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Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals
by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant, John Alexander Logan, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by David Widger
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2009-05-18
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Public domain in the USA.
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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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John Alexander Logan
1826–1886
A fiery Civil War general and influential Illinois politician, he moved from the battlefield to Congress and became one of the most prominent public figures of his era. He is also closely linked with the early national remembrance of Union soldiers after the war.
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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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