Birth—Boyhood
- Chapter II. West Point—Graduation
- Chapter III. Army Life—Causes of the Mexican War—Camp Salubrity
- Chapter IV. Corpus Christi—Mexican Smuggling—Spanish Rule in Mexico—Supplying Transportation
- 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—The Battle of Resaca de la Palma— Army of Invasion—General Taylor—Movement on Camargo
- Chapter VIII. Advance on Monterey—The Black Fort—The Battle of Monterey—Surrender of the City
- Chapter IX. 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—Negotiations for Peace—Battle of Molino del Rey—Storming of Chapultepec—San Cosme—Evacuation of the City—Halls of the Montezumas
- Chapter XII. Promotion to First Lieutenant—Capture of the City of Mexico—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—The Coming Crisis
- Chapter XVII. Outbreak of the Rebellion—Presiding at a Union Meeting—Mustering Officer of State Troops—Lyon at Camp Jackson—Services Tendered to the Government
- Chapter XVIII. Appointed Colonel of the 21st Illinois—Personnel of the Regiment—General Logan—March to Missouri—Movement against Harris at Florida, Mo.—General Pope in Command—Stationed at Mexico, Mo.
- Chapter XIX. Commissioned Brigadier-General—Command at Ironton, Mo.—Jefferson City—Cape Girardeau—General Prentiss—Seizure of Paducah—Headquarters at Cairo
- Chapter XX. General Fremont in Command—Movement against Belmont—Battle of Belmont—A Narrow Escape—After the Battle
- Chapter XXI. General Halleck in Command—Commanding the District of Cairo—Movement on Fort Henry—Capture of Fort Henry
- Chapter XXII. Investment of Fort Donelson—The Naval Operations—Attack of the Enemy—Assaulting the Works—Surrender of the Fort
- Chapter XXIII. Promoted Major-General of Volunteers Unoccupied Territory—Advance upon Nashville—Situation of the Troops—Confederate Retreat—Relieved of the Command—Restored to the Command—General Smith
- Chapter XXIV. The Army at Pittsburg Landing—Injured by a Fall—The Confederate Attack at Shiloh—The First Day’s Fight at Shiloh—General Sherman—Condition of the Army—Close of the First Day’s Fight—The Second Day’s Fight—Retreat and Defeat of the Confederates
- Chapter XXV. Struck by a Bullet—Precipitate Retreat of the Confederates—Intrenchments at Shiloh—General Buell—General Johnston—Remarks on Shiloh
- Chapter XXVI. Halleck Assumes Command in the Field—The Advance upon Corinth—Occupation of Corinth—The Army Separated
- Chapter XXVII. Headquarters Moved to Memphis—On the Road to Memphis—Escaping Jackson —Complaints and Requests—Halleck Appointed Commander-in-Chief—Return to Corinth—Movements of Bragg— Surrender of Clarksville—The Advance upon Chattanooga—Sheridan Colonel of a Michigan Regiment
- Chapter XXVIII. Advance of Van Dorn and Price—Price Enters Iuka—Battle of Iuka
- Chapter XXIX. Van Dorn’s Movements—Battle of Corinth—Command of the Department of the Tennessee
- Chapter XXX. The Campaign against Vicksburg —Employing the Freedmen—Occupation of Holly Springs—Sherman Ordered to Memphis—Sherman’s Movements down the Mississippi—Van Dorn Captures Holly Springs—Collecting Forage and Food
- Chapter XXXI. Headquarters Moved to Holly Springs—General McClernand in Command—Assuming Command at Young’s Point— Operations above Vicksburg —Fortifications about Vicksburg—The Canal—Lake Providence—Operations at Yazoo Pass
- Chapter XXXII. The Bayous West of the Mississippi—Criticisms of the Northern Press—Running the Batteries—Loss of the Indianola—Disposition of the Troops
- Chapter XXXIII. Attack on Grand Gulf—Operations below Vicksburg
- Chapter XXXIV. Capture of Port Gibson—Grierson’s Raid—Occupation of Grand Gulf— Movement up the Big Black—Battle of Raymond
- Chapter XXXV. Movement against Jackson—Fall of Jackson—Intercepting the Enemy—Battle of Champion’s Hill
- Chapter XXXVI. Battle of Black River Bridge—Crossing the Big Black—Investment of Vicksburg—Assaulting the Works
- Chapter XXXVII. Siege of Vicksburg
- Chapter XXXVIII. Johnston’s Movements—Fortifications at Haines’ Bluff—Explosion of the Mine—Explosion of the Second Mine—Preparing for the Assault—The Flag of Truce—Meeting with Pemberton—Negotiations for Surrender—Accepting the Terms—Surrender of Vicksburg
- Chapter XXXIX. Retrospect of the Campaign—Sherman’s Movements—Proposed Movement upon Mobile—A painful Accident—Ordered to Report at Cairo
Maps and Illustrations. VOLUME I.
