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Author Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.

Title The best writings of Ulysses S. Grant / John F. Marszalek.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource.
Series The world of Ulysses S. Grant
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ulysses S. Grant before the Civil War: "I have been quite unfortunate lately" -- The national conflict begins: "We are now in the midst of trying times" -- Grant's biggest mistake: "They are a curse to the army" -- Grant captures Vicksburg: "White flags will be displayed along your lines" -- Victories make Grant commanding general: "An army never was whipped as badly as Bragg was" -- The institution of never-ending war: "It is proposed to have co-operative action of all the armies" -- Lincoln is reelected: "Congratulate the president" -- Grant receives Lee's surrender: "The hopelessness of further resistance" -- Postwar commanding general: "I dread going back to washington" -- The military hero is nominated for president: "Let us have peace" -- Grant becomes president: "The choice has fallen upon me" -- Grant's first term: "An occupation uncongenial to me" -- The Panic of 1873 and other second-term problems: "Matters are worse in New York than yesterday" -- The Grants tour the world: "I have now been absent from home nearly two years" -- A charlatan bankrupts the ex-president: "Financially, the Grant family is ruined" -- Grant's death from cancer: "I am unable to converse even in a whisper".
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
Generals -- United States -- Biography -- Sources.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1869-1877 -- Sources.
HISTORY / Military / Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science.
Added Author Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
Marszalek, John F., 1939- editor.
Project Muse.
Added Title Works. Selections
ISBN 9780809334124 (electronic bk.)
0809334127 (electronic bk.)
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