Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals

Name: Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals
Author: Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by David Widger. Additional proofing was done by Bryan Sherman on the Sherman series. The Grant series was originally produced by Glen Bledsoe

Release date

2004-06-01

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Public domain in the USA.

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Generals -- United States -- Biography Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States. Army -- Biography Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888 E456 E660

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Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

1822–1885

A plainspoken soldier turned president, he led Union armies to victory in the Civil War and later wrote memoirs that became one of the best-known books of the 19th century. His life moves from battlefield command to the White House to a final burst of writing under extraordinary pressure.

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Philip Henry Sheridan

1831–1888

Remembered as one of the Union Army’s most aggressive and successful commanders, he played a major role in the Shenandoah Valley campaigns and in the final operations that led to Confederate surrender. After the Civil War, he remained a leading U.S. Army figure and eventually rose to commanding general.

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William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

1820–1891

Best known as one of the Union Army’s most forceful Civil War commanders, this memoirist writes with blunt confidence, sharp observation, and a lifelong soldier’s sense of duty. His story opens a direct window onto war, leadership, and the making of modern America.

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