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A., E., Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Life of General U. S. Grant, the Nation's Hero (Chicago: Geo. W. Ogilvie, 1885). 62 pp. On cover "E. A." of the Cincinnati Commercial.

[Abarbanell, Jacob Ralph], Life and Memoirs of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Being a Full Record of His Early Days, His Military Achievements during the War, His Two Administrations as President of the United States, His Tour Around the World, His Welcome Home, His Trips through the Southern States and to Cuba and Mexico, His Connection with the Grant & Ward Failure, and His Being Retired with the Rank and Pay of General. The Most Complete History ever Published. By an Old Army Officer (New York: Norman L. Munro, 1885). 86 pp., paper.

The Library of Congress (DLC) catalogue credits Abarbanell (1852-1922) with authorship of this addition to Munro's Library ("Popular Novels Issued in a Convenient Form for the Pocket," Vol. 1, No. 335, April 20, 1885). A New York editor and lawyer, Abarbanell wrote several novels and plays, translated French and German fiction, and compiled a combination joke book and almanac.

Abbott, John S. C., The Life of General Ulysses S. Grant. Containing a Brief But Faithful Narrative of Those Military and Diplomatic Achievements Which Have Entitled Him to the Confidence and Gratitude of His Countrymen (Boston: B. B. Russell; Cincinnati: White, Corbin, Bouvé, & Co.; San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft & Co., 1868). 309 pp., illus.

Abbott (1805-1877), a Congregational minister, wrote over fifty books on ethics and history. Prominent among the latter are his biographies of Napoleon (1855) and Frederick the Great (1871); his writings on American history include a two-volume work on the Civil War (1863-1866), and an uncompleted series on the "Pioneers and Patriots of America."

The author's intention was to "present the character of a thoughtful, reserved, taciturn man,--a man of tireless energies, of great breadth of comprehension, of the highest order of administrative genius." (4) After brief introductory chapters on Grant's early life, Abbott follows him through the Civil War and concludes with his farewell address to the troops. The text is marked by unoriginality and, even for its day, an extreme tendency towards melodrama.

Other editions:

1. 312 pp. Covers nomination.
2. (Boston: B. B. Russell; Philadelphia: Quaker-City Publishing-House; San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co., 1872). 336 pp. Covers first term.

[Adams, Henry], A Radical Indictment: The Administration--Its Corruptions & Shortcomings. Its Weakness and Stolidity. Thorough Analysis of Grant and Boutwell's Mental Calibre. No Policy--No Ability. A Graphic Review of Our Recent Political History ([Washington: National Democratic Executive Resident Committee, 1872]). 16 pp., paper.

Adams's (1838-1919) varied career is well examined in several biographies and in his own Education of Henry Adams, which includes another indictment of Grant (255-67, 1918 ed.).

This campaign pamphlet was condensed from Adams's article on "The Session," North American Review CXI, 228 (July 1870), 29-62.

[Adams, William T.], Our Standard-Bearer; or, the Life of General Ulysses S. Grant: His Youth, His Manhood, His Campaigns, and His Eminent Services in the Reconstruction of the Nation His Sword Has Redeemed: As Seen and Related by Captain Bernard Galligasken, Cosmopolitan, and Written Out by Oliver Optic (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868). 348 pp., illus.

Adams (1822-97) under "Oliver Optic" and other pseudonyms wrote 126 books and about a thousand short stories for boys, with Our Standard-Bearer as one of his few attempts at non-fiction. Though the preface acknowledges an indebtedness to several works (Coppée's Grant and His Campaigns and Howland's Grant as a Soldier and Statesman among them), and a "desire to set forth 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth'," (7) "Captain Galligasken" also "plentifully besprinkled his pages with anecdotes, some of which have never been related before, for they are the most telling illustrations of individual character." (97) The text is illustrated by Thomas Nast.

Other editions:

1. Same publisher [1887]. 366 pp. Though the title page proclaims this a new edition, the only change is in the addition of an appendix on the events of Grant's political career, illness, and death. Copyright by Lee and Shepard.
2. Same publisher and New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1888. 366 pp. Identical to (1).
3. Boston: Lee and Shepard [1896]. 366 pp. Text as in (1) and (2), but with a new copyright by Adams.

Addie, Christopher L., The Mark of a General, A Tribute to U. S. Grant (New York: Privately printed, 1894).

Addie seems to be a militant atheist, who writes about Grant during his war years. Because Addie slanted Grant's alleged conversations toward his own anti-religious persuasion, this book was not popular, and only 100 copies were printed (several of these being destroyed by the clergy).

Address of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and Reply of Ulysses S. Grant, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Army Upon Presentation to the latter of his Commission as Lieutenant-General (n.p.: n.p., 1864).

Address of the Catholic Clergy of the Province of Oregon, to the Catholics of the United States, on President Grant's Indian Policy, in Its Bearings upon Catholic Interests at Large (Portland, Ore.: Catholic Sentinel Publication Company, 1874).

Addresses Delivered on Occasion of the Memorial Services of Gen. U. S. Grant, Held at New Brunswick, N. J., August 4, 1885 (New Brunswick: J. Heidingsfeld, Printer, 1885). 28 pp., paper.

Aguilar, Rafael, Discurso Que Pronunció el Lic. Rafael C. Aguilar en la Velada Artistico Literaria Con Que Fue Obsequiado el General U. Grant. Por La Junta Directiva De La Segunda Exposicion Industrial, La Noche Del Dia 10 De Marzo De 1880 (Puebla, Mexico: Isidoro Boclar y Ca., 1880). 16 pp.

A speech given at a party given by the Grand Association of the Industrial Exposition in honor of Grant.

Alexander, Augustus W., Grant as a Soldier (St. Louis: Published by the Author, 1887). 249 pp.

Alexander, born in 1832, is listed on the title page as a member of the St. Louis Bar; no other details of his life are known, and this is his only book.

The work begins with an essay on military art which contains the extraordinary statement that "Ignorance in the military profession is almost a necessity," (7) and proceeds to "consider Gen. Ulysses S. Grant merely as a military leader." (41) Alexander's general thesis is that events determine their own outcome, and that generals have but a small role to play: "The trick of ascribing to Gen. Grant the merit of suppressing the rebellion merely because he was the official head of the Federal army, though good for campaign purposes, has ceased to be useful." (3)

[Alexander, Charles W.], General Grant's Lady Detective. A Most Singular Narrative: Showing how for a Long Time is Every Movement was Watched, and his Steps Dogged Day and Night by Spies. And How, Through the Bravery of Miss Maud Melville, the Heroine of Vicksburg, the Plot was Unravelled and Broken Up (Philadelphia: C. W. Alexander, [1868]). 99 pp., paper, illus.

Alexander's continued adventures of Miss Maud Melville show her lending further aid to Grant in breaking up a spy ring and through sundry other heroic services to the Union cause.

[Alexander, Charles W.], Maud of the Mississippi. A Companion to Pauline of the Potomac. By Wesley Bradshaw ... A Thrilling Narrative of the Adventures of Miss Pauline D'Estraye, a Young and Beautiful French Lady Who, After Performing the Most Heroic Deeds in Virginia, in Behalf of the Union, was Sent Officially to the Department of the Mississippi, Where she Rendered herself for ever Famous by her Conspicuous Daring and Bravery During the Vicksburg Campaign under Major-General U. S. Grant (Philadelphia: C. W. Alexander & Co., 1863). 94 pp., paper, illus.

Alexander (1837-1927), writing anonymously or as "Wesley Bradshaw," wrote and published many books of fiction, history, and biography. In Maud of the Mississippi he continues the adventures of the daring Pauline of the Potomac, or Gen. McClellan's Spy (1862). Alexander's heroine, variously referred to as "Pauline D'Estraye" and as "Maud (or Pauline) Melville," appears almost totally responsible for Grant's success at Vicksburg.

Alger, R[ussell] A., Address Delivered at General Grant's Tomb, Memorial Day, 1890 (Detroit: John F. Eby & Co., 1890). 14 pp.

Allen, Hugh, Grant, "The Hamerer;" or, The Terrible Path to Fame The War Library (New York: Novelist Publishing Co., n.d.).

Allen's book is listed as no. 127 in a listing of all the books in The War Library printed as a part of Van Orden (which gives some indication of date of publication and format). The listing further reads: "Narrative of the Wonderful Operations Before Petersburg. By Hugh Allen, of the New York Press."

Allen, Stephen M., comp. and ed., Memorial Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, with Biographical Sketches of Lincoln, Johnson, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, his Associates in the Government. Including a Record of the Principal Events and Experiences of the War. Published under the Auspices of the Webster Historical Society (Boston: Stephen M. Allen, 1889). 224 pp., illus.

Allen (1819-94) wrote several other books, among them two histories of the Republican Party (1879, 1881).

