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1 giorno fa · In 1885, facing severe financial reversals and dying of throat cancer, Grant wrote his memoirs, covering his life through the Civil War, which were posthumously published and became a major critical and financial success.
1 giorno fa · Ulysses S. Grant (born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.—died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York) was a U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States (1869–77).
3 giorni fa · The Grant in Chernow’s biography is intelligent, determined, and dedicated both to the Union and to African-Americans. Chernow highlights how Grant, neither an abolitionist nor a Democrat, disagreed strongly with the institution of slavery and knew the Civil War would lead to its destruction.
4 giorni fa · While the Northern army fighting to save the union and preserve American democracy during the Civil War had great advantages in resources and manpower, it also faced great disadvantages, as the hero of the war, Ulysses S. Grant, explained at length in his personal memoirs (considered by many historians to be among the greatest memoirs ever written).
5 giorni fa · The Ultimate Civil War Series uses diaries, journal entries, and memoirs of those who lived through the war to tell their story.
16 ore fa · The Peacemakers by George Peter Alexander Healy portrays, from left to right, Sherman, Grant, Lincoln, and Porter discussing plans for the last weeks of the Civil War aboard the steamer River Queen in March 1865.
24 mag 2024 · Civil War, U.S. Contains 100,000 pages of letters, diaries and memoirs written 1861-65, by more than 2000 authors. Diaries, correspondence and photographs. Includes official records of the Union and Confederate Navies, as well as reports and correspondence of the War of the Rebellion.
