Grant dedicated his memoirs to “the American soldier and sailor”-both Northern and Southern. Grant appeared in two volumes, the first of which came out in December 1885. He opened his eyes, looked at his family and appeared to fall into a gentle sleep, dying at 8:08 a.m. On the morning of Thursday, July 23, 1885, doctors told family members to gather around Grant’s bedside. “e put aside his pencil and said there was nothing more to do,” Mark Twain recounted. “I pray God however that may be spared to complete the necessary work upon my book.” Finally, on July 20, 1885-after eleven months, two volumes, 1,231 pages, and 291,000 words-Grant finished. McGregor alive,” he confessed to his wife Julia. Many visitors made the trek up the mountain to pay their last respects to the dying.
McGregor hoping that the milder climate would ease his discomfort and prolong his life. In mid-June doctors relocated Grant from midtown Manhattan to a mountaintop resort north of Albany, the Balmoral Hotel located atop Mount. Grant continued to write his memoirs through the spring of 1885. While friends and colleagues did what they could to secure his financial position, Adam Badeau attempted to blackmail Grant, trying to obtain more money for his work in exchange for quelling rumors that he, Badeau, was the actual author of Grant’s memoirs. Grant suffered bouts of despondency and an almost total collapse of his health in March 1885. He continued to write while his former military secretary Adam Badeau and his son Fred supported him with research, fact checking and editing. Seeing his doctor sometime in mid-October, he learned he had throat cancer. That summer Grant experienced growing throat discomfort. Although he had been offered a contract by The Century, Grant eventually contracted to publish his memoirs with Twain’s publishing company, Charles Webster & Co. Enjoying the experience Grant set out to write his memoirs. While he had previously demurred when asked by Mark Twain to write his memoirs, needing money, Grant agreed to write four articles about the war for The Century Magazine. Grant’s life changed dramatically when a Ponzi scheme run by two of his partners in the Wall Street brokerage firm Grant & Ward collapsed harming many investors including the Grant family, which was left destitute. General Pope In Command Stationed At Mexico, Mo.Ĭommissioned Brigadier-General- Command At Ironton, Mo.- Jefferson City- Cape Girardeau- General Prentiss- Seizure Of Paducah- Headquarters At Cairo.In May 1884 Ulysses S. Outbreak of the Rebellion - Presiding at a Union Meetings - Mustering Officer of State Troops - Lyon at Camp Jackson - Services Tendered to the GovernmentĪppointed Colonel Of The 21st Illinois - Personnel Of The Regiment - General Logan - March To Missouri - Movement Against Harris At Florida, Mo. Resignation - Private Life - Life at Galena - The Coming Crisis
San Francisco - Early California Experiences - Life on the Pacific Coast - Promoted Captain - Flush Times in California Return of the Army - Marriage - Ordered to the Pacific Coast - Crossing the Isthmus - Arrival at San Francisco Treaty of Peace - Mexican Bull Fights - Regimental Quartermaster - Trip to Popocatapetl - Trip to the Caves of Mexico Promotion to First Lieutenant - Capture of the City of Mexico - The Army - Mexican Soldiers - Peace Negotiations March to Japapa - Battle of Cerro Gordo - Perote - Puebla - Scott and TaylorĪdvance on the City of Mexico - Battle of Contreras - Assault at Churubusco - Negotiations for Peace - Battle of Molino del Rey - Storming of Chapultepec - San Cosme - Evacuation of the City - Halls of the Montezumas Political Intrique - Buena Vista - Movement against Vera Cruz - Siege and Capture of Vera Cruz The Mexican War - The Battle of Palo Alto - The Battle of Resaca de la Palma - Army of Invasion - General Taylor - Movement on CamargoĪdvance on Monterey - The Black Fort - The Battle of Monterey - Surrender of the City
ULYSSES S GRANT BOOK FULL
Trip to Austion - Promotion to Full Second Lieutenant - Army of OccupationĪdvance of the Army - Crossing the Colorado - The Rio Grande Army Life - Causes of the Mexican War - Camp SalubrityĬorpus Christi - Mexican Smuggling - Spanish Rule in Mexico - Supplying Tranportation
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