For this volume Allen chose newspaper accounts of events in Grant's career as "the safest guide for a memorial volume." (7)

Allen, Walter, Ulysses S. Grant, The Riverside Biographical Series, No. 7 (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901). 153 pp., illus.

Save for brief periods at other occupations, Allen (1840-1907), made his career as a journalist. His biography, factual and complimentary, may well have been written in response to Wister's Ulysses Grant; whatever the reason, Allen felt it necessary to point out that Grant "was not a worshipful hero. Like ourselves all, he was a combination of qualities good and not good. The lesson and encouragement of his life are that in spite of weaknesses which at one time seemed to have doomed him to failure and oblivion, he so mastered himself upon opportune occasion that he was able to prove his power ..." (4)

[Allen, William H.], The American Civil War Book and Grant Album: "Art Immortelles," A Portfolio of Half-Tone Reproductions from Rare and Costly Photographs Designed to Perpetuate the Memory of Ulysses S. Grant ... (Boston and New York: William H. Allen, [1894]). [264 pp.], illus. Originally published in 16 parts.

According to the DLC card catalog, this extensive compilation of photographs was originally published in 16 parts issued from May 1 through Dec. 15, 1894, then assembled and reissued in book form.

Though the album lacks any systematic organization of its unnumbered pages, a table of contents helps in sifting through them. Illustrations include the Grant memorabilia given to the government, now in the Smithsonian Institution.

Aller, Susan Bivin, Ulysses S. Grant (Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2005). 48 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Alter, Judy, Ulysses S. Grant (Berkeley Heights, N.J.: MyReportLinks.com Books, 2002). 48 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Ammen, Daniel, The Old Navy and the New ... With an Appendix of Personal Letters from General Grant (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1891). 553 pp., illus., facsims.

Ammen (1819-98) first knew Grant as his boyhood playmate in Georgetown in Ohio, and the two men became close friends in Washington after the Civil War. Grant was instrumental in having the distinguished naval commander removed from sea duty and placed in charge, from 1868 until his retirement as rear admiral in 1878, first of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and then of the Bureau of Navigation.

Grant appears frequently in the autobiographical section of the book. These reminiscences, and the letters and commentary of the appendix, are a reworking of Ammen's "Recollections and Letters of Grant," North American Review CXLI, cccxlvii (Oct. 1885), 361-73; cccxlviii (Nov. 1885), 421-30.

A second edition was published by Lippincott in 1898 under the title The Old Navy and the New. Memoirs ... for More than Half a Century Ashore and Afloat. With an Appendix of Personal letters from General Grant.

Anderson, J[ames] S., "Through the Wilderness with Grant." Report of the Proceedings of the 14th Annual Reunion of the 5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (Chicago: n.p., 1900).

Anderson, J[ohn] H., Grant's Campaign in Virginia, May 1-June 30, 1864, Including the Operations in the Shenandoah Valley and on the River James (London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1908). 104 pp., maps, bib. (pp. 5-6).

When the British Army announced that promotion examinations for 1908-9 and the Staff College examination for 1909 would cover Grant's Va. campaign May 3-June 30, 1864, Anderson, a lecturer on military history and strategy at the Royal United Service Institution, wrote a cram book on the subject. For other books prepared for the same purpose see Atkinson, Brunker, and Vaughan-Sawyer.

Anderson, Nancy Scott, and Dwight Anderson, The Generals--Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (New York: Knopf, 1988). 523 pp.

Other editions:

1. (New York: Vintage Books, 1989). 629 pp.
2. (New York: Wings Books, 1994). 523 pp.

Anjou, Gustave, The Grant-Dent Family (n.p.: n.p., 1906). 82 pp.

Angle, Paul M., foreword, Ulysses S. Grant's Letter to the Workmen of Lamson & Goodnow Manufacturing Company, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, Dated November 17, 1869 ([Shelburne Falls, Mass.: Lamson & Goodnow Mfg. Co., 1962]). [4] pp., illus., facsim.

Archer, Jules, A House Divided: The Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (New York: Scholastic, 1995). 184 pp., [16] pp. of plates: illus.

Armes, George A., Ups and Downs of an Army Officer (Washington: n.p., 1900). Facsim.

Contains facsimiles of letters to Grant.

Arnold, James R., The Armies of U.S. Grant (London, New York: Arms and Armour; Distributed in the USA by Sterling Pub., 1995). 288 pp., [32] pp. of plates: illus.

Arnold, James R., Grant Wins the War: Decision at Vicksburg (New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1997). 400 pp., illus., maps.

Arnold, Matthew, Etudes Sur Les Etats-Unis (Quebec: Dussault & Proulx, 1902). 221 pp.

Arnold, Matthew, General Grant: An Estimate (Boston: Cupples, Upham & Co., Old Corner Bookstore, 1887). 66 pp.

Arnold (1822-88) may have been as well known in the United States of the 1880s for his critical views of American politics and society as for his poetry and prose. Even this tribute to an American hero as man and author met some resentment for contrasting Grant with his countrymen. The New York Tribune of March 1, 1887, for example, wrote that "The fastidious critic of the elegance and adornments of life never seemed to us so small, so little worth while as when he ranged himself on the side of this strong and simple patriot-soldier." Mark Twain, hardly an admirer of Arnold in the first place, delivered an angry denunciation of the essay in an address before the annual reunion of the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut on Grant's birthday, April 27, 1887.

Other editions:

1. The essay was first published in England as "General Grant" (the qualifying subtitle was added by the American publisher) in Murray's Magazine I (Feb. 1887), 130-44; (March 1887), 150-66.
2. Cupples and Hurd of Boston published the essay in 1888 (again using the subtitle) in a collection of Arnold's writings on America: Civilization in the United States: First and Last Impressions. A facsimile reprinting was issued in 1972 by Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York.
3. General Grant by Matthew Arnold with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press [1966]. 58 pp. (2nd ed., Kent State University, 1995). This edition, edited and with an introduction by John Y. Simon, contains the text of Twain's address taken from the Hartford Courant, April 28, 1887.

Aron, Joseph, Alsace-Lorraine, Monument to Grant: Un Phalsbourgeois refuse d'accepter l'invitation du Maire de New-York, et explique son refus; Refusal of Mayor Grace's invitation by a Native of Phalsbourg, and his explanation ... (New York: Imprimerie Thompson & Moreau, 1885). 119 pp., paper.

In this pamphlet Aron, a native Alsatian and, evidently, a prominent New York City resident, explains his refusal to serve on a committee to plan a monument to Grant, arguing that Grant and other government officials had been unsympathetic to France during the Franco-Prussian War. Also included are various speeches, letters, and other materials relating to the Franco-Prussian War.

The text is given in French and English on facing pages. The cover title reads: Les Deux Républiques Soeurs, France et Etats-Unis, Grant-Bancroft-Bismarck, and lists Calmann Lévy, Paris, as co-publisher.

Ashby, Ruth, Lee vs. Grant: Great Battles of the Civil War (Mankato, Minn.: Smart Apple Media, 2002). Juvenile.

Atkinson, C[harles] F., Grant's Campaigns of 1864 and 1865: The Wilderness and Cold Harbor (May 3--June 3, 1864), The Pall Mall Military Series (London: Hugh Rees, Ltd., 1908). 466 pp., maps.

Atkinson, born in 1880, was a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers at the time this book was published. The work is an analysis of the field operations of the main body of Grant's command during the Wilderness campaign, and of other armies within the same theatre of war so far as Grant influenced them, or as they influenced the action of the main army. Confederate movements are examined only when necessary to explain Grant's operations.

[Ayer, N. W., & Son], Our Great Commander ([Philadelphia: Press of N. W. Ayer & Son, 1910]). [40] pp., paper, illus., facsims.

The Ayer firm of newspaper advertising agents annually prepared, probably for its clients, "a booklet relating to our Nation or to some of its noble army of defenders. This year our thoughts have turned to Ulysses S. Grant, soldier and President, great man of war, great man of peace, patriot who always did his best, friend of those against whom he fought, and who, dying healed forever the wounds of our brothers' war." (explanatory note bound at end).

The volume contains pen sketches of various incidents of Grant's life and numerous reproductions of photographs, engravings, and letters.

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Babe, Thomas, Great Day in the Morning (New York: Broadway Play Publishing, 1998). Play.

Badeau, Adam, Grant in Peace. From Appomattox to Mount McGregor. A Personal Memoir (Hartford: S. S. Scranton & Co., 1887). 591 pp., illus., facsims.

In late 1884, Badeau rejoined Grant to assist him in writing articles for the Century and his memoirs. In May 1885, Badeau demanded more money for his assistance, Grant refused, and their long friendship ended. Grant in Peace, a series of recollections rather than a biography, emphasizes the personal element, ignores the final quarrel, and contributes relatively little on the Grant presidency, since Badeau was then in London. Badeau prints in full 105 letters received from Grant.