- Brevet Second Lieutenant U. S. Grant at the Age of 21 Years, from an old Daguerreotype taken at Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio, in 1843. Engraved on Steel by A. H. Ritchie, N.A. Frontispiece
- Fac-simile of Handwriting Dedication
- Birthplace at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. Etched by Wm. E. Marshall
- 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-simile of General Buckner’s Dispatch relating to Terms of Capitulation, General Grant’s reply, “I propose to move immediately upon your Works,” and General Buckner’s answer accepting the Terms for the Surrender of Fort Donelson, all from the Original Documents
- Map of the Field of Shiloh
- Map of the Country about Corinth, Mississippi
- 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 Haines’ Bluff and Black River Bridge
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume II.
- Chapter XL. First Meeting with Secretary Stanton—General Rosecrans—Commanding Military Division of Mississippi—Andrew Johnson’s Address—Arrival at Chattanooga
- Chapter XLI. Assuming the Command at Chattanooga—Opening a Line of Supplies—Battle of Wauhatchie—On the Picket Line
- Chapter XLII. Condition of the Army—Rebuilding the Railroad—General Burnside’s Situation—Orders for Battle—Plans for the Attack—Hooker’s Position—Sherman’s Movements
- Chapter XLIII. Preparations for Battle—Thomas Carries the First Line of the Enemy—Sherman Carries Missionary Ridge—Battle of Lookout Mountain—General Hooker’s Fight
- Chapter XLIV. Battle of Chattanooga—A Gallant Charge—Complete Rout of the Enemy—Pursuit of the Confederates—General Bragg—Remarks on Chattanooga
- Chapter XLV. The Relief of Knoxville—Headquarters Moved to Nashville—Visiting Knoxville—Cipher Dispatches—Withholding Orders
- Chapter XLVI. Operations in Mississippi—Longstreet in East Tennessee—Commissioned Lieutenant-General—Commanding the Armies of the United States—First Interview with President Lincoln
- Chapter XLVII. The Military Situation—Plans for the Campaign—Sheridan Assigned to Command of the Cavalry—Flank Movements—Forrest at Fort Pillow—General Banks’s Expedition—Colonel Mosby—An Incident of the Wilderness Campaign
- Chapter XLVIII. Commencement of the Grand Campaign—General Butler’s Position—Sheridan’s First Raid
- Chapter XLIX. Sherman’s Campaign in Georgia—Siege of Atlanta—Death of General McPherson—Attempt to Capture Andersonville—Capture of Atlanta
- Chapter L. Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac—Crossing the Rapidan—Entering the Wilderness—Battle of the Wilderness
- Chapter LI. After the Battle—Telegraph and Signal Service—Movement by the Left Flank
- Chapter LII. Battle of Spottsylvania—Hancock’s Position—Assault of Warren’s and Wright’s Corps—Upton Promoted on the Field—Good News from Butler and Sheridan
