Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, v1
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD.
CHAPTER II. WEST POINT—GRADUATION.
CHAPTER III. ARMY LIFE—CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN
WAR—CAMP SALUBRITY.
CHAPTER IV. CORPUS CHRISTI—MEXICAN
SMUGGLING—SPANISH RULE IN MEXICO—SUPPLYING TRANSPORTATION.
CHAPTER V. TRIP TO AUSTIN—PROMOTION TO FULL
SECOND LIEUTENANT—ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
CHAPTER VI. ADVANCE OF THE ARMY—CROSSING THE
COLORADO—THE RIO GRANDE.
CHAPTER VII. THE MEXICAN WAR—THE BATTLE OF PALO
ALTO—THE BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA—ARMY OF INVASION—GENERAL
TAYLOR—MOVEMENT ON CAMARGO.
CHAPTER VIII. ADVANCE ON MONTEREY—THE BLACK
FORT—THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY—SURRENDER OF THE CITY.
CHAPTER IX. POLITICAL INTRIGUE—BUENA
VISTA—MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ—SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ.
CHAPTER X. MARCH TO JALAPA—BATTLE OF CERRO
GORDO—PEROTE—PUEBLA—SCOTT AND TAYLOR.
CHAPTER XI. ADVANCE ON THE CITY OF MEXICO—BATTLE
OF CONTRERAS—ASSAULT AT CHURUBUSCO—NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE—BATTLE OF
MOLINO DEL REY—STORMING OF CHAPULTEPEC—SAN COSME—EVACUATION OF THE
CITY—HALLS OF THE MONTEZUMAS.
CHAPTER XII. PROMOTION TO FIRST
LIEUTENANT—CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF MEXICO—THE ARMY—MEXICAN
SOLDIERS—PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
CHAPTER XIII. TREATY OF PEACE—MEXICAN BULL
FIGHTS—REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER—TRIP TO POPOCATAPETL—TRIP TO THE
CAVES OF MEXICO.
CHAPTER XIV. RETURN OF THE
ARMY—MARRIAGE—ORDERED TO THE PACIFIC COAST—CROSSING THE
ISTHMUS—ARRIVAL AT SAN FRANCISCO.
CHAPTER XV. SAN FRANCISCO—EARLY CALIFORNIA
EXPERIENCES—LIFE ON THE PACIFIC COAST—PROMOTED CAPTAIN—FLUSH TIMES
IN CALIFORNIA.
CHAPTER XVI. RESIGNATION—PRIVATE LIFE—LIFE AT
GALENA—THE COMING CRISIS.
CHAPTER XVII. OUTBREAK OF THE
REBELLION—PRESIDING AT A UNION MEETING—MUSTERING OFFICER OF STATE
TROOPS—LYON AT CAMP JACKSON—SERVICES TENDERED TO THE GOVERNMENT.
CHAPTER XVIII. APPOINTED COLONEL OF THE 21ST
ILLINOIS—PERSONNEL OF THE REGIMENT—GENERAL LOGAN—MARCH TO
MISSOURI—MOVEMENT AGAINST HARRIS AT FLORIDA, MO.—GENERAL POPE IN
COMMAND—STATIONED AT MEXICO, MO.
CHAPTER XIX. COMMISSIONED
BRIGADIER-GENERAL—COMMAND AT IRONTON, MO.—JEFFERSON CITY—CAPE
GIRARDEAU—GENERAL PRENTISS—SEIZURE OF PADUCAH—HEADQUARTERS AT CAIRO.
CHAPTER XX. GENERAL FREMONT IN COMMAND—MOVEMENT
AGAINST BELMONT—BATTLE OF BELMONT—A NARROW ESCAPE—AFTER THE BATTLE.
CHAPTER XXI. GENERAL HALLECK IN
COMMAND—COMMANDING THE DISTRICT OF CAIRO—MOVEMENT ON FORT
HENRY—CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY.
CHAPTER XXII. INVESTMENT OF FORT DONELSON—THE
NAVAL OPERATIONS—ATTACK OF THE ENEMY—ASSAULTING THE WORKS—SURRENDER
OF THE FORT.
