1894 Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant , Complete ; Civil War Maps Illustrated

Description: Personal MemoirsofUlysses S. Grant Two Volumes In One( Complete ) Published By Charles L. Webster & CompanyNew York1894 Hardcover.Blue cloth bindingStamped Dedication in silver lettering.5.25" x 7.75"665 pages. 130 years old. The Personal Memoirs of Civil War General and American President, Ulysses S. Grant. Two Volumes In One Binding.** Complete ** With 32 Maps and Illustrations. ----- Ulysses S. Grant (1822 – 1885), the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865. This is Grant's life, written by himself, with his own unique point of view on the historical events in which he was personally engaged. Includes much on Grant's personal thoughts of other Civil War Generals ;His own recollections of Civil War Battles and Campaigns ;His interview with Confederate General Robert E. Lee ;And much more. Grant's memoirs, covering his life through the Civil War, were published posthumously and became a major critical and financial success. At his death, Grant was the most popular American and was memorialized as a symbol of national unity. -------- "The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on." - Ulysses S. Grant ------- The Maps and Illustrations include:1. Ulysses S. Grant Portrait2. Facsimile of Grant's Handwriting and Signature3. Map of Monterey and its Approaches4. Map of Fort Donnelson5. Map of the Field of Shiloh6. Map of the Country about Corinth Mississippi7. Map of the Battles of Iuka and Corinth8. Commodore Porter's Gunboat Fleet Passing by Confederate Batteries - Vicksburg9. Vicksburg Campaign - Crossing the Big Black10. Map of Bruinsburg - Port Gibson - Grand Gulf11. Map of the Siege of Vicksburg12. Map of the Line of Defenses Vicksburg to Haines Bluff and Black River Bridge13. Photo - General Grant and his Famous War Horse - Cincinnati14. Map of Knoxville Nashville and Chattanooga Tennessee15. Map of Chattanooga and Vicinity16. Map of Battlefield - Chattanooga17. Map of Sherman's Campaign - Chattanooga to Atlanta Georgia18. Map of the Wilderness Campaign19. Map of the Battle of the Wilderness20. Map of the country between the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House21. Map of the Battle of Spottsylvania22. Camp in the Wilderness23. Map of the Battle of North Anna24. Map of the Battle of Cold Harbor25. Map of Sherman's March to The Sea ( Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman )26. General Grant and his Staff at City Point Virginia 186427. Map of the Nashville Campaign South28. Map of Fort Fisher29. Map of Sherman's March North30. Map of the Appomattox Campaign31. Map of Jetersville and Sailor's Creek32. Map of Appomattox Court House -------- Good Condition.Some binding wear.( see the photos )The hinges are tight.A pair of old owner inscriptions on the front blank endpaper.No other writing.No markings.The pages, maps, and illustration plates are in good condition. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

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