- Chapter LIII. Hancock’s Assault—Losses of the Confederates—Promotions Recommended—Discomfiture of the Enemy—Ewell’s Attack—Reducing the Artillery
- Chapter LIV. Movement by the Left Flank—Battle of North Anna—An Incident of the March—Moving on Richmond—South of the Pamunkey—Position of the National Army
- Chapter LV. Advance on Cold Harbor—An Anecdote of the War—Battle of Cold Harbor—Correspondence with Lee—Retrospective
- Chapter LVI. Left Flank Movement across the Chickahominy and James—General Lee —Visit to Butler—The Movement on Petersburg—The Investment of Petersburg
- Chapter LVII. Raid on the Virginia Central Railroad—Raid on the Weldon Railroad—Early’s Movement upon Washington—Mining the Works before Petersburg—Explosion of the Mine before Petersburg—Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley—Capture of the Weldon Railroad
- Chapter LVIII. Sheridan’s Advance—Visit to Sheridan—Sheridan’s Victory in the Shenandoah—Sheridan’s Ride to Winchester—Close of the Campaign for the Winter
- Chapter LIX. The Campaign in Georgia—Sherman’s March to the Sea—War Anecdotes—The March on Savannah—Investment of Savannah—Capture of Savannah
- Chapter LX. The Battle of Franklin—The Battle of Nashville
- Chapter LXI. Expedition against Fort Fisher—Attack on the Fort—Failure of the Expedition—Second Expedition against the Fort—Capture of Fort Fisher
- Chapter LXII. Sherman’s March North—Sheridan Ordered to Lynchburg—Canby Ordered to Move against Mobile—Movements of Schofield and Thomas—Capture of Columbia, South Carolina—Sherman in the Carolinas
- Chapter LXIII. Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Battle of White Oak Road
- Chapter LXIV. Interview with Sheridan—Grand Movement of the Army of the Potomac—Sheridan’s Advance on Five Forks—Battle of Five Forks—Parke and Wright Storm the Enemy’s Line—Battles before Petersburg
- Chapter LXV. The Capture of Petersburg—Meeting President Lincoln in Petersburg—The Capture of Richmond—Pursuing the Enemy—Visit to Sheridan and Meade
- Chapter LXVI. Battle of Sailor’s Creek—Engagement at Farmville—Correspondence with General Lee—Sheridan Intercepts the Enemy
- Chapter LXVII. Negotiations at Appomattox—Interview with Lee at McLean’s House—The Terms of Surrender—Lee’s Surrender—Interview with Lee after the Surrender
- Chapter LXVIII. Morale of the two Armies—Relative Conditions of the North and South—President Lincoln visits Richmond—Arrival at Washington—President Lincoln’s AssassinationPresident—Johnson’s Policy
- Chapter LXIX. Sherman and Johnston—Johnston’s Surrender to Sherman—Capture of Mobile—Wilson’s Expedition—Capture of Jefferson Davis—General Thomas’s Qualities—Estimate of General Canby
- Chapter LXX. The End of the War—The March to Washington—One of Lincoln’s Anecdotes—Grand Review at Washington—Characteristics of Lincoln and Stanton—Estimate of the Different Corps Commanders
Maps and Illustrations. VOLUME II.
- Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Engraved on Steel, by Wm. E. Marshall
- Map of Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga
- Map of Chattanooga and Vicinity
- Map of the Battlefield of Chattanooga
- Map of the Meridian Campaign
- Map of Bermuda Hundred
- Map of Sherman’s Campaign, Chattanooga to Atlanta
- Map Illustrating Siege of Atlanta
- Map of Wilderness Campaign
- Map of the Battle of the Wilderness
- Map of the Country between the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House
- Map of the Battle of Spottsylvania
- Map of the Battle of North Anna
- Map of the Operations Between the Pamunkey and the James Rivers
- Map of Central Virginia
- Map of the Battle of Cold Harbor
- Map of Richmond
- Map of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign
- Map of Sherman’s March to the Sea
- Map of the Nashville Campaign South
- Map of Fort Fisher
- Map of Sherman’s March North
- Map of Petersburg and Five Forks
- Map of the Appomattox Campaign
- Map of Jetersville and Sailor’s Creek
- Map of High Bridge and Farmville
- Map of Appomattox Court House
- Etching of McLean’s House at Appomattox where General Lee’s Surrender took Place
- Fac-simile of the Original Terms of Lee’s Surrender as Written by General Grant
- Map of the Defences of the City of Mobile
- Map of the Seat of War—1861 to 1865
Selected Letters
- To R. McKinstry Griffith, September 22, 1839
- To Julia Dent, June 4, 1844
- To Mrs. George B. Bailey, June 6, 1844
- To Julia Dent, July 28, 1844
- To Julia Dent, August 31, 1844
- To Julia Dent, January 12, 1845
- To Julia Dent, May 6, 1845
- To Julia Dent, July 6, 1845
- To Julia Dent, July 11, 1845
- To Julia Dent, September 14, 1845
- To Julia Dent, October 1845
- To Julia Dent, February 5, 1846
- To Julia Dent, February 7, 1846
- To Julia Dent, March 3, 1846
- To Julia Dent, March 29, 1846
- To Julia Dent, May 11, 1846
- To John W. Lowe, June 26, 1846
- To Julia Dent, July 25, 1846
- To Julia Dent, October 3, 1846
- To Julia Dent, April 24, 1847
- To John W. Lowe, May 3, 1847
- To Julia Dent, September 1847
- To Julia Dent, January 9, 1848
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 27, 1849
- To Julia Dent Grant, May 28, 1851
- To Julia Dent Grant, August 10, 1851
- To Julia Dent Grant, July 15, 1852
- To Julia Dent Grant, August 9, 1852
- To Julia Dent Grant, August 20, 1852
- To Julia Dent Grant, December 19, 1852
- To Julia Dent Grant, January 3, 1853
- To Julia Dent Grant, March 31, 1853
- To Julia Dent Grant, July 13, 1853
- To Osborn Cross, July 25, 1853
- To Julia Dent Grant, February 2, 1854
- To Julia Dent Grant, February 6, 1854
- To Julia Dent Grant, March 6, 1854
- To Frederick Dent, April 19, 1861
- To Jesse Root Grant, April 21, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 27, 1861
- To Mary Grant, April 29, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, May 1, 1861
- To Jesse Root Grant, May 2, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, May 3, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, May 21, 1861
- Orders No. 7, June 18, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, June 26, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, July 7, 1861
- To Jesse Root Grant, July 13, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, July 13, 1861
- To Jesse Root Grant, August 3, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, August 3, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, August 10, 1861
- To Mary Grant, August 12, 1861
- To Julia Dent Grant, August 26, 1861
- To Eleazer A. Paine, January 11, 1862
- General Orders No. 3, January 13, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, February 5, 1862
- To Mary Grant, February 9, 1862
- To George W. Cullum, February 16, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, February 16, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, February 24, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, February 26, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, March 11, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, March 18, 1862
- To Elihu B. Washburne, March 22, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, March 23, 1862
- To Henry W. Halleck, March 24, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, March 29, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 3, 1862
- To William T. Sherman, April 4, 1862
- To Henry W. Halleck, April 5, 1862
- To Don Carlos Buell, April 6, 1862
- To Commanding Officer, Advance Forces, April 6, 1862
- To Henry W. Halleck, April 7, 1862
- To Henry W. Halleck, April 8, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 8, 1862
- To Nathaniel H. McLean, April 9, 1862
- To Jesse Root Grant, April 26, 1862
- To Mrs. Charles F. Smith, April 26, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 30, 1862
- To Elihu B. Washburne, May 14, 1862
- To Julia Dent Grant, June 12, 1862
- To Henry W. Halleck, July 7, 1862
- To Salmon P. Chase, July 31, 1862
- Fragment on Shiloh, AugustSeptember 1862?
