Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant with an intro & notes by James McPherson

Faced with failing health and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future-and won himself a unique place in American letters. Grant's personal memoirs are devoted almost entirely to his life as a soldier, tracing the trajectory of his extraordinary career from West Point cadet to general-in-chief of all Union armies. 674 pages