Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant
Always visible content "Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete" by Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography written in 1884-1885. Racing against terminal throat cancer and financial ruin from a Ponzi scheme, the former president and Civil War general chronicled his military campaigns through the Mexican-American War and Civil War. Mark Twain intervened to publish the work, creating an innovative marketing campaign that transformed Grant's final act into one of the nineteenth century's bestselling books, Hidden checkbox to control the toggle Clickable label to show more The extra text that is initially hidden Clickable label to show less saving his family from destitution while establishing an enduring literary legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Chapters (47)
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- CHAPTER IV. CORPUS CHRISTI--MEXICAN SMUGGLING--SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO Ch.2
- CHAPTER V. TRIP TO AUSTIN--PROMOTION TO FULL SECOND-LIEUTENANT--ARMY OF Ch.3
- CHAPTER VII. THE MEXICAN WAR--THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO--THE BATTLE OF Ch.4
- CHAPTER VIII. ADVANCE ON MONTEREY--THE BLACK FORT--THE BATTLE OF Ch.5
- CHAPTER IX. POLITICAL INTRIGUE--BUENA VISTA--MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ Ch.6
- CHAPTER X. MARCH TO JALAPA--BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO--PEROTE--PUEBLA--SCOTT Ch.7
- CHAPTER XI. ADVANCE ON THE CITY OF MEXICO--BATTLE OF CONTRERAS--ASSAULT Ch.8
- CHAPTER XII. PROMOTION TO FIRST LIEUTENANT--CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF Ch.9
- CHAPTER XIII. TREATY OF PEACE--MEXICAN BULL FIGHTS--REGIMENTAL Ch.10
