Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals
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Original author: Ulysses S. Grant
"Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals" by Grant et al. is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work provides a collection of memoirs from four prominent generals of the American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan, and John A. Logan. It offers insights into their personal experiences, military strategies, and reflections on the war, making it a valuable resource for those interested in American history and military affairs. The opening of the memoirs introduces the structure of the book, detailing the contents, which are organized into separate volumes for each general. Ulysses S. Grant begins by reflecting on his early life, including his ancestry and experiences at West Point, giving readers an understanding of his background prior to the Civil War. Each chapter outlined in the content summary hints at a comprehensive narrative that combines personal anecdotes with significant historical events, setting the stage for the generals' accounts, their military careers, and their views on the intense struggles of the Civil War.
Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals, by Ulysses S. Grant. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #57383.
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251 Chapters
- 1.Front Matter428 words
- 2.Chapter XLI: Assuming the Command at Chattanoogaopening a Line of Suppliesbattle of Wauhatchieon the Picket Line313 words
- 3.Chapter LX: The Battle of Franklinthe Battle of Nashville211 words
- 4.Appendix: Maps and Illustrations1,961 words
- 5.Chapter XX255 words
- 6.Chapter I: A Preliminary Retrospect128 words
- 7.Chapter II: Protection and Free Trade186 words
- 8.Chapter III: Growth of the Slavery Question160 words
- 9.Chapter IV: "popular Sovereignty."178 words
- 10.Chapter V166 words
- 11.Chapter VI: The Great Conspiracy Maturing169 words
- 12.Chapter VII: Secession Arming157 words
- 13.Chapter VIII: The Rejected Olive Branch154 words
- 14.Chapter IX: Slavery's Setting and Freedom's Dawn132 words
- 15.Chapter X: The War-Drum"on to Washington!"191 words
- 16.Chapter XI: The Causes of Secession173 words
- 17.Chapter XII: Copperheadism Vs. Union Democracy377 words
- 18.Chapter XV: Freedom's Early Dawn126 words
- 19.Chapter XVI: "compensated Gradual Emancipation."135 words
- 20.Chapter XVII: Borderstate Opposition122 words
- 21.Chapter XVIII: Freedom Proclaimed to All1,413 words
- 22.Chapter XXXIII: What Next?149 words
- 23.Preface1,094 words
- 24.Chapter XLI: Assuming the Command at Chattanoogaopening a Line of Suppliesbattle of Wauhatchieon the Picket Line313 words
- 25.Chapter LX: The Battle of Franklinthe Battle of Nashville211 words
- 26.Appendix: Maps and Illustrations357 words
- 27.Chapter I: Ancestrybirthboyhood3,479 words
- 28.Chapter II: West Pointgraduation3,057 words
- 29.Chapter III3,767 words
- 30.Chapter IV2,874 words
- 31.Chapter V2,378 words
- 32.Chapter VI1,766 words
- 33.Chapter VII3,448 words
- 34.Chapter VIII2,565 words
- 35.Chapter IX2,119 words
- 36.Chapter X2,574 words
- 37.Chapter XI5,010 words
- 38.Chapter XII3,042 words
- 39.Chapter XIII3,738 words
- 40.Chapter XIV2,030 words
- 41.Chapter XV2,214 words
- 42.Chapter XVI4,327 words
- 43.Chapter XVII3,015 words
- 44.Chapter XVIII2,901 words
- 45.Chapter XIX3,504 words
- 46.Chapter XX2,916 words
- 47.Chapter XXI2,455 words
- 48.Chapter XXII4,893 words
- 49.Chapter XXIII3,059 words
- 50.Chapter XXIV5,420 words
- 51.Chapter XXV4,345 words
- 52.Chapter XXVI2,891 words
- 53.Chapter XXVII4,482 words
- 54.Chapter XXVIII2,072 words
- 55.Chapter XXIX1,846 words
- 56.Chapter XXX3,379 words
- 57.Chapter XXXI4,270 words
- 58.Chapter XXXII3,728 words
- 59.Chapter XXXIII2,671 words
- 60.Chapter XXXIV3,035 words
- 61.Chapter XXXV4,787 words
- 62.Chapter XXXVI2,147 words
- 63.Chapter XXXVII: Siege of Vicksburg3,541 words
