The Riverside Biographical Series
NUMBER 7
ULYSSES S. GRANT
BY
WALTER ALLEN
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The Riverside Biographical Series
ANDREW JACKSON, by W. G. BROWN JAMES B. EADS, by LOUIS HOW BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by PAUL E. MORE PETER COOPER, by R. W. RAYMOND THOMAS JEFFERSON, by H. C. MERWIN WILLIAM PENN, by GEORGE HODGES GENERAL GRANT, by WALTER ALLEN. MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK, by WILLIAM R. LIGHTON. JOHN MARSHALL, by JAMES B. THAYER.
Each about 100 pages, 16mo, with photogravure portrait, 75 cents; _School Edition_, 50 cents, _net_
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
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ULYSSES S. GRANT
BY
WALTER ALLEN
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BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1901
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COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY WALTER ALLEN
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CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. OUR NATIONAL MILITARY HERO 1
II. HIS ANCESTRY 5
III. THE PERIOD OF YOUTH 11
IV. HIS LIFEWORK APPOINTED 18
V. LOVE AND WAR 26
VI. YEARS OF DORMANT POWER 34
VII. THE SUMMONS OF PATRIOTISM 42
VIII. FROM SPRINGFIELD TO FORT DONELSON 46
IX. SHILOH, CORINTH, IUKA 57
X. VICKSBURG 65
XI. NEW RESPONSIBILITIES--CHATTANOOGA 77
XII. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL, COMMANDER OF ALL THE ARMIES 85
XIII. THE WILDERNESS AND SPOTTSYLVANIA 95
XIV. FROM SPOTTSYLVANIA TO RICHMOND 104
XV. IN WASHINGTON AMONG POLITICIANS 114
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: Ulysses S. Grant by Walter Allen
- 2: General Grant is now our national military hero
- 3: The Simpsons were also of Scotch ancestry
- 4: Where the father continued his business of tanner
- 5: But Ralston wanted twenty five
- 6: Hamer imagine that in doing this favor for his friend
- 7: He had grown 6 inches taller while at the academy
- 8: From brevet second lieutenant to full second lieutenant
- 9: And the battle of Molino del Rey
- 10: The crossing of the isthmus was a terrible experience
- 11: In Galena he was known to but few
- 12: Galena learned that Sumter had fallen
- 13: His first battle was fought at Belmont
- 14: Grant had no instructions to attack Fort Donelson
- 15: Halleck became aware of the facts
- 16: Three miles from Pittsburg Landing
- 17: And in January began the move on Vicksburg
- 18: Then Grant's way to reach Vicksburg was found
- 19: Offered to meet Pemberton himself
- 20: And Buell had been superseded by Rosecrans
- 21: The army of Rosecrans had been gathered again at Chattanooga
- 22: Was at once sent to the relief of Knoxville
- 23: Commanding the Army of the Potomac
- 24: As they trusted and would sustain no other
- 25: Commanding the Army of the Potomac
- 26: Was at Spottsylvania beforehand
- 27: Bearing patiently the disappointment
- 28: Who had won measurable success in the Shenandoah Valley
- 29: 000 deserted on the road to Appomattox
- 30: Lincoln accompanied him to the train
- 31: During the recess the President removed Stanton
- 32: His Democratic opponent was Horatio Seymour
- 33: Boutwell of Massachusetts was substituted
- 34: This committee reported in favor of annexation
- 35: Instead of realizing that he was reelected
- 36: He quickly uncovered a mass of various wrongdoing
- 37: Bristow was succeeded by an honorable man
- 38: As 70 Republicans voted for this resolution
- 39: The actors in other statesmanship
- 40: The task was undertaken resolutely