Duncan, Sara Jeannette, 1862?-1922 / 2008-06-28 00:00:00

EBOOK THREE CIVIL WAR GENERALS ***


Produced by David Widger. Additional proofing was done by Bryan
Sherman on the Sherman series. The Grant series was originally
produced by Glen Bledsoe



MEMOIRS OF THE UNION'S THREE GREAT CIVIL WAR GENERALS

CONTENTS:
The Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
The Memoirs of William T. Sherman
The Memoirs of Philip H. Sheridan


PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT, complete
by U. S. Grant


PREFACE.
"Man proposes and God disposes." There are but few important events in
the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.
Although frequently urged by friends to write 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.
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