Other editions:

1. Dayton, Oh.: Historical Publishing Co.
2. Hartford, Conn.: S. S. Scranton & Company; Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros.; Chicago: C. B. Beach & Co.; St. Louis: n.d. Thompson Publishing Co.; Indianapolis: Robert Douglass; Boston: W. H. Thompson & Co.; Syracuse, N.Y.: Watson Gill.
3. Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1888.
4. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press [1971]. Offset reproduction from 1888 edition.

Badeau, Adam, Historia Militar del General Ulysses S. Grant (Nueva York: D. Appleton, 1867). 9+pp. Imperfect copy: all after p. 9 (introduction) wanting.

Badeau, Adam, Military History of Ulysses S. Grant, From April, 1861, to April, 1865 Vol. 1 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1868). 683 pp., illus., maps. Vols. 2 & 3 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881). 1324 pp., illus., maps.

Badeau (1831-95) wrote essays for New York City newspapers on theater, music, and fashionable society, some of them collected in The Vagabond (1859). He accompanied the expedition to Port Royal, S. C., as a reporter for the New York Express and later joined the staff of its commander, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman. Through the influence of his friend, Lt. Col. James Harrison Wilson, he received an appointment to Grant's staff as military secretary in 1863. Continuing as secretary to Grant in the postwar period, he began to write the Military History, using Grant's record books and verifying facts through Grant. After Grant's election as president and the publication of the first volume, Badeau went to London as secretary of the legation, then consul-general. Although separated from Grant except for a brief period during the trip around the world, Badeau maintained contact with Grant's staff in preparing material for the remaining volumes, with Grant reading and approving the chapters. See introduction.

Although the Military History trudges from one document to the next and is overly-defensive, it possesses considerable importance because of its status as a semi-official biography. Early campaigns are virtually neglected while the narration becomes increasingly detailed: the final two volumes cover the last year of the war.

Other editions:

1. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. 3 vols., 683, 591, 733 pp., illus., maps, index.
2. 1881-1882. 2007 pp., illus., maps.
3. 1885.
4. London: Sampson, Lou, Marston, Searle & Rivington. New York: D. Appleton, 1881. 3 vols., illus, maps, 3 maps on three folded leaves in pocket, index.
5. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1973.

Baird, Henry Carey, Recollections of General Grant at the 'Carey Vespers,' June 25, 1865. To which is added a brief note of recollections of General Meade (Philadelphia: n.p., 1889). 24 pp., paper. Included in The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter III, 3 (April 1966), 13-23.

Balch, William Ralston, Life and Public Services of General Grant: Being a Complete Life of the Great Hero, Following His Career from the Cradle to its Close; with the Fullest Particulars of His Share in the Mexican War and the Civil Conflict of 1861--1865; His Career as President of the United States for Eight Years; His Notable Journey Around the World; His trip to Mexico; His Life in New York, and the Sad Scenes of His Last Hours (Philadelphia: Aetna Publishing Company, 1885). 613 pp., illus.

Balch (1852-1923) enjoyed a long career as journalist and author. Though he spent thirty-six years in Europe, climaxing his career as World War I correspondent for the Boston Evening Transcript, he wrote a number of volumes on American history including biographies of Garfield (1880) and Blaine (1884), and a railway guidebook on The Battle of Gettysburg (1885).

Balch's preface echoes an intention common to many of the biographies published in 1885: "It is the profound and universal interest awakened in him because of the sorrows and shadows of his closing days that makes it appropriate to tell the story now." (6)

Other editions:

1. n.p.: Edgewood Publishing Company [1885].
2. Des Moines: G. C. Haskell.
3. Hartford, Conn.: Ralph H. Park & Co.
4. Life and Public Services of General Grant: The Soldier, the Statesman, the Nation's Idol: being a Complete Life of the Great Hero Following his Career from the Cradle to its Close... Chicago: J.S. Goodman, 1885.

Bale, Florence Gratiot, General Grant's Galena Home (Galena: Bale's Drug Store, 1928). 25 pp. (plus advertisements), illus., paper.

A guidebook to Galena, republished over the years under various titles, with a portion in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, XXI, 3 (Oct. 1928), 409-18, entitled "Galena's Memories of General Ulysses S. Grant."

Ballard, Michael B., U. S. Grant: The Making of a General, 1861-1863 (Lanham, MD: Rowan and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005) 184 pp.

Ballard, Michael B. Vicksburg: The Campaign that Opened the Mississippi (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004, paperback, 2010).

Barber, James, U. S. Grant: The Man and the Image (Washington: National Portrait Gallery; Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985). 79 pp., illus.

Bard, Samuel, A Letter from Governor Samuel Bard to President Grant, on the Political Situation in Georgia and the South (Atlanta, Georgia: n.p., 1870). 8 pp., paper.

At the time this pamphlet was written, Bard was editor of the True Georgian, a Radical newspaper he established in 1870 after declining an appointment as territorial governor of Idaho. He served as Atlanta's postmaster in 1874-75, and later resumed his career as a newspaperman.

This open letter to Grant is a diatribe against Governor Bullock of Georgia and on politics throughout the South, but Bard sees Grant as "not the author by the official instrument" (6) of policies he opposes.

Barnes, John A., Ulysses S. Grant on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Front Lines (Roseville, Calif.: Forum, 2001).

Barnes, William Henry Linow, "Grant," a Study, A Paper Read Before the California Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, December 22, 1896. ([San Francisco: n.p., 1896]). 20 pp., paper.

Barnes was a lawyer in Calif. and a one-time partner of Joseph H. Choate.

Barnes, William Horatio, Lives of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Hon. Henry Wilson (New York: The American News Company, 1872). 30 pp., paper, illus.

Barnes was the author of a number of works on American government and politics, including The Body Politic (1866) and histories of the thirty-ninth through the forty-second Congresses.

Another edition: Lives of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Hon. Henry Wilson. Together with Sketches of Republican Candidates for Congress in Indiana. And a Sketch of General Thomas M. Browne, Candidate for Governor of Indiana. New York: W. H. Barnes, 1872. 61 pp. The original text is supplemented here by Maj. Jonathan W. Gordon.

Barnwell, Robert Woodward, Sherman and Grant Contrasted. (For Historians) (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 26 pp.

Barnwell criticizes the "blunders" in strategy and tactics of Grant and, to a lesser extent, Sherman.

[Barrager, N. H.], War Lectures from the Spirit World by General Grant and Others (Los Angeles: Ideal Publishing Company, [1918]). 59 pp., paper.

Barragar, a spiritualist, describes several nocturnal visits with Grant's spirit during March 1917. According to Barrager, Grant predicted America's imminent entry into World War I, offered counsel for the conduct of the war, and prescribed future foreign policy.

Bastian, David F., Grant's Canal: The Union's Attempt to Bypass Vicksburg (Shippensburg, Penn.: Burd Street Press, 1995). 88 pp.

[Bateman, Josiah], The Evolution of Myth as Exemplified in General Grant's History of the Plot of President Polk and Secretary Marcy to Sacrifice Two American Armies in the Mexican War of 1846-48 (Washington: William H. Morrison, 1890). 54 pp., paper.

Beale, Gen. E[dward] F., Address Delivered before the Grant and Colfax Club of Chester, by Gen. E. F. Beale, on Friday Evening, October 23, 1868 (Chester, Pa.: Y. S. Walter Printer, [1868]). 18pp.

Beardsley, Donna A., A Primary Source to Supplement High School History Textbooks in a Character Study of Ulysses S. Grant (n.p.: n.p., 1994).

Beasley, Charles A., Grant and Eisenhower: A Comparative Study of the Soldier Turned Political Leader. (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army War College, 1991). 34 pp., bib.

Beattie, Charles J., In Memoriam. Our Own General Grant, An Obituary Poem ([Chicago?: n.p., 1885]). [8] pp., paper.

Beattie, identified on the title page as a member of the Chicago bar, probably wrote this poem shortly after Grant's death.

Beatty, John, Grant (n.p.: n.p., [1900]). 36 pp.

[Beaver Falls, Pa. Citizens], Grant's Memorial Service (Beaver Pa.: Argus Steam Print, 1892). 8 pp., paper.

Bedwell, Randall J., May I Quote You, General Grant?: Observations and Utterances of the North's Great Generals (Nashville: Cumberland House, 1998). 83 pp.

Beecher, Henry Ward, Eulogy on General Grant ... Delivered at Tremont Temple, Boston, Thursday Evening, Oct. 22, 1885 (New York: Jenkins & McCowan, [1885]). 19 pp., paper.

