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2 giorni fa · On July 18, 1885, Grant finished his memoir, which includes the events of his life to the end of the Civil War. The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant was a critical and commercial success. Julia Grant eventually received about $450,000 in royalties (equivalent to $15,300,000 in 2023).
1 giorno fa · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
4 giorni fa · Grant was an 1843 graduate of West Point, commissioned as a brevet second lieutenant. In 1854 he left the army so he could be with his wife and children. By 1861 he and his family were living in Galena, Illinois, where he stoically worked daytime in his father's leathergoods store and happily returned home to his wife and children in the evenings.
- Marie Kelsey
- 2013
5 giorni fa · In God is our trust.” he wrote on the October 5, 1863, “What hard can befall if he is our friend.”. This diary is one of three kept by physician John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan, describing his experience as a Civil War surgeon for the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Click on the image for a closer look.
4 giorni fa · From Personal Recollections of the War of the Rebellion, edited by A. Noel Blakeman. Third Series. Putnam's, 1907. "Recollections of General Grant and His Campaigns in the West," by Grenville M. Dodge. He included comments on the welcome presence of Julia in camp, pp. 370-371.
- Marie Kelsey
- 2013
1 giorno fa · American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president (1860), the Southern states seceded.
4 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.
