The complete online text of Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant — Complete by Ulysses S. Grant.

Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), having led the Northern armies to victory in the Civil War, was elected eighteenth president of the United States. As a general in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant possessed the right qualities for prosecuting offensive...

PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U.S. GRANT In his majestic, homespun Memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant writes, "As time passes people . . . will begin to wonder how it was possible that their ancestors ever fought for or justified institutions which acknowledged the right...

The black keys on the old Royal manual are worn almost through, especially the I, N and M. Piles of files, loose pages, yellowing notes cover nearly every horizontal surface. Hand-scrawled labels are Scotch-taped to box tops and closet doors: "Material for Memoirs III,"...