In reporting the Beecher (1813-87) eulogy the Boston Evening Transcript said that it "must stand forever as a masterpiece of literary excellence." (Oct. 23, 1885). "It was simply read," the Transcript continued, but "read in so low a voice, a great part of it, that ... it was heard with difficulty."

The full proceedings of the Tremont Temple memorial services are in: [Boston. City Council.] A Memorial of Ulysses S. Grant from the City of Boston.

The eulogy was reprinted in:

1. Patriotic Addresses in America and England ... by Henry Ward Beecher. Editing by John R. Howard. New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1887. pp. 840-57.
2. Lectures and Orations by Henry Ward Beecher. Edited by Newell Dwight Hillis. New York: Fleming H. Revell, [1913]. pp. 234-62.

Beidler, [Jacob] Hoke, The Delegate at Grant's Convention, Philadelphia. From Tom Big-Bee, by Hoke Beidler ([St. Louis: Review Press, 1872]). 79 pp., paper.

Beidler (1829-1904), author of various satirical works, here turns his pen upon Republican politicians of the day through a series of letters, poems, and songs written by a fictitious convention delegate.

Bender, Norman J., New Hope for the Indians: The Grant Peace Policy and the Navajos in the 1870s (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989). 254 pp.

Bennett, Guy Vernon, Grant to Eisenhower: Political Giveaways Unlimited (New York: Comet Press Books, 1956). 134 pp., bib.

Tendency of Republican administrations to give away publicly owned natural resources to wealthy individuals or firms, 1872-1952.

Bentley, Bill, Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Franklin Watts, 1993). 64 pp., illus. "A First Book," index, bib. Juvenile.

Beveridge, Albert J., "Grant, the Republican." Address by Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana. At the Banquet of the Middlesex Club of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass., on the Anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant, April 27, 1898 ([Boston: n.p., 1898]). 4 pp., paper.

Billings, John D., The People's Case Against Grant, Consisting of a Bill of Indictment, including Charges and Proofs, with full Facts and Figures, rendered by the American People as a Grand Jury against the President of the United States, Popular Series of Campaign Tracts (New York: The Golden Age, 1872). 15 pp., paper.

Billings (1842-?), author of two books on the Civil War, was New York's prosecuting attorney at the time he wrote this attack upon the Grant administration.

For another in the Golden Age series, published by Greeley's New York Tribune, see Tilton.

Bingham, John A., Presidential Campaign of 1872. Opening Speech in Support of General U. S. Grant. Delivered at Elyria, Ohio, July 20, 1872, by Hon. John A. Bingham. Translated into Chinese, Eli T. Sheppard, trans.? (Tientsin: n.p., 1872). 26 l., paper.

Ohio lawyer and Republican politician Bingham (1815-1900) served in Congress (1855-65, 1867-73) and played a leading role in the trial of Lincoln's assassins and in Johnson's impeachment. Appointed minister to Japan in 1873, he served for twelve years.

An excerpt from the text in English follows the title page.

Black, Jeremiah S., A Stinging Indictment: Judge Black Arraigns President Grant Before the Court of Public Opinion (n.p.: n.p., 1872). 8 pp., paper.

Black (1810-83), a prominent Pennsylvania lawyer and state supreme court judge (1851-54), served as Buchanan's Attorney-General (1857-60) and Secretary of State (1860-61).

Black, John C., The Evolution of a Leader: Twenty-Fourth Annual Dinner Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Ohio Hotel Sinton Cincinnati, May 1, 1907 (Cincinnati: n.p., 1907). 34 pp., paper.

Blair, Francis G., Memorial Day: May Thirtieth 1910. Circular 49 (Springfield: Illinois State Journal Co., 1910). 55 pp., paper, illus.

Issued by the Ill. superintendent of public instruction for use by teachers and pupils, and composed largely of extracts from standard Grant biographies.

[Blue Island, Illinois. Citizens], Memorial Services Held in Blue Island, Illinois, in Honor of Ulysses S. Grant. August 6, 1885 (n.p.: n.p., 1885). 21 pp., paper.

J. W. Hanson, D. D., former chaplain of the 6th Mass. Volunteers, delivered the main address (5-21). Also included in this booklet is a description of arrangements made for the observance and a program of the proceedings.

Bonekemper, Edward H., III, A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius (Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2004). 456 pp.

Boothe, E. Norton, Ulysses S. Grant (n.p.: W. H. Smith Publishers, 1990). 80 pp., illus.

Other editions:

1. Great American Generals. New York: Gallery Books.
2. Stamford, Conn.: Longmeadow Press, 1992.

Borah, William E., Ulysses S. Grant (Washington: Byron S. Adams, [1910]). 11 pp. Speech given "At a Banquet given by the Americus Club at Pittsburg, Pa., May the Second Nineteen hundred & ten."

Bort, Ph. von, General Grant and the Jews (New York: National News Company, [1868]). 16 pp., paper.

Bort, unknown save as author of this open letter, criticized Grant for his controversial General Orders No. 11 (Dec. 17, 1862) and warned him that "every Jew, with the votes he can command, will endeavor to defeat, and with God's blessing, will defeat you!" (16)

Boston City Council, A Memorial of Ulysses S. Grant from the City of Boston (Boston: Printed by order of the City Council, 1885). 104 pp., illus.

This volume contains a record of the proceedings of three Boston observances of Grant's death. The first section contains the remarks of Mayor Hugh O'Brien and several aldermen and councilmen upon learning of Grant's death. The second section covers the proceedings of a public meeting at Faneuil Hall on July 27, and includes the address of Charles Devens (listed elsewhere). The last section, on the memorial services held in Tremont Temple on Oct. 22, includes the eulogy by Henry Ward Beecher (listed elsewhere) and Julia Ward Howe's ode to Grant.

[Bothwell, A. J.], General Grant, the Nation's Hero. Sketches of His Life from West Point to Mt. McGregor ([Chicago: Vandercook & Co., 1885?]). 22 pp., paper, illus., facsim.

Bothwell is unidentified save as the author of this promotional brochure "Presented by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway." The brochure was printed to be inserted in an advertiser's own wrappers; these were evidently removed by many of the recipients, for the same material is catalogued by some libraries under the caption title: Gen. U. S. Grant. Sketches of his Life in Pen and Pencil.

Another edition: Chicago: General Passenger Department, Chicago & North-Western Railway.

Bourn, Augustus Osborn, Memorial Addresses Delivered in the Rhode Island Senate and Elsewhere ([Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1887). 64 pp.

Bourne, W[illia]m Oland, Grant (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 3 pp., paper.

Bourne (1819-1901), author of many poems on patriotic and other themes, began publishing The Soldier's Friend in 1864 as a journal for men disabled by the war. He later organized a campaign to teach amputees to write with their left hands, enlisting the services of Grant and other military leaders in awarding prizes to the best writers.

Bourne probably wrote this eulogistic poem shortly after Grant's death.

Boutwell, G[eorge] S., The Lawyer, the Statesman, and the Soldier (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1887). Incorporates biographical sketch of Grant. 232 pp.

Bowery, Charles R., Jr., Lee & Grant: Profiles in Leadership from the Battlefields of Virginia (New York: American Management Association, 2005). 262 pp.

Boyd, James P., Military and Civil Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: Leading Soldier of the Age; President of the United States; Loved and Honored American Citizen; the World's Most Distinguished Man (Philadelphia and Chicago: P. W. Ziegler & Co., 1885). 734 pp., illus., maps.

Boyd (1836-1910) wrote a large number of books of history, biography (including lives of Sherman, Sheridan, Blaine, Harrison, Cleveland, and McKinley), and religion. The biographical information is largely an adaptation of other works, but Boyd also compiled a considerable amount of material from newspapers and other sources to provide a concise view of public reaction to Grant's death.

Other editions:

1. Zeigler prepared an agents' copy containing sample pages from the text. At the back is a price list ($2.50-3.25, depending upon the binding chosen) and blanks for subscribers' names.
2. Blairstown, Ia.: Francis Ritter Publishing Co.
3. Dallas, Tex.: Texas Book and Bible Co.
4. Des Moines, Ia: Banner Publishing Co.
5. Philadelphia: Bradley & Company, 1885.
6. Philadelphia: Standard Publishing Co., 1885.
7. Philadelphia: McCurdy, 1885.
8. Philadelphia: Garretson & Co.; Brantford, Ontario: Bradley, Garretson & Co.; Columbus, Ohio, St. Louis, Nashville, San Francisco: John Garretson & Co., 1885.
9. Philadelphia and St. Louis: Scammell & Company, 1885.
10. Philadelphia: Franklin News Company, 1892.
11. [Philadelphia?: s.n., 1880 1900].

[Boyd's Grove, Ind. Citizens], Obsequies of U. S. Grant at Boyd's Grove, Near Greenfield, Ind., August 8, 1885 (n.p.: n.p., [1885]). 2 pp.

