Grant and Sherman: Civil War Memoirs
A Library of America Boxed Set
- Hardcover
2335 pages
- Release Date
20 January 2011
Summary
For the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The Library of America re-issues the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman in a handsome, newly designed case.
An ailing Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family’s future. In doing so, the Civil War’s greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. John Keegan has called it “perhaps the most revelatory autobiography of high command to exist in any language.” The Library of America’s e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598531053 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598531050 |
| Author: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 2335 |
| Release Date: | 20 January 2011 |
| Weight: | 1.63kg |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 76mm |
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Critics Review
“Anyone who wishes to know how and why the North won the Civil War can do no better than to read these volumes.” –James McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom
“Anyone who wishes to know how and why the North won the Civil War can do no better than to read these volumes.” —James McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom
About The Author
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was commanding general of the United States Army in the Civil War and the 18th president of the United States.
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War. When Ulysses S. Grant was elected president in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the U.S. Army, serving from 1869 until 1883.
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