- 64.Chapter XXXVIII5,423 words
- 65.Chapter XXXIX3,044 words
- 66.Chapter XL2,764 words
- 67.Chapter XLI2,625 words
- 68.Chapter XLII4,183 words
- 69.Chapter XLIII2,848 words
- 70.Chapter XLIV3,234 words
- 71.Chapter XLV3,988 words
- 72.Chapter XLVI3,681 words
- 73.Chapter XLVII5,711 words
- 74.Chapter XLVIII2,371 words
- 75.Chapter XLIX3,723 words
- 76.Chapter L4,246 words
- 77.Chapter LI2,841 words
- 78.Chapter LII2,209 words
- 79.Chapter LIII3,461 words
- 80.Chapter LIV4,323 words
- 81.Chapter LV3,225 words
- 82.Chapter LVI5,154 words
- 83.Chapter LVII5,804 words
- 84.Chapter LVIII3,754 words
- 85.Chapter LIX7,443 words
- 86.Chapter LX2,018 words
- 87.Chapter LXI2,688 words
- 88.Chapter LXII4,447 words
- 89.Chapter LXIII3,612 words
- 90.Chapter LXIV3,851 words
- 91.Chapter LXV3,588 words
- 92.Chapter LXVI2,300 words
- 93.Chapter LXVII3,533 words
- 94.Chapter LXVIII3,223 words
- 95.Chapter LXIX2,974 words
- 96.Chapter LXX3,412 words
- 97.Conclusion2,936 words
- 98.Appendix (1)8,778 words
- 99.Appendix (2)8,896 words
- 100.Appendix (3)8,874 words
- 101.Appendix (4)5,688 words
- 102.Preface: To the Second Edition770 words
- 103.Conclusion: Military Lessons of the War65 words
- 104.Chapter I: From 1820 to the Mexican War9,952 words
- 105.Chapter II: EARLY RECOLLECTIONS of CALIFORNIA (1)8,883 words
- 106.Chapter II: EARLY RECOLLECTIONS of CALIFORNIA (2)8,707 words
- 107.Chapter II: EARLY RECOLLECTIONS of CALIFORNIA (3)2,572 words
- 108.Chapter III9,056 words
- 109.Chapter IV: Missouri, Louisiana, and California9,117 words
- 110.Chapter V: California9,885 words
- 111.Chapter VI: California, New York, and Kansas3,803 words
- 112.Chapter VII: Louisiana8,267 words
- 113.Chapter VIII: Missouri3,654 words
- 114.Chapter IX: From the Battle of Bull Run to Paducah Kentucky and Missouri (1)8,834 words
- 115.Chapter IX: From the Battle of Bull Run to Paducah Kentucky and Missouri (2)8,759 words
- 116.Chapter IX: From the Battle of Bull Run to Paducah Kentucky and Missouri (3)761 words
- 117.Chapter X: BATTLE of SHILOH10,377 words
- 118.Chapter XI: Shiloh to Memphis6,185 words
- 119.Chapter XII: Memphis to Arkansas Post (1)8,796 words
- 120.Chapter XII: Memphis to Arkansas Post (2)6,946 words
- 121.Chapter XIII: Vicksburg (1)8,621 words
- 122.Chapter XIII: Vicksburg (2)7,574 words
- 123.Chapter XIV: Chattanooga and Knoxville (1)8,755 words
- 124.Chapter XIV: Chattanooga and Knoxville (2)8,754 words
- 125.Chapter XIV: Chattanooga and Knoxville (3)777 words
- 126.Chapter XV: Meridian Campaign7,581 words
- 127.Appendix: To Volume I10,230 words
- 128.Chapter XVI (1)8,869 words
- 129.Chapter XVI (2)5,129 words
- 130.Chapter XVII5,045 words
- 131.Chapter XVIII: Atlanta Campaignbattles About Atlanta11,399 words
- 132.Chapter XIX: Capture of Atlanta (1)8,897 words
- 133.Chapter XIX: Capture of Atlanta (2)6,629 words
- 134.Chapter XX: Atlanta and Afterpursuit of Hood (1)8,809 words
- 135.Chapter XX: Atlanta and Afterpursuit of Hood (2)3,437 words
- 136.Chapter XXI (1)8,790 words
- 137.Chapter XXI (2)8,718 words
- 138.Chapter XXI (3)5,704 words
- 139.Chapter XXII: Savannah and Pocotaligo (1)8,743 words
- 140.Chapter XXII: Savannah and Pocotaligo (2)6,904 words
- 141.Chapter XXIII: Campaign of the Carolinas (1)8,645 words
- 142.Chapter XXIII: Campaign of the Carolinas (2)8,750 words
- 143.Chapter XXIII: Campaign of the Carolinas (3)3,278 words
- 144.Chapter XXIV (1)8,866 words
- 145.Chapter XXIV (2)8,623 words
- 146.Chapter XXIV (3)3,257 words
- 147.Chapter XXV: Conclusion--Military Lessons of the War10,502 words
- 148.Chapter XXVI: After the War (1)8,814 words
- 149.Chapter XXVI: After the War (2)8,841 words
- 150.Chapter XXVI: After the War (3)5,025 words
- 151.Chapter XX427 words
- 152.Chapter I2,907 words
- 153.Chapter II4,331 words
- 154.Chapter III3,358 words
- 155.Chapter IV3,685 words
- 156.Chapter V3,101 words
- 157.Chapter VI4,126 words
- 158.Chapter VII4,424 words
- 159.Chapter VIII3,768 words
- 160.Chapter IX4,642 words
- 161.Chapter X3,620 words