A Boy's Race with General Grant and Other Stories (Akron, Ohio, New York, Chicago: The Werner Company, 1899). [99] pp., illus.

Only "A Boy's Race with General Grant at Ephesus" (5-20), the first in this volume of children's stories, deals with Grant. The story describes the adventures of an American merchant's son in Smyrna who raced his pony against Grant's Arabian stallion.

[Bradley, Chester D.?], U. S. Grant Comes to Fort Monroe, Tales of Old Fort Monroe, No. 8 (Ft. Monroe, Va.: n.p., [1962]). 4 pp., paper, illus.

Discusses Grant's role in the fort's history.

A Brief History of P. H. Balling's Original Oil Painting of General Ulysses S. Grant "In the Trenches Before Vicksburg" and a Description of Jas. Fagan's Magnificent Etching (New York: Herman Linde, [1899]). [24] pp., paper, illus.

Describes how and when Balling painted his famous work and the etching prepared of it; copies were engraved and the plate then cut into small squares and distributed to each subscriber as proof of the plate's destruction.

Briggs, J. C., comp., The Weekly Ohio State Journal Annual for 1886, Embodying a Complete Compilation of the Daily Reports Relating to the Last Illness, Death and Obsequies of Gen. U. S. Grant, Including also Valuable Historical Data, with Illustrations (Columbus: The Weekly Ohio State Journal, [1885]). 68 pp., paper, illus.

Briggs, evidently a Journal staffer, compiled his material from various press sources and from the reports of the Western Associated Press. The Annual, prepared to be sent to yearly subscribers and "not on sale anywhere, nor will it be," bears on its cover a price of fifty cents!

Brisbin, James S., The Campaign Lives of Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax (Chicago: J. S. Goodman & Co., 1868). 411 pp., illus.

Brisbin (1837-92) rose from the rank of private to brevet major general of volunteers during the Civil War and served as an officer of the regular army on the frontier. His other books include a biography of Garfield.

Other editions:

1. Chicago: J. S. Goodman & Co., 1868.
2. Cincinnati: C. F. Vent & Co.: Chicago: J. S. Goodman & Co., 1868. 437 pp. An appendix is added to cover the events from Grant's election through his inauguration as President.
3. The Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (Cincinnati: C. F. Vent & Co.; Chicago: J. S. Goodman & Co., 1869). 437 pp. A title change only; the text is identical to the preceding.

[Bristol, Rhode Island. Citizens], Death of General U. S. Grant. Funeral Memorial Service at Bristol, R. I. August 8th, 1885 (Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1885). 40 pp., paper, illus.

Includes the program of services and the addresses and prayers of local citizens and clergymen.

Brockett, L[inus] P[ierpont], Grant and Colfax: Their Lives and Services. With Portraits, Maps and Plans (New York: Richardson and Company, [1868]). 136 pp., paper, illus., maps.

Brockett (1820-93) began his career as a physician, but his interest in history soon absorbed all his time and energy. He published about fifty books, many of them on Civil War topics.

Much of the material here (1-113), itself primarily a reworking of the Grant chapter in Our Great Captains, was adapted for the first chapter (17-60) of Brockett's Men of Our Day, or, Biographical Sketches of Patriots, Orators, Statesmen, Generals, Reformers, Financiers, and Merchants ...(Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis: Zeigler, McCurdy & Co., 1868).

[Brockett, Linus Pierpont], Our Great Captains. Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and Farragut (New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1865). 251 pp., illus.

Our Great Captains was published anonymously as the war was ending. As in his later writings on Grant, Brockett uses anecdote to illustrate the character of the "captain" whose "sole ambition is to bring this war to a successful termination,--to become, by virtue of hard and telling blows, an arbiter of peace." (86)

Another edition: 1866. 292 pp. The additional pages cover the end of the war for each "captain" (the Grant chapter is extended through p. 91) and include an appendix of documents.

Brooks, Elbridge S., The Heroic Life of General U. S. Grant: General of the Armies of the United States (Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske, 1902). 48 pp., illus.

Brooks, Elbridge S., The True Story of U. S. Grant, The American Soldier, Told for Boys and Girls, Children's Lives of Great Men series (Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., [1897]), 234 pp., illus.

Brooks (1846-1902), author of over forty historical or biographical books for young readers, was for many years an editor for Lothrop.

The True Story of U. S. Grant shows Grant "as an example of persistence, of determination and of will, of a clear head in emergencies and a great heart in victory, of modesty, patience, simplicity, strength and zeal."

Another edition: [1939].

Brooks, Elbridge S., Under the Tamaracks or a Summer with General Grant at the Thousand Islands (Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1896). 336 pp., illus.

Brooks, William E., Grant of Appomattox: A Study of the Man (Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1942). 347 pp., illus., maps, notes, bib. (pp. 315-36).

Brooks (1885- ) graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1904. He was an army chaplain in World War I and served as a minister to churches in Pennsylvania and West Virginia until his retirement in 1948. His other books include Lee of Virginia (1932).

"As Grant of Appomattox he ought ever to be known," writes Brooks, "for at Appomattox he reached the height of his glory, the climax of his achievement." (16) Beyond biography, Brooks's work seeks to trace the development of Grant's mind and character, to show him as "a man who grew through the strains that were put upon him." (14)

Grant of Appomattox is based upon original records and manuscript materials as well as printed works. A chapter on "An Old Diary" (227-37) quotes extensively from William W. Smith's record of Grant at Chattanooga.

Another edition: Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, [1971].

Brosius, Marriott, In Memoriam. Remarks of Hon. Marriott Brosius, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, May 19, 1900 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900). 15 pp., paper.

Brosius (1843-1901), a Pennsylvania lawyer, served in Congress from 1889 until his death. This speech, delivered on the occasion of the acceptance of the Grant statue, is a "review of the character and career of Ulysses S. Grant." (3) Another speech delivered on the same occasion is Dolliver.

The text was reprinted from the Congressional Record, 56th Cong., 1st sess., 1900, 33, pt. 7: 5771-5774.

Brown, E[mma] E., Life of Ulysses Simpson Grant (Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1885). 384 pp., illus.

[Brownville, Nebraska. Citizens], Grant Memorial Services, Brownville, Nebraska, August 8th, 1885 (Lincoln, Neb.: Journal Co., n.d.). 39 pp.

Contains material on the organization of the memorial services and the texts of addresses and tributes by local dignitaries.

Bruce, Wallace, From Grant's Tomb to Mt. MacGregor, Patriotic Poems and Addresses Along the Hudson, John D. Ross, ed. (New York: Bryant Literary Union, 1897). 96 pp., paper.

Bruce (1844-1914) lectured and wrote extensively on literary and civic topics. This compilation of poems and orations on various themes includes two Grant-related poems: "Bend Low" (9-11) and "The Silent Soldier" (94-96).

Brunker, H[oward] M. E., Grant and Lee in Virginia, May and June, 1864. Summary of the Campaign, with Sketch Maps to Illustrate the Operations, and Comments on the Campaign (London: Forster Groom & Co., Ltd., 1908). 63 pp., maps.

Brunker (1844-1911), a British army officer, was the author of a number of works on military history.

This book was one of several outlines written to assist British army officers in preparing for the Military History for Promotion Examination of Nov. 1908. For similar works, see Anderson, Atkinson.

[Buck, James Smith,] The Chronicles of the Land of Columbia, Commonly Called America. From the Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, to the Second Reign of Ulysses the I ... (Milwaukee: F. W. Stearns, 1876). Parody of biblical style used to impart message on evils of lust for wealth and power.

Buckmaster, Henrietta, Freedom Bound (New York: Macmillan, 1965).

Buehr, Wendy, The American Presidency v. 18 Ulysses Simpson Grant (New York: Communication Ventures, Inc., 1975). 40 v. series, illus.

Bunting, Josiah, III, Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2004). 165 pp.

Burne, Alfred H., Lee, Grant and Sherman: A Study in Leadership in the 1864-65 Campaign (Aldershot, England: Gale & Polden, Limited, 1938). 216 pp., illus., maps, index.

Burne (1886-1959), a distinguished British army officer, wrote other books on military history.

In this book Burne attempts to assess the military abilities of the three generals and, though he is fairly critical of all three, concludes that "great men they all three were." (198)

The organization of the book (a short outline of events of a brief period followed by a commentary) is effective, and the text is well supplemented by detailed maps.

Other editions:

1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. An introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman (vii-xii) presents Burne's work to American readers.
2. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000.

Burnside, George D., Life of Gen. U. S. Grant, Description of Tomb (New York: Greenfield Press, [1927]). 20 pp., paper, illus.

Burnside, listed as the custodian, evidently prepared this brief biography as a guidebook to the tomb. The other editions contain only minor changes.