CHAPTER XXIII. PROMOTED MAJOR-GENERAL OF
VOLUNTEERS—UNOCCUPIED TERRITORY—ADVANCE UPON NASHVILLE—SITUATION OF
THE TROOPS—CONFEDERATE RETREAT—RELIEVED OF THE COMMAND —RESTORED
TO THE COMMAND—GENERAL SMITH.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG
LANDING—INJURED BY A FALL—THE CONFEDERATE ATTACK AT SHILOH—THE
FIRST DAY'S FIGHT AT SHILOH—GENERAL SHERMAN—CONDITION OF THE
ARMY—CLOSE OF THE FIRST DAY'S FIGHT—THE SECOND DAY'S FIGHT—RETREAT
AND DEFEAT OF THE CONFEDERATES.
CHAPTER XXV. STRUCK BY A BULLET—PRECIPITATE
RETREAT OF THE CONFEDERATES—INTRENCHMENTS AT SHILOH—GENERAL
BUELL—GENERAL JOHNSTON—REMARKS ON SHILOH.
CHAPTER XXVI. HALLECK ASSUMES COMMAND IN THE
FIELD—THE ADVANCE UPON CORINTH—OCCUPATION OF CORINTH—THE ARMY
SEPARATED.
CHAPTER XXVII. HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO MEMPHIS—ON
THE ROAD TO MEMPHIS—ESCAPING JACKSON—COMPLAINTS AND
REQUESTS—HALLECK APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF—RETURN TO
CORINTH—MOVEMENTS OF BRAGG—SURRENDER OF CLARKSVILLE—THE ADVANCE
UPON CHATTANOOGA—SHERIDAN COLONEL OF A MICHIGAN REGIMENT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. ADVANCE OF VAN DORN AND
PRICE—PRICE ENTERS IUKA—BATTLE OF IUKA.
CHAPTER XXIX. VAN DORN'S MOVEMENTS—BATTLE OF
CORINTH—COMMAND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE.
CHAPTER XXX. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST
VICKSBURG—EMPLOYING THE FREEDMEN —OCCUPATION OF HOLLY
SPRINGS—SHERMAN ORDERED TO MEMPHIS—SHERMAN'S MOVEMENTS DOWN THE
MISSISSIPPI—VAN DORN CAPTURES HOLLY SPRINGS—COLLECTING FORAGE AND
FOOD.
CHAPTER XXXI. HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO HOLLY
SPRINGS—GENERAL M'CLERNAND IN COMMAND—ASSUMING COMMAND AT YOUNG'S
POINT—OPERATIONS ABOVE VICKSBURG—FORTIFICATIONS ABOUT VICKSBURG—THE
CANAL—LAKE PROVIDENCE—OPERATIONS AT YAZOO PASS.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE BAYOUS WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI—CRITICISMS OF THE NORTHERN PRESS—RUNNING THE
BATTERIES—LOSS OF THE INDIANOLA—DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. ATTACK ON GRAND GULF—OPERATIONS
BELOW VICKSBURG.
CHAPTER XXXIV. CAPTURE OF PORT GIBSON—GRIERSON'S
RAID—OCCUPATION OF GRAND GULF—MOVEMENT UP THE BIG BLACK—BATTLE OF
RAYMOND.
CHAPTER XXXV. MOVEMENT AGAINST JACKSON—FALL OF
JACKSON—INTERCEPTING THE ENEMY—BATTLE OF CHAMPION'S HILL.
CHAPTER XXXVI. BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER
BRIDGE—CROSSING THE BIG BLACK—INVESTMENT OF VICKSBURG—ASSAULTING
THE WORKS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. JOHNSTON'S
MOVEMENTS—FORTIFICATIONS AT HAINES' BLUFF— EXPLOSION OF THE
MINE—EXPLOSION OF THE SECOND MINE—PREPARING FOR THE ASSAULT—THE
FLAG OF TRUCE—MEETING WITH PEMBERTON— NEGOTIATIONS FOR
SURRENDER—ACCEPTING THE TERMS— SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG.
CHAPTER XXXIX. RETROSPECT OF THE
CAMPAIGN—SHERMAN'S MOVEMENTS—PROPOSED MOVEMENT UPON MOBILE—A
PAINFUL ACCIDENT—ORDERED TO REPORT AT CAIRO.
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