- 162.Chapter XI4,271 words
- 163.Chapter XII2,936 words
- 164.Chapter XIII5,552 words
- 165.Chapter XIV4,972 words
- 166.Chapter XV4,440 words
- 167.Chapter XVI7,085 words
- 168.Chapter XVII4,119 words
- 169.Chapter XVIII5,272 words
- 170.Chapter XIX4,400 words
- 171.Chapter XX3,762 words
- 172.Chapter XXI5,172 words
- 173.Chapter XXII4,108 words
- 174.Chapter XXIII4,529 words
- 175.Chapter XXIV5,364 words
- 176.Chapter I4,757 words
- 177.Chapter II4,058 words
- 178.Chapter III7,558 words
- 179.Chapter IV5,122 words
- 180.Chapter V4,912 words
- 181.Chapter VI5,445 words
- 182.Chapter VII3,300 words
- 183.Chapter VIII3,772 words
- 184.Chapter IX4,851 words
- 185.Chapter X5,920 words
- 186.Chapter XI7,070 words
- 187.Chapter XII5,600 words
- 188.Chapter XIII3,445 words
- 189.Chapter XIV5,360 words
- 190.Chapter XV3,063 words
- 191.Chapter XVI3,919 words
- 192.Chapter XVII2,893 words
- 193.Chapter XVIII3,401 words
- 194.Chapter XIX4,088 words
- 195.Chapter XX4,973 words
- 196.Preface560 words
- 197.Chapter I: A Preliminary Retrospect128 words
- 198.Chapter II: Protection and Free Trade186 words
- 199.Chapter III: Growth of the Slavery Question160 words
- 200.Chapter IV: "popular Sovereignty."178 words
- 201.Chapter V166 words
- 202.Chapter VI: The Great Conspiracy Maturing169 words
- 203.Chapter VII: Secession Arming157 words
- 204.Chapter VIII: The Rejected Olive Branch154 words
- 205.Chapter IX: Slavery's Setting and Freedom's Dawn132 words
- 206.Chapter X: The War-Drum"on to Washington!"191 words
- 207.Chapter XI: The Causes of Secession173 words
- 208.Chapter XII: Copperheadism Vs. Union Democracy377 words
- 209.Chapter XV: Freedom's Early Dawn126 words
- 210.Chapter XVI: "compensated Gradual Emancipation."135 words
- 211.Chapter XVII: Borderstate Opposition122 words
- 212.Chapter XVIII: Freedom Proclaimed to All1,413 words
- 213.Chapter XXXIII: What Next?130 words
- 214.Chapter I: A Preliminary Retrospect3,998 words
- 215.Chapter II: Protection and Free Trade6,135 words
- 216.Chapter III: Growth of the Slavery Question5,279 words
- 217.Chapter IV: Popular Sovereignty (1)8,919 words
- 218.Chapter IV: Popular Sovereignty (2)4,430 words
- 219.Chapter V5,117 words
- 220.Chapter VI: The Great Conspiracy Maturing5,112 words
- 221.Chapter VII: Secession Arming11,364 words
- 222.Chapter VIII: The Rejected Olive Branch9,369 words
- 223.Chapter IX: Slavery's Setting, and Freedom's Dawn6,690 words
- 224.Chapter X: The War-Drum "on to Washington"9,045 words
- 225.Chapter XI: The Causes of Secession (1)8,855 words
- 226.Chapter XI: The Causes of Secession (2)4,988 words
- 227.Chapter XII: Copperheadism Vs. Union Democracy7,274 words
- 228.Chapter XIII: The Storm of Battle (1)8,889 words
- 229.Chapter XIII: The Storm of Battle (2)8,818 words
- 230.Chapter XIII: The Storm of Battle (3)5,968 words
- 231.Chapter XIV: The Colored Contraband5,062 words
- 232.Chapter XV: Freedom's Early Dawn5,187 words
- 233.Chapter XVI: "compensated Gradual Emancipation."5,572 words
- 234.Chapter XVII: Border-State Opposition10,994 words
- 235.Chapter XVIII: Freedom Proclaimed to All (1)8,852 words
- 236.Chapter XVIII: Freedom Proclaimed to All (2)3,990 words
- 237.Chapter XIX: Historical Review3,793 words
- 238.Chapter XX: Lincoln's Troubles and Temptations9,765 words
- 239.Chapter XXI: The Armed Negro4,728 words
- 240.Chapter XXII: Freedom's Sun Still Rising5,461 words
- 241.Chapter XXIII: "thirteenth Amendment" in the Senate7,929 words
- 242.Chapter XXIV: Treason in the Northern Camps2,380 words
- 243.Chapter XXV: "the Fire in the Rear."3,888 words
- 244.Chapter XXVI4,891 words
- 245.Chapter XXVII: Slavery Doomed at the Polls2,738 words
- 246.Chapter XXVIII: Freedom at Last Assured4,278 words
- 247.Chapter XXIX: Lincoln's Second Inauguration5,446 words
- 248.Chapter XXX: Collapse of the Armed Conspiracy2,741 words
- 249.Chapter XXXI: Assassination!4,146 words
- 250.Chapter XXXII: Turning Back the Hands!4,832 words
- 251.Chapter XXXIII: What Next?2,913 words