Other editions:

1. New York: Greenfield Press, [1927]. 20 pp.
2. Hygrade Printing & Stationery Co., Inc. [1928].
3. New York: Enterprise Press, 1928. 20 pp. illus.

Burr, Frank A., ... A New, Original and Authentic Record of the Life and Deeds of General U. S. Grant ... (Kansas City, Mo.: the Western Installment Book Co., [1885]). 1038 pp., illus., maps, facsims.

Burr (1843-94)

This biography, one of several published in 1885, resembles the others in many details. Burr's book includes an introduction by Grant's friend and pastor, Methodist Episcopal Bishop John P. Newman, and George W. Childs's recollections of Grant (later published separately).

Other editions:

1. v. p. Agents' sample copy, containing sample pages of text and illustrations, instructions for selling, and blanks for subscribers names.
2. ... A New, Original and Authentic Record of the Life and Deeds of General U. S. Grant ... Kansas City, Missouri: The Western Installment Book Co.
3. Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta: National Publishing Company. The only thing "new" since the original edition is the title, which probably represents an attempt to distinguish Burr's book from other 1885 biographies.
4. Chicago: A. E. Davis & Co.
5. Boston: G. V. Jones.
6. ... With an Introduction by his Pastor, Rev. J. P. Newman ... Boston: George M. Smith & Co.
7. Boston: E. W. Sawyer & Co.
8. Boston: Wilson Brothers.
9. Cleveland: N. G. Hamilton.
10. Philadelphia: The Globe Bible Publishing Co.
11. St. Paul: Empyreal Publishing House.
12. Specimen Pages of a New Original and Authentic Record of the Life an Deeds of General U. S. Grant ... Philadelphia: National Pub. Co., 1885. 1 v. illus. maps. Salesman's sample book with order pages and 3 samples of bindings to choose from. Memorial edition.
13. ... Containing a Full History of His Early Life ... Philadelphia: National Pub. Co., 1885.
14. Philadelphia: Standard Pub. Co., 1885. 830 pp. illus., maps, facsims. Memorial edition.
15. Boston, Mass.: M. R. Gately [etc., etc.], 1885. 1038 pp. illus., facsims. Memorial edition.
16. Detroit: Boothroyd, 1885.
17. York, Pa.: Troutman Publishing, 1885.
18. Battle Creek, Mich.: Walker & Daigneau, 1885.
19. Madison, Wis.: J. B. Furman, 1885. 1032 pp.
20. Buffalo, N.Y.: Baker, 1885.
21. Toronto; Whitby [Ont.]: J. S. Robertson, 1885.
22. Boston: J. S. Round, 1885. 1038 pp. illus., facsims. Memorial edition.
23. Detroit: C. Chilton, 1885.
24. Denver: Darrow, 1885.

Burrows, Julius Caesar, Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Gen'l Ulysses S. Grant, at Kalamazoo, Aug. 8, 1885 (n.p.) 7 pp.

Burton, Alma Holman, Four American Patriots: Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant; A Book for Young Americans (New York, Cincinnati [etc.], 1898). 254 pp., illus.

Another edition: The Four Great Americans Series. Chicago, New York and Boston: Werner School Book Company, [1898]. 254 pp., illus.

Burton, Alma Holman, The Story of Ulysses S. Grant for Young Readers, Baldwin's Biographical Booklets (Chicago, New York and Boston: Werner School Book Company, 1898). 64 pp., paper, illus.

Burton is identified in the Library of Congress catalogue as the author of several juvenile books on history and biography. The same material was published by Werner in 1898 as a chapter (195-252) in Burton's Four American Patriots: Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant: A book for Young Americans.

Burton, J[oseph] R., Speech of Hon. J. R. Burton, U. S. Senator from Kansas. Delivered at the Grant Birthday Banquet Given by U. S. Grant Post, No. 327, G. A. R., Dept. of New York, and the Union League Club of Brooklyn, at the Union League Club, Brooklyn, N. Y., Saturday, April 26, 1902 (n.p.: n.p., [1902]). 9 l., paper.

Burton (1850-1923), a lawyer in Indiana before moving to Kansas in 1878, soon became active in Republican politics in his new home state. He served a partial term as U.S. Senator (1901-06) before resigning to publish a newspaper in Abilene.

Burton's speech recalls qualities of Grant's character; he describes standing near the tomb in Riverside Park and thinking "how much more enduring is his fame than marble and bronze." (8)

Bussan, Carol, Grant and Galena: Highlights (Galena, Ill.: Harbin & Harbin, 1964). 25 pp., paper, illus.

Butler, Benjamin F., Eulogy upon Gen. Grant, Delivered at Lowell, Mass., August 8, 1885 (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1885). 17 pp., paper.

Butler (1818-93), best remembered as Union general and for his controversial administration of New Orleans, also served during his long and varied career as lawyer, congressman, governor of Massachusetts, and as National Party candidate for the presidency in 1884. His own account of his often stormy career is Butler's Book (1892).

In describing Grant's career Butler finds that his "life and character are necessarily the outgrowth of our free institutions, which they together illustrate, adorn, and glorify." (4) See also Mallam.

Byrd, Max, Grant: A Novel (New York: Bantam Books, 2000).

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Cadwallader, Sylvanus, Three Years with Grant, Benjamin P. Thomas, ed., intro., and notes (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955). 353 pp., maps, index.

Cadwallader (1826- ), a correspondent first for the Chicago Times and then for the New York Herald, was attached to Grant's headquarters during the greater part of the war. His position gave him an ideal vantage point for observing Grant, yet the thirty years that passed before his recollections were recorded may have weakened his memory of certain events.

Spirited controversy developed over Cadwallader's account of Grant's two-day drinking spree during the Vicksburg campaign; see Catton, "Reading, Writing and History," and Parks.

Extracts from Cadwallader's book were published in American Heritage VI, 6 (Oct. 1955), 65-93; also see Thomas for an account of his discovery of the manuscript.

Other editions:

1. 1961. 4th printing.
2. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980. Reprint of the ed. published by Knopf, New York. Includes index.
3. Benjamin P. Thomas, ed., intro., and notes, Brooks D. Simpson, intro. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. Reprint.

[Cambridge, Mass. Citizens], Memorial Services in the City of Cambridge, on the Day of the Funeral of General Grant, August 8, 1885 (Cambridge, Mass.: Press of H. E. Lombard, 1885). 19 pp., paper.

A description of local proceedings. "Oration" by Col. Thomas W. Higginson.

The Campaign Almanac for the General who Saved the Republic, U. S. Grant. 1873 ([New York]: American News Company, [1872]). [13] pp., paper, illus.

Caricatures of Grant and Greeley form the astrological symbols, and events from Grant's military record are listed for nearly all days of the year.

Campbell, Judge George T., and Mrs. George T. Campbell, U. S. Grant's Sixteen Years at Georgetown, Ohio (Georgetown, Ohio: Tri-County Curriculum and Materials Center, n.d.). 8 pp., paper, illus.

Campbell, Helen M., Famous Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, Grant, American Biographical Series [vol. 3] (Boston, New York: Chicago, San Francisco: Educational Publishing Company, [1903]). 196 pp., illus.

Campbell (1850- ) wrote several other books for children, including a similar volume on Famous American Statesmen (1902). The Grant chapter here (159-96) offers a brief account of Grant's life and career.

Campbell, J[ohn] Q. A., General U. S. Grant. The Incomparable Soldier of the Civil War, Whose Illustrious Services Made Possible the Preservation of Our Union, and Made Illustrious the American Name ... (n.p. [author?]: n.p., 1914). 12 pp., paper.

Campbell, second lieutenant in the 5th Iowa Infantry (later Cavalry) during the Civil War, discusses the attributes of character in Grant that "marked him the great soldier of the civil war." (11)

Cannon, John, History of Grant's Campaign for the Capture of Richmond (1864-1865) with an Outline of the Previous Course of the American Civil War (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869). 470 pp., notes.

Cannon, a British writer, offered his countrymen an opportunity to "consider with pride the manly bearing of the nation we founded." (vi) His book, though based on secondary sources and written from afar, is a fair attempt by a foreign writer at describing the events of the American war.

Cannon, Joseph G., Speech ... Before the Middlesex Club, Boston, Mass., Saturday, April 30, 1910, on "Ulysses S. Grant, the Modest, Courageous Man, the Normal American" (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910). 15 pp., paper.

Illinois Republican Congressman Cannon (1836-1926) served in the House for all but two terms during the years 1873-1923 and was speaker during the 58th through the 61st Congresses. His career is described by his secretary, L. W. Busbey, in Uncle Joe Cannon (1927).

Cannon's speech before the Republican Middlesex Club deals more with political issues than with Grant.

Cantacuzène, Princess Julia (Grant), My Life Here and There, by Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Speransky, née Grant, with Illustrations (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921). 322 pp., illus.

