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Author: Ulysses S. Grant

📘 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant

Facing health and financial difficulties, former Civil War general and president Ulysses S. Grant penned these memoirs to preserve his family's future. The work traces his rise from West Point cadet to commander of all Union armies, providing candid, unvarnished reflections on the Mexican War and the Civil War. In the Penguin Classics edition, a Pulitzer Prize‑winning historian supplies an introduction and explanatory notes that contextualize Grant’s experiences in American military history.

First publish date: 1885

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography

Authors: Ulysses S. Grant

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