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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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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0940450585
Editorial ‏ : ‎ Library of America; New edición (1 octubre 1990)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
Tapa dura ‏ : ‎ 1199 páginas
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780940450585
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0940450585
Edad de lectura ‏ : ‎ A partir de 18 años
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Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 13.21 x 3.81 x 20.83 cm

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Ulysses S. Grant (1822--1885) was the 18th president of the United States, but he is best known today as General Grant, commander of the Union armies that defeated the armies of the Confederacy, bringing an end to the Civil War and preserving the Union. After two terms as president, Grant and his wife went on a worldwide tour which ate up most of his savings. In an attempt to recover financially, he invested the remainder of his savings in a business founded by his son Ulysses Jr. and an acquaintance named Ferdinand Ward. The business went bankrupt and General Grant was left penniless. In the fall of 1884, he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Following the advice of friends, including Mark Twain, Grant undertook a heroic effort through constant pain to write his memoirs.

The Memoirs, unlike most autobiographies, tells us little about Grant's youth or personal life. Perhaps he assumed the public would not be interested in those things. If so, it would be typical of Grant, a humble man, to understimate his own importance. Most of the book (originally published as two volumes) is devoted to his experiences in the Mexican War and the Civil War.

During the Mexican War he was a young junior officer recently graduated from West Point. It was here in Mexico that he learned lessons about warfare and about human beings that would prove of great value during the long trial of the Civil War.

After the Mexican War, Grant left the army, married Julia Dent, and began to raise a family. But he had trouble finding any work that he was good at. He tried farming and gave it up. He went into the real estate business with a partner but gave up on that too. Next, out of desperation, he went to work for his father as a clerk in a leather shop.

About this time, Southern states seceded from the Union and attacked the federal Fort Sumpter at Charleston, South Carolina. The President called for volunteers and young Ulysses S. Grant put on his uniform and answered the call.

The Personal Memoirs is mostly a narration of the battles in which Grant was involved in Mexico and throughout the American south during the Civil War. Maps are included, but they are period maps, much reduced in size. You will need a magnifying glass to read them. Also, scattered throughout are copies of communications with the President and various commanders in the field. The Memoirs ends with the grand review of the Army of the Potomac in Washington at the end of the war. There is nothing here about Grant's post-Civil War life or his two terms as President. Maybe he thought those later years were of lesser importance or interest to readers. Or maybe he just ran out of time. Grant died only a few days after completing the final chapters of Volume 2.

Throughout the text Grant offers his opinions of both enemy and allied commanders and fellow officers. He admires General Lee as a "foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse." (p. 735) The cause of the war was obvious to him: slavery. And, though the North won the war, its cost was enormous. "But this war was a fearful lesson, and should teach us the necessity of avoiding wars in the future." (p. 774)

This book is a fascinating look into the mind of a man who rose to the occasion to save his country. He is a man of few words, but he wields these words with great precision. There is no attempt to create "literature." You won't find any clever turns of phrase or metaphoric use of language. It is all straightforward and seems very modern compared with the overblown prose of other writers during that Victorian era.

This Library of American edition also contains over 200 pages of Grant's letters to his wife, his children, other generals and officers, administration officials, the President, and others. Although I have not taken the time to read these letters, I am sure they will be of great interest to a student of Civil War history. Finally, there is a 40-page Chronology of Grant's life that will enable the reader to fill in some of the gaps left by Grant himself in the memoir. Two separate indices are provided: one for the memoirs and one for the letters. This edition, 1200 pages in length, is a kind of one-stop shop for anyone interested in learning about America's greatest general.

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I learned of a General Grant who was far different than I had thought. I believe he wrote an honest view of himself and others. One thing that impressed me is not only did he fight he had a broad understanding of what was needed to win the war in the West and East. I've always known he was a good General but now rate him as a Great General. In the East he was highly respected by his men who cheered him after The Battle of The Wilderness when he headed South after Lees' Army. It had been a terrible fight but they cheered him. Why?? Because they had realized Lee must be defeated to win and the only way to do that was not to withdraw but pursue him. Grant was the first Northern General not to withdraw after a battle and they recognized Grant meant to win and knew how too. They never fought harder for any General than him. He was a great judge of other Commanders and didn't put himself above other sucessful ones, giving them credit for their actions. One simple thing he wrote impressed me, "Many thought Robert E Lee couldn't be defeated. But I knew Lee." It hit me like a ton of bricks that this man was not afraid of Lee. Later after defeating him he did show respect and compassion for him and his men. His Memoirs made me take a deeper look at this man. I when young remembered him being called a "Butcher". Reading another book about him I learned Grant lost a total of only 15% of his federal troops in 4 years, approx. 94,000 killed or wounded. While Robert E. Lee lost 20% of his men or approx 121,000 killed or wounded which was far more than any Civil war General. With Lee losing 80,000 in killed and wounded in his first fourteen months of Command and that equaled the number he had started with originally. Those facts changed my view of U.S. Grant. I would recommend his Memoirs to anyone interested in the Civil War and feel this is one of the most honest, informative books ever written by anyone directly involved. I recommend it to anyone wanting to see an honest view of the Civil war. One thing I would add is I have a paperback copy of the memoirs and also this hardback by Library of America which contains Selected letters written by Grant also. I really like this copy better not only because of the letters but it's written on finer paper, printed clearly, smaller book but very easy to read, and reminds me of a time when the written word was valued more than it appears to be today. It kind of transports me back to that time. Just a personal thing for an old guy but maybe others will understand that too.

