Synopses & Reviews
Highlights Include:
General William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamous march through Georgia
General George B. McClellan on the battle of Antietam and the legendary lost order that should have tipped him off to Lee's plans
General George Armstrong Custer's experience of going straight from studying at West Point to the battlefield
General (CSA) James Longstreet on serving under Robert E. Lee
General (CSA) G. Moxley Sorrel on serving under James Longstreet
Major (CSA) J.S.Mosby on the South's Guerilla campaign
General (CSA) Jubal Earley's memoir of the last year of the war.
Ulysses S. Grant was the commander-in-chief of the Union forces during the climactic late years of the Civil War and later served as the 18th President of the United States. He died in 1885.
Brian M. Thomsen is the editor of Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce, Alternate Gettyburgs, and The American Fantasy Tradition. He lives in Brooklyn.
Thomas Fleming is a historian whose many books include West Point: The Men and the Times of the U.S. Military Academy; 1776: Year of Illusions; Liberty! The American Revolution; and The New Dealers' War: FDR and the War Within World War II. Fleming is a former president of the American Center of P.E.N., the international writers' organization.
From the Western frontier to the battlefields of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Franklin, Petersburg, and Richmond, Grant saw the war from the front lines and made the decisions that affected lives on day-to-day basis. His writings provide a revealing look into the life of a commander of the War Between the States.
The Civil War Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is a popular abridgment of his massive two-volume Personal Memoirs. This monumental edition broke all records in American publishing at the time. Grant died less than one week after completing its writing.
This abridgment solely coverts Grant's experiences in the Civil War from Sumter to Appomattox, giving the reader a front-line seat next to the greatest Union general of the War Between States.
"It is simply not possible to read Grant's memoirs without realizing that the author is a man of first-rate intelligence."Gore Vidal
Synopsis
Highlights Include:
General William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamous march through Georgia
General George B. McClellan on the battle of Antietam and the legendary lost order that should have tipped him off to Lee's plans
General George Armstrong Custer's experience of going straight from studying at West Point to the battlefield
General (CSA) James Longstreet on serving under Robert E. Lee
General (CSA) G. Moxley Sorrel on serving under James Longstreet
Major (CSA) J.S.Mosby on the South's Guerilla campaign
General (CSA) Jubal Earley's memoir of the last year of the war.
Synopsis
Highlights Include: General William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamous march through GeorgiaGeneral George B. McClellan on the battle of Antietam and the legendary lost order that should have tipped him off to Lee's plansGeneral George Armstrong Custer's experience of going straight from studying at West Point to the battlefieldGeneral (CSA) James Longstreet on serving under Robert E. LeeGeneral (CSA) G. Moxley Sorrel on serving under James LongstreetMajor (CSA) J.S.Mosby on the South's Guerilla campaignGeneral (CSA) Jubal Earley's memoir of the last year of the war.
About the Author
Ulysses S. Grant was the commander-in-chief of the Union forces during the climactic late years of the Civil War and later served as the 18th President of the United States. He died in 1885. His remains currently reside in Grant's Tomb in New York City.
Brian M. Thomsen is the editor of Shadows of Blue and Gray-the Civil War Writings of Ambrose Pierce, Alternate Gettysburgs, The American Fantasy Tradition, and The Man in the Arena: Selected Writings of Theodore Roosevelt. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.