Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters (LOA #50)Library of America, 1990年10月1日 - 1199 頁 Twenty years after Appomattox, stricken by cancer and facing financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family’s future. in doing so, the Civil War’s greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character, intelligence, sense of purpose, and simple compassion are evident throughout this vivid and deeply moving account, which has been acclaimed by readers as diverse asMark Twain, Matthew Arnold, Gertrude Stein, and Edmund Wilson. Annotated and complete with detailed maps, battle plans, and facsimiles reproduced from the original edition, this volume offers an unparalleled vantage on the most terrible, moving, and inexhaustibly fascinating event in American history. included are 174 letters, many of them to his wife, Julia, which offer an intimate view of their affectionate and enduring marriage. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. |
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Chapter 1 | 17 |
Facsimile of Handwriting Dedication | 19 |
Chapter II | 28 |
Chapter III | 36 |
CORPUS CHRISTI MEXICAN SMUGGLING | 46 |
Chapter V | 54 |
Chapter VI | 60 |
Chapter VIII | 74 |
Map of the Battles of Iuka and Corinth | 273 |
Chapter XXX | 283 |
Chapter XXXI | 292 |
Map of the Vicksburg Campaign | 311 |
Chapter XXXIII | 315 |
MapBruinsburg Port Gibson and Grand Gulf | 319 |
Chapter XXXV | 332 |
Map of the Country about Jackson Mississippi | 335 |
Map of Monterey and its Approaches | 79 |
Chapter X | 89 |
Map of the Valley of Mexico | 107 |
Chapter XII | 111 |
Chapter XIV | 129 |
Chapter XV | 135 |
Chapter XVI | 141 |
OUTBREAK OF THE REBELLION PRESIDING | 152 |
Chapter XVIII | 160 |
COMMISSIONED BRIGADIERGENERALCOMMAND | 168 |
Chapter XX | 177 |
Map of the Battlefield near Belmont | 181 |
Chapter XXI | 187 |
Map showing the relative Positions of Fort Henry | 193 |
Map of Fort Donelson | 199 |
Facsimile of General Buckners Dispatch relating | 208 |
Chapter XXIII | 214 |
Map of the Field of Shiloh | 229 |
STRUCK BY A BULLET PRECIPITATE RETREAT | 237 |
Chapter XXVI | 248 |
Map of the Country about Corinth Mississippi | 253 |
Chapter XXVIII | 270 |
Map of the Battle of Champions Hill | 343 |
Chapter XXXVI | 349 |
Map of Battlefield of Big Black River Bridge | 351 |
Map of the Siege of Vicksburg | 361 |
JOHNSTONS MOVEMENTS FORTIFICATIONS | 368 |
Chapter XXXIX | 384 |
Personal Memoirs of U S Grant Vol II | 393 |
VOLUME II | 401 |
Chapter XLI | 413 |
CONDITION OF THE ARMYREBUILDING | 422 |
Chapter XLIII | 433 |
Chapter XLIV | 443 |
AFTER THE BATTLE TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL | 534 |
Chapter LIII | 552 |
Chapter LV | 579 |
MapLine of Defences Vicksburg to Haines Bluff | 589 |
SHERMANS MARCH NORTHSHERIDAN | 671 |
Chapter LXIII | 685 |
THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURGMEETING | 707 |
Notes to the Doctor | 1109 |
Note on the Texts | 1162 |
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