This Project Gutenberg collection brings together memoirs of four Union generals from the American Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, and John A. Logan. The texts cover their military service, campaigns, and reflections on the war and earlier conflicts, including Grant's Mexican War years. It offers insight for anyone interested in 19th-century American military history.
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MEMOIRS OF FOUR CIVIL WAR GENERALS By Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Logan Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS Click on the ## before each title to go directly to a linked index of the detailed chapters and illustrations ## GRANT ## SHERMAN ## SHERIDAN ## LOGAN
TABLES OF CONTENTS WITH LINKS
CONTENTS OF THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL
GRANT
VOLUME I.
CHAPTER I. ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD.
CHAPTER II. WEST POINT—GRADUATION.
CHAPTER III. ARMY LIFE—CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR—CAMP
SALUBRITY.
n CHAPTER IV. CORPUS CHRISTI—MEXICAN SMUGGLING—SPANISH
RULE IN MEXICO—SUPPLYING TRANSPORTATION.
CHAPTER V. TRIP TO AUSTIN—PROMOTION TO FULL SECONDLIEUTENANT—ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
CHAPTER VI. ADVANCE OF THE ARMY—CROSSING THE COLORADO—THE
RIO GRANDE.
CHAPTER VII. THE MEXICAN WAR—THE BATTLE OF PALO ALTO—THE
BATTLE OF RESACA DE LA PALMA—ARMY OF INVASION—GENERAL
TAYLOR—MOVEMENT ON CAMARGO.
CHAPTER VIII. ADVANCE ON MONTEREY—THE BLACK FORT—THE
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