my memoirs I had
determined never to do so, nor to write anything for publication. At the
age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fall, which confined
me closely to the house while it did not apparently affect my general
health. This made study a pleasant pastime. Shortly after, the rascality
of a business partner developed itself by the announcement of a failure.
This was followed soon after by universal depression of all securities,
which seemed to threaten the extinction of a good part of the income
still retained, and for which I am indebted to the kindly act of friends.
At this juncture the editor of the Century Magazine asked me to write a
few articles for him. I consented for the money it gave me; for at that
moment I was living upon borrowed money. The work I found
congenial, and I determined to continue it. The event is an important
one for me, for good or evil; I hope for the former.
In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task
with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on
the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice
of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must
be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too
large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all
the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances,
during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade
deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here
alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed
reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those
deeds.
The first volume, as well as a portion of the second, was written before
I had reason to suppose I was in a critical condition of health. Later I
was reduced almost to the point of death, and it became impossible for
me to attend to anything for weeks. I have, however, somewhat
regained my strength, and am able, often, to devote as many hours a
day as a person should devote to such work. I would have more hope of
satisfying the expectation of the public if I could have allowed myself
more time. I have used my best efforts, with the aid of my eldest son, F.
D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every
statement of fact given. The comments are my own, and show how I
saw the matters treated of whether others saw them in the same light or
not.
With these remarks I present these volumes to the public, asking no
favor but hoping they will meet the approval of the reader.
U. S. GRANT.
MOUNT MACGREGOR, NEW YORK, July 1, 1885.
PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT
VOLUME II.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XL.
FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON--GENERAL
ROSECRANS--COMMANDING MILITARY DIVISION OF
MISSISSIPPI--ANDREW JOHNSON'S ADDRESS--ARRIVAL AT
CHATTANOOGA.
CHAPTER XLI.
ASSUMING THE COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA--OPENING A
LINE OF SUPPLIES--BATTLE OF WAUHATCHIE--ON THE
PICKET LINE.
CHAPTER XLII.
CONDITION OF THE ARMY--REBUILDING THE
RAILROAD--GENERAL BURNSIDE'S SITUATION--ORDERS
FOR BATTLE--PLANS FOR THE ATTACK--HOOKER'S
POSITION--SHERMAN'S MOVEMENTS.
CHAPTER XLIII.
PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE--THOMAS CARRIES THE FIRST
LINE OF THE ENEMY--SHERMAN CARRIES MISSIONARY
RIDGE--BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN--GENERAL
HOOKER'S FIGHT.
CHAPTER XLIV.
BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA--A GALLANT
CHARGE--COMPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY--PURSUIT OF
THE CONFEDERATES--GENERAL BRAGG--REMARKS ON
CHATTANOOGA.
CHAPTER XLV.
THE RELIEF OF KNOXVILLE--HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO
NASHVILLE--VISITING KNOXVILLE--CIPHER
DISPATCHES--WITHHOLDING ORDERS.
CHAPTER XLVI.
OPERATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI--LONGSTREET IN EAST
TENNESSEE--COMMISSIONED
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL--COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF
THE UNITED STATES--FIRST INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT
LINCOLN.
CHAPTER XLVII.
THE MILITARY SITUATION--PLANS FOR THE
CAMPAIGN--SHERIDAN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND OF THE
CAVALRY--FLANK MOVEMENTS--FORREST AT FORT
PILLOW--GENERAL BANKS'S EXPEDITION--COLONEL
MOSBY--AN INCIDENT OF THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN--GENERAL
BUTLER'S POSITION--SHERIDAN'S FIRST RAID.
CHAPTER XLIX.
SHERMAN S CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA--SIEGE OF
ATLANTA--DEATH OF GENERAL MCPHERSON--ATTEMPT TO
CAPTURE ANDERSONVILLE--CAPTURE OF ATLANTA.
CHAPTER L.
GRAND MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE
POTOMAC--CROSSING THE RAPIDAN--ENTERING THE
WILDERNESS--BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS.
CHAPTER LI.
AFTER THE BATTLE--TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL
SERVICE--MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK.
CHAPTER LII.
BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA--HANCOCK'S
POSITION--ASSAULT OF WARREN'S AND WRIGHT'S
CORPS--UPTON PROMOTED ON THE FIELD--GOOD NEWS
FROM BUTLER AND SHERIDAN.
CHAPTER LIII.
HANCOCK'S ASSAULT--LOSSES OF THE
CONFEDERATES--PROMOTIONS
RECOMMENDED--DISCOMFITURE OF THE ENEMY--EWELL'S
ATTACK--REDUCING THE ARTILLERY.
CHAPTER LIV.
MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK--BATTLE OF NORTH
ANNA--AN INCIDENT OF THE MARCH--MOVING ON
RICHMOND--SOUTH OF THE PAMUNKEY--POSITION OF THE
NATIONAL ARMY.
CHAPTER LV.
ADVANCE ON COLD HARBOR--AN ANECDOTE OF THE
WAR--BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR--CORRESPONDENCE WITH
LEE RETROSPECTIVE.
CHAPTER LVI.
LEFT FLANK MOVEMENT ACROSS THE CHICKAHOMINY
AND JAMES--GENERAL LEE--VISIT TO BUTLER--THE
MOVEMENT ON PETERSBURG--THE INVESTMENT OF
PETERSBURG.
CHAPTER LVII.
RAID
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