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14 mag 2024 · Grant in Peace. From Appomattox to Mount McGregor. Hartford: S.S. Scranton & Co., 1887. 8vo. Contemporary burgundy one quarter morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments, gilt lettered in 2. First edition. INSCRIBED BY GENERAL SHERMAN: "Genl. W.T. Sherman 1887. From the Author - Adam Badeau - Acknowledged". W. T.
3 giorni fa · Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the ...
3 mag 2024 · The surrender at Appomattox Court House occurred in April 1865 when Confederate general Robert E. Lee submitted to Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, all but ending the American Civil War (1861–1865). After the fall of Richmond on April 2–3, Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia had retreated west to the village of ...
5 giorni fa · Battle of Appomattox, Virginia, and the Surrender, April 9, 1865. Grant writes about each of these battles here in his Personal Memoirs. 1. Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, May 5-7th, 1864. Battle Summary, Battle of the Wilderness, from Civilwar.com. The opening battle of Grant against Lee in the East.
6 mag 2024 · Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1: 4: 0: Browse all entities in this document: William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2: 4: 0: Browse all entities in this document: Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir: 4: 0
5 giorni fa · Detailed Account of Grant's Last Days and Funerals from Life and Personal Memories of U. S. Grant, by R. A. Fenton, 1886. Pages 158 to 268 contain a highly detailed account of Grant's last days at Mt. McGregor and the activities and ceremonies following his death.
13 mag 2024 · Grant finished writing the book at a friend’s cottage on Mount McGregor in New York and died a few days later on July 23, 1885. A funeral train – only the second time a president’s body traveled in such a manner – took Grant into New York City. A grand funeral was held with nearly 1.5 million spectators.
