Read an electronic edition of Ulysses Grant's famous Personal Memoirs, a 19th-century bestseller. Battling terminal throat cancer, Grant raced to complete his account of the Civil War.

On page 931 of his 1,074-page biography of Ulysses S. Grant ... in the town of Moreau, where Grant spent the last weeks of his life finishing his memoirs. Kemp’s journey from believing to ...

He was under orders to scout a suitable site for a military post, a mission personally approved by President Ulysses S. Grant ... In his Personal Memoirs, he damned the Mexican War, in which ...

In 1884 the firm went bankrupt. So did Ulysses S. Grant. Desperate for money, Grant turned to writing his wartime memoirs as a way to support his family. He began by selling short magazine ...

Perhaps no state did more to advance and propel the career of Ulysses S. Grant than Mississippi. Thus, it stands to reason that his memoirs are housed at Mississippi State – one of only six ...

Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

Photo courtesy of flickr user _Gavroche_ In his memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant makes scant mention of the April 1860 afternoon that he moved with his family to the port town of Galena, Illinois ...

Ulysses S. Grant, first sentence, Memoirs. This story originally appeared on Talking Points Memo. Like our content? Follow us for more “My family is American, and has been for generations ...

Most of the items seen were owned by the Grant family outside of a few pieces that are noted during the tour. Ulysses S. Grant was an important person in the History of our country and his home is ...

GALVA, Ill. — Galva students had the chance to step back in time and learn about the Civil War, as they spoke with a descendent of former president Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses Grant Dietz is an ...

Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s. A large portion of the original 850-acre estate was sold off to the Busch family and now operates as Grant ...