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Meekness. That's not the word you would associate with the victorious general of the Civil War. Nor would you associate it with a man who was a chain-smoking drunk, and infamous for having a corrupt presidential administration.

But so it is. Unlike President Andrew Johnson (and the later Woodrow Wilson), Grant was not about retaliation, retribution, or bloodlust. He knew that revenge never works:

"I knew also the feeling that Mr. Johnson had expressed in speeches and conversation against the Southern people, and I feared that his course towards them would be such as to repel, and make them unwilling citizens; and if they became such they would remain so for a long while. I felt that reconstruction had been set back, no telling how far. ..."

"I believe the South would have been saved from very much of the hardness of feeling that was engendered by Mr. Johnson's course towards them during the first few months of his administration. Be this as it may, Mr. Lincoln's assassination was particularly unfortunate for the entire nation." (Ch LXVIII).

Grant treated the Southerners not only with respect, but with compassion:

"As I wrote [the terms of surrender] the thought occurred to me that the officers had their own private horses and effects, which were important to them, but of no value to us; also that it would be an unnecessary humiliation to call upon them to deliver their side arms. ... "

"When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall." (Ch. LXVII).

Or read his letters to his wife:

"You have none idea dearest how much I miss little Fred. I think I can see the little dog todeling along by himself and looking up and laughing as though it was something smart. Aint he walking? I know they will all dislike to see him leave Bethel." (p. 931)

"Tell Fred. to be a good boy and not to annoy his grandpa & ma. ... When he comes here I will get him his dog and little wagon so he can ride about the garrison all day.You dont tell me, though I have asked so often, how many teeth he has. ... A thousand kisses to you and Fred." (p. 933)

I think Grant's humility had two causes:

Part has to do with his early life. In his memoirs, Grant glides over this part of his life (a better account of it is found in Ulysses S. Grant: The American Presidents Series: The 18th President, 1869-1877 (American Presidents (Times)) and the full-lenth Grant ). But outside of the army, he was a ne'er-do-well. Forced to resign his captaincy in 1854 for inebriation, he wandered and bumbled around until Fort Sumter. His businesses failed. Ultimately, he was left to peddling firewood. Later, he got a job with his father's tannery.

He was poor--"hardscrabble" being his word--and he knew it. And accepted it.

This contrasts with President Johnson, who, as Grant saw it, "at first wished to revenge himself upon Southern men of better social standing than himself, but who still sought their recognition, and in a short time conceived the idea and advanced the proposition to become their Moses to lead them triumphantly out of all their difficulties. " (Ch. LXIX).

In short, Johnson was vain.

The second influence came during the Mexican-American War, which Grant believed to be "one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation. It was an instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies" (Ch. III).

During the war, he fought with two generals. One was Zachary "Rough and Ready" Taylor, and the other was Winfield "Fuss and Feathers" Scott. You can tell which one influenced Grant more, considering his garb at Appomattox:

"General Lee was dressed in a full uniform which was entirely new, and was wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely the sword which had been presented by the State of Virginia; at all events, it was an entirely different sword from the one that would ordinarily be worn in the field. In my rough traveling suit, the uniform of a private with the straps of a lieutenant-general, I must have contrasted very strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet high and of faultless form. But this was not a matter that I thought of until afterwards" (XLVII).

There was no Dress for Success superficiality. Just a meek straightforwardness that endeared him to Yankee and Confederate alike.

Indeed, he says of the terms of surrender, "When I put my pen to the paper I did not know the first word that I should make use of in writing the terms. I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly, so that there could be no mistaking it." (Ch. LXVII). He knew it was historical, but he left history to the historians. He was there to do his job, and get on with life.

And that is why you should read this book. Grant has a beautiful soul. And his professional meekness we would all do well to emulate.

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