Julia Grant Cantacuzène (1876-1975), daughter of Frederick Dent Grant, born in the White House, married into Russian royalty.

Carey, Henry Charles, Shall We Have Peace? Peace Financial, and Peace Political? Letters to the President Elect of the United States (Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1869). 66 pp.

Carlton, Mabel Mason, Ulysses Simpson Grant: "Unconditional Surrender" (Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, [1923]). [16] pp., paper, illus.

Carlton wrote several biographies of American heroes for John Hancock; her booklet on Grant discusses the major points of his career and the qualities that made him a great American leader.

Carpenter, John A., Ulysses S. Grant, Twayne's Rulers and Statesmen of the World Series, vol. 14 (New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., [1970]). 217 pp., notes, bib. (pp. 201-6), index.

Carpenter (1921- ), a professor at Fordham University, earlier wrote a biography of General Oliver O. Howard.

Carpenter's book, based on extensive research, serves best as a brief introduction to Grant, especially the presidency.

Carpenter, Matt[hew] H., Carpenter's Reply to Sumner. Speech ... Vindicating the Constitution of the Committee to Investigate Sales of Arms by the War Department, the Majority Report of the Committee, and Replying to Senator Sumner's Attack on President Grant; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, June 3, 1872 (Washington: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, 1872). 31 pp., paper.

Another edition: The President Vindicated. Speech ... Delivered in the United States Senate, June 3, 1872 ([Washington: Chronicle Publishing Company, 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

[Carroll, Virginia R.], Grant Comes Home. Centennial Commemorative Edition, August 18, 1865, Galena, Illinois ([Galena: n.p., 1965]). 16 pp., illus.

Carroll's booklet, intended to promote tourism, contains a brief biography of Galena's most illustrious citizen.

Carson, Hampton L., The Character of Grant and His Place in History. Oration of Hampton L. Carson, Esq. at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, April 12, 1899, on the Occasion of the Unveiling of the Equestrian Statue Erected by The Fairmount Park Art Association ([Philadelphia: n.p., 1899]). 20 pp., paper.

Carson (1862-1932), prominent trial attorney, legal scholar, historian, and collector, lectured frequently on historical and patriotic occasions.

Carson's address traces Grant's career and describes his place in history as "an instrument in the hands of Providence for the accomplishment of a moral purpose." (20)

Also see Fairmount Park Art Association.

Carter, Hodding, The Angry Scar: The Story of Reconstruction (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1959).

Carter, R. G., Message from the Wilderness (n.p.: Lantern Press, 1948). 252 pp., illus. Teen-age historical stories.

Castle, Henry A. Ulysses S. Grant: Address at Memorial Observance at St. Paul, August 8, 1885 (n.p.: n.p., 1885) 4 pp. Caption title.

Catholic Commissioner for Indian Missions. Official Construction of President Grant's Indian Peace Policy (Washington D.C.: The Office, 1875). 6 pp.

Includes "Effects of President Grant's Indian Policy on the Old Catholic Missions," and a letter signed: F.P. McFarland, Bishop of Hartford.

Catton, Bruce, Grant Moves South (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1960]). 564 pp., illus., maps, notes, bib. (pp. 539-47).

Other editions:

1. Boston: Little, Brown, 1960, 1988. 564 pp., port., maps, notes, bib. (pp. 539-47), index.
2. Edison, N.J.: Castle Books, 2000.

Catton, Bruce, Grant Takes Command (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1969,). 556 pp., illus., maps, notes, bib. (pp. 527-34), index.

Other editions:

1. New York: Book of the Month Club, 1969, 1990, 1994. 556 pp., maps, plans, port., bilbliog. (pp. 527-534).
2. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1970].
3. Edison, N.J.: Castle Books, 2000.

Catton, Bruce, U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition, Library of American Biography series (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1954]). 201 pp., paper, bib. (pp. 191-93), index.

Other editions:

1. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. 201 pp., The Universal Library Series.
2. Biographies of Distinction Series.

[Central American Transit Company], To His Excellency Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States (New York: The Company, 1869). 12 pp.

Open letter dated 5th November, 1869.

Chamberlin, Everett, The Struggle of '72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political Campaign,... (Chicago: Union Pub. Co., 1872). 570 pp.

Chaplin, Jeremiah, ed., Words of Our Hero Ulysses S. Grant (Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, [1885]). 61 pp., paper, illus.

Chaplin (1813-86) left the ministry to engage in literary pursuits; among his various works on historical and religious topics are lives of Benjamin Franklin (1876) and Charles Sumner (1874).

Words of Our Hero quotes from many of Grant's letters, military dispatches, and speeches.

Another edition: [1886]. 76 pp. Expanded contents.

Chicago. Press Club, ... 1895: Grant's Birthday: Union of the Blue and Gray: Ninety Minutes of Patriotic Oratory by Two of the Highest Living Representatives of the Union and Confederate Armies with an Introductory by Chicago's Favorite Orator: Sixty Minutes of Patriotic Song and Music ([Chicago]: Blakely Printing Company, [1895]). 24 pp., paper, illus.

This program contains a record of the celebration held in Chicago's Auditorium on April 27, 1895. The speakers and their topics were: Chicago lawyer/orator Luther Laflin Mills, "Grant;" Union Gen. Oliver O. Howard, "Grant, the Nation's Hero;" and Confederate General James Longstreet, "Personal Reminiscences of Grant."

[Chicago, St.Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company]. General Grant, the Nation's Hero. Sketches of his Life from West Point to Mt. McGregor (Chicago: Vandercook & Co., 1885). 22 pp., illus (incl. ports.).

Childs, George W., Recollections of General Grant (Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1885). 34 pp., paper.

Philadelphia publisher and philanthropist Childs (1829-94) enjoyed a long and pleasant friendship with Grant. His Recollections of his friend and Long Branch neighbor contain many personal details on "one of the greatest, noblest, and most modest of men." (34)

Extracts were published as "The Great Soldier Also an Artist," Magazine of American History, XXIV, 3 (Sept. 1890), 220-22, and as part of Ulysses S. Grant Re-Union Dinner, "306," the Old Guard (listed separately).

Other editions:

1. Recollections of General Grant, with an Account of the Presentation of the Portraits of Generals Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1889). 92 pp., paper.
2. Philadelphia: Collins Printing House, 1890. 104 pp., hard and paper. To the original text is added an account of the portraits Childs presented while President of the Board of Visitors to West Point.
3. Recollections by George W. Childs (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1890). The text of (1) forms chapters four through six (70-183) in Childs's memoirs.

Chipman, N[orton] P., Presidential Campaign, 1872: Republicanism vs. Democracy: Grant or Greeley (St.Louis: The Democrat Litho. and Print. Co., 1872). 9, [1] p.

Chipman (1836-1924), an Iowa lawyer, brevetted brigadier general of volunteers during the Civil War, settled in Washington, D.C., in 1865, and served as a Republican delegate to Congress from 1871-75.

Chipman's speech contrasts Grant's policies with Greeley's views on various political issues in urging Grant's reelection.

Chotteau, Leon, Les Veritables Republicains Biographies de Ulysses S. Grant President et Schuyler Colfax Vice-President De La Republique Des Etats-Unis (Paris: Degorce-Cadot, Editeur, 1869). 33 pp., paper.

Chotteau (1839-1895), author of several books on Franco-American relations, provides a short biography of the newly-elected Grant and Colfax.

Church, W[illiam] C[onant], Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Fred Defau & Co., 1897). 473 pp., illus.

Church, William Conant, Ulysses S. Grant and the Maintainence of American Nationality, 1822-1885 (New York: n.p., n.d.).

Church, William Conant, Ulysses S. Grant and the Period of National Preservation and Reconstruction, Heroes of the Nations series (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1897). 473 pp., illus., maps.

Church (1836-1917) resigned his commission as lieutenant-colonel of volunteers to establish the Army and Navy Journal in 1863, founded Galaxy Magazine (later merged with Atlantic Monthly) in 1866, contributed numerous articles to leading magazines and newspapers, wrote a biography of inventor/engineer John Ericsson (1890), and was an active member of many organizations and societies. His busy life is described in Donald N. Bigelow, William Conant Church & the Army and Navy Journal (1952).

Church's laudatory biography concentrates upon Grant's military career and seeks to show "how it happened that a man so free from the passions supposed to dominate the soldier succeeded in the great game of war, where so many others failed." (3) The text is well-supplemented by sketch maps.

Other editions:

1. [1897]. Identical, but has no date on title page.
2. Famous Epoch Makers series.
3. 1903.
4. 1906.
5. 1908.
6. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1926. An inexpensive reprint that omits the maps and illustrations.
7. 1968.

