{"product_id":"the-civil-war-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-9780765302434","title":"The Civil War Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Western frontier to the battlefields of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Franklin, Petersburg, and Richmond, Grant saw the war from the front lines and made the decisions that affected lives on a day-to-day basis. His writings provide a revealing look into the life of the commander in chief of the Union army as well as the seminal eyewitness account of the War between the States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Civil War Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant \u003c\/i\u003eis a popular abridgment of his two-volume Personal Memoirs, which he arranged to have published to provide for his family after his death. (It was a huge bestseller and broke all records in American publishing at the time.) He died less than one week after completing its writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis abridgment covers Grant's experiences in the Civil War, from the first shot at Sumter to Appomattox, giving the reader a front-line seat next to the greatest Union general of the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHighlights Include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- General William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamous march through Georgia- General George B. McClellan on the battle of Antietam and the legendary lost order that should have tipped him off to Lee's plans\u003cbr\u003e- General George Armstrong Custer's experience of going straight from studying at West Point to the battlefield\u003cbr\u003e- General (CSA) James Longstreet on serving under Robert E. Lee\u003cbr\u003e- General (CSA) G. Moxley Sorrel on serving under James Longstreet\u003cbr\u003e- Major (CSA) J.S.Mosby on the South's Guerilla campaign\u003cbr\u003e- General (CSA) Jubal Earley's memoir of the last year of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765302434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Ulysses S. Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642494251164,"sku":"9780765302434","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_be437f18-bfea-4666-8e68-0d4239384fc5.jpg?v=1603854965","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-civil-war-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-9780765302434","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}