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100 1 _aGrant, Ulysses S.
_q(Ulysses Simpson),
_d1822-1885
245 1 0 _aMemoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-06-01
505 0 _aThe Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant -- The Memoirs of William T. Sherman -- The Memoirs of Philip H. Sheridan
508 _aProduced by David Widger. Additional proofing was done by Bryan Sherman on the Sherman series. The Grant series was originally produced by Glen Bledsoe
520 _a"Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals" by Ulysses S. Grant et al. is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work consists largely of personal reflections and recollections by Ulysses S. Grant, as well as contributions from fellow generals William T. Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan. The memoirs cover significant events of their military careers, particularly during the tumultuous years of the American Civil War. The opening of the memoirs presents Grant's preface, where he reflects on the motivations and challenges he faced while writing his memoirs. He discusses his initial reluctance to enter into public writing, the circumstances that led him to change his mind—including a request from a magazine editor during a period of financial difficulty—and his concern about fairness to his fellow soldiers, both Union and Confederate. Grant emphasizes the importance of truthfulness in recounting his experiences and expresses a desire to avoid doing injustice to anyone, acknowledging the limits of his memory in narrating the vast complexities of the Civil War. The narrative begins with his ancestry and early life, setting the stage for his eventual rise to prominence as a key military figure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGenerals -- United States -- Biography
653 _aGrant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
653 _aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
653 _aSherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
653 _aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
653 _aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
653 _aUnited States. Army -- Biography
653 _aSheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
700 1 _aSheridan, Philip Henry,
_d1831-1888
700 1 _aSherman, William T.
_q(William Tecumseh),
_d1820-1891
700 1 _aWidger, David,
_d1932-2021?
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4546
999 _c46592
_d46592