[Claremont, N.H. citizens], Memorial Service on the Death of Gen. U.S. Grant, Claremont, N.H., August 8, 1885 (Claremont, N.H.: n.p., 1885). [4] pp.

[Clark, William Adolphus], Gen. Grant; or, The Star of Union and Liberty. A Play.--In Three Acts. By Anicetus (New York: Samuel French, 1868). 46 pp., paper.

Clark (1825-1906) wrote a number of plays and poems under his pseudonym.

Despite the title, Grant plays a relatively minor role in the drama. The action centers upon John Wilkes Booth whose actions are explained by "the spirit of a reckless Southern misguided patriot" who "met his fate like a brave man, and a hero." (6)

[Clarke, Oliver P.], Description of the Grant Cottage (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 4 pp., paper.

The cottage in which Grant completed his Memoirs became a shrine for many admirers after his death, and has ever since been maintained as it was then. Clarke was appointed custodian by the Mount McGregor Monument Association and served until his death in 1917. See Pitkin, The Captain Departs, for further information on the Grant cottage.

Clarke prepared a number of guidebooks for visitors to the cottage. This, the first, briefly describes the contents and furnishings of the main rooms and gives a brief sketch of Grant's life and military service. Later, expanded versions (see below) offer a chronological account of Grant's dying weeks.

Other editions:

1. General Grant at Mount MacGregor (!) (Saratoga, New York: Cozzens & Waterbury, 1895). 45 pp., paper.
2. Saratoga: Sun Print, [1906]). 47 pp., paper.
3. [Saratoga Springs: Press of the Saratogian, 1906?]. 48 pp., paper.

Clayton, Phillip, Greeley vs. Grant. The Duty of True Democrats. An Open Letter ... What a Life-Long Democrat Thinks--Letter of Gen. John A. Dix, of New York ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 4 pp., paper.

Clayton (1815-77), a Georgia lawyer, served in the Treasury Department from 1849 until he resigned in 1861 to become assistant treasury secretary for the Confederacy. He joined the Republican Party after the war and was appointed U.S. Consul at Callao, Peru (1874-77).

Clayton's letter offered reasons why Georgia Democrats should vote for Grant.

[Cleveland, Charles Dexter], To General U. S. Grant, President Elect of the United States (n.p.: n.p., [1869]). 4 pp., paper.

Cleveland (1802-69), an American scholar traveling in Europe for his health, wrote this open letter to Grant from Clifton, Bristol, England, on Feb. 2, 1869. The letter urges that Grant, for the sake of national honor, restore "Peace, Security, and Personal Liberty to every part of our wide domain, even at the expense, if it need be, of visiting upon every contumacious, murderous rebel the extreme penalty of the law." (4)

Cochrane, William, General Grant, the Lessons of His Life and Death Sermon Preached by Request in Zion Presbyterian Church, Brantford, Ont., Sabbath Ev'g, Sept. 13, 1885 (Brantford, Ont.?: s.n., Printed at the Expositor Office, 1885). 27 pp.

Coffin, Howard, The Battered Stars: One State's Civil War Ordeal during Grant's Overland Campaign: From the Home Front in Vermont to the Battlefields of Virginia (Woodstock, Vt.: Countryman Press, 2002). 415 pp., illus., maps.

[Cogswell, Wilbur F.], For Our Next President Gen. U. S. Grant (Washington: National Standard, 1872).

Call for Grant's reelection highlighting the dramatic decrease in the national debt during his presidency.

Cohen, Eliot A., Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, & Leadership in Wartime (New York: Free Press, 2002). 288 pp.

Coker, Jeffrey W., Presidents from Zachary Taylor to Ulysses S. Grant: Debating the Issues (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002).

Cole, Eddie, Grant's Integration of Land and Naval Power During the Vicksburg Campaign (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: Army War College, 1999).

The Collection of Original Autograph Dispatches of Gen. Grant: During the Wilderness Campaign, 1864-5, for the Capture of Richmond, Virginia, the Capital of the Confederacy Embracing ... (Philadelphia, PA: S. V. Henkels, 1917). 93 pp., facsims.

Collier, Robert Laird, The Edict of Legend. An Oration on the Life and Services of General Grant ... Delivered at Manhattan Beach, Sunday, August 9th, 1885 (n.p.: published by the Committee of Arrangements, [1885?]). 8 pp., paper.

Collier (1837-90) was pastor of churches in Boston and Chicago, popular lecturer, and author of religious books and magazine articles.

In tracing Grant's career Collier sees his character as the force "which overcame difficulties which no tactics, no strategy, no prowess could have brooked and conquered." (6)

A Complete Review of General Grant's Movements in Albany ... (Albany, N.Y.: Munsell Printer, 1881). 25 pp.

Details of USG's visit on January 17, 1881.

Condon, Chris, Explaining the Worcester Landslide: How Ulysses S. Grant Beat Horace Greeley in the Presidential Election of 1872 (n.p.: n.p., 1996).

Conger, Arthur L., The Military Education of Grant as General ([Menasha: Wisconsin State Historical Society, 1921]). 26 pp., illus.

Conger (1872-1951) entered the army in 1898, served on Pershing's staff in 1917, was decorated following the Meuse-Argonne battle, and for a time headed the army's Department of Military Information. He retired as a colonel in 1928.

Conger's article, reprinted from the Wisconsin Magazine of History, IV, 3 (March 1921), 239-62, argues the necessity of professional military training.

Conger, A[rthur] L., The Rise of U. S. Grant (New York: The Century Co., 1931). 390 pp., illus., maps, bib. (pp. 379-82), index.

Conger's book seeks to explain the phenomonon of Grant's rise from obscurity to the command of the Union armies by tracing Grant's development as tactician and strategist. The "rise" of the title describes Grant's education by war itself; even Moltke, Conger argues, could not have arranged a course of training "more simple, orderly, and progressive ... than that which the natural course of events provided for Grant." (284)

Conger concentrates attention upon Grant's campaigns in the West. He quotes extensively from Grant's correspondence, and the text is supplemented by several useful maps.

Another edition: Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press [1970]. Facsimile reprint.

Conkling, Roscoe, The Presidential Battle of 1872. Grant and His Defamers; Deeds Against Words. Speech ... at Cooper Institute, New York, Tuesday, July 23, 1872 (Utica, N.Y.: Roberts Book and Job Printer, [1872]). 48 pp.

Powerful New York Republican Conkling (1829-88), an influential figure in both the House (1859-63 and 1865-67) and Senate (1867-81), was a staunch Grant supporter and one of the leaders of the third-term movement in 1880. A biography by his nephew Alfred R., The Life and Letters of Roscoe Conkling (1889), includes a chapter on "Senator Conkling and President Grant" (316-37); a recent biography is David M. Jordan, Roscoe Conkling of New York: Voice in the Senate (1971).

Conkling's lengthy speech answers critics of Grant's first administration and attacks Greeley's platform.

Other editions:

1. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser Campaign Document, No. 1. [Buffalo: Commercial Advertiser, 1872.] 31 pp., paper.
2. Issues of the Day. Speech of Hon. Roscoe Conkling at Cooper Institute, New York, July 23, 1872. n.p. 20 pp., paper. Condensed version.
3. Die Präsidentschafts-Campagne von 1872. Grant und Seine Verläumder; Thaten gegen Worte. Auszug aus der Rede des Hon. Roscoe Conkling, im Cooper Institut, New York, Deinstag, 23. Juli, 1872. [New York: Druck der "Oestlichen Post," 1872.] 16 pp., paper. Translation of excerpts.
4. The Presidential Campaign of 1872. Grant and his Slanderers. Deeds versus Words. Excerpts from the Speech of Hon. Roscoe Conkling, in Cooper Institute, New York, Tuesday, 23 July, 1872 ([New York: Druek der "Westliche Post," No. 18, n.d.). 16 pp.
5. Issues of the Day. Speech ... Delivered at Cooper Institute, New York, July 23, 1872 (n.p.: [1872]). 20 pp. Condensed version of The Presidential Battle of 1872 ....

The Contrast. Facts for the People--Republican Economy and Democratic Extravagance and Corruption Contrasted--Three Years and Four Months of Republican Administration of National Affairs--Reduction of the National Debt (n.p.: n.p., [1872]). 4 pp.

Cooke, G[iles] B., Before and After Lee Surrendered to Grant (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). [10] pp.

An account by a minister, said to be the last surviving member of Lee's staff, reprinted from the Houston Chronicle, Oct. 8, 1922.

Cooke, Giles Buckner, Just Before and After Lee Surrendered to Grant (Houston? Tex., 1922). [10] pp.

Coolidge, Louis A., Ulysses S. Grant. Address by Hon. Louis A. Coolidge before the Middlesex Club, Boston, April 27, 1917 ([Boston: The Middlesex Club] Printed by the Club, [1917]). 24 pp., paper.