- To Jesse Root Grant, September 17, 1862
- To Stephen A. Hurlbut, November 9, 1862
- To Jesse Root Grant, November 23, 1862
- To John C. Pemberton, December 14, 1862
- To Henry W. Halleck, February 18, 1863
- To David D. Porter, February 26, 1863
- To Isaac F. Quinby, March 23, 1863
- To Thomas W. Knox, April 6, 1863
- To Stephen A. Hurlbut, April 9, 1863
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 20, 1863
- To Jesse Root Grant, April 21, 1863
- To Peter J. Osterhaus, May 29, 1863
- To Jesse Root Grant, July 6, 1863
- To Lorenzo Thomas, July 11, 1863
- To Salmon P. Chase, July 21, 1863
- To Charles W. Ford, July 28, 1863
- To Abraham Lincoln, August 23, 1863
- To John G. Thompson, August 29, 1863
- To Elihu B. Washburne, August 30, 1863
- To Henry W. Halleck, October 26, 1863
- To Julia Dent Grant, October 27, 1863
- To Julia Dent Grant, November 2, 1863
- To J. Russell Jones, December 5, 1863
- To Barnabas Burns, December 17, 1863
- To Henry W. Halleck, January 15, 1864
- To George H. Thomas, January 16, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, January 19, 1864
- To Rufus Ingalls, February 16, 1864
- To William T. Sherman, March 4, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, March 25, 1864
- To Benjamin F. Butler, April 17, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 17, 1864
- To William T. Sherman, April 19, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 24, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, April 29, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, May 7, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, May 13, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, June 1, 1864
- To Ellen Wrenshall Grant, June 4, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, June 7, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, June 15, 1864
- To Elihu B. Washburne, June 23, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, July 1, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, July 7, 1864
- To Charles E. Fuller, July 16, 1864
- To Abraham Lincoln, July 19, 1864
- To Edwin M. Stanton, July 20, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, July 21, 1864
- To Winfield Scott, July 23, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, August 1, 1864
- To Lydia Slocum, August 10, 1864
- To Elihu B. Washburne, August 16, 1864
- To William H. Seward, August 19, 1864
- To Philip H. Sheridan, August 26, 1864
- To William T. Sherman, September 4, 1864
- To Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.,
- September 13, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, September 14, 1864
- To Edwin M. Stanton, September 20, 1864
- To Elihu B. Washburne, September 21, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, October 26, 1864
- To Isaac S. Stewart, December 1, 1864
- To William T. Sherman, December 6, 1864
- To Abraham Lincoln, December 7, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, December 8, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, December 9, 1864
- To Henry W. Halleck, December 9, 1864
- To George H. Thomas, December 9, 1864
- To Edwin M. Stanton, December 18, 1864
- To George H. Thomas, December 18, 1864
- To George H. Thomas, December 22, 1864
- To Julia Dent Grant, January 1, 1865
- To Julia Dent Grant, January 11, 1865
- To Abraham Lincoln, January 31, 1865
- To Abraham Lincoln, February 1, 1865
- To William T. Sherman, February 1, 1865
- To Edwin M. Stanton, February 6, 1865
- To Abraham Lincoln, March 2, 1865
- To Edwin M. Stanton, March 3, 1865
- To Jesse Root Grant, March 19, 1865
- To Edwin M. Stanton, March 21, 1865
- To Philip H. Sheridan, March 21, 1865
- To William T. Sherman, March 22, 1865
- To Abraham Lincoln, March 29, 1865
- To George G. Meade, April 9, 1865
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 16, 1865
- To Edward O. C. Ord, April 17, 1865
- To William T. Sherman, April 21, 1865
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 21, 1865
- To Julia Dent Grant, April 25, 1865
Index
Appendix: Notes to the Doctor written while completing the Memoirs at Mount McGregor, June—July, 1885
Chronology
Note on the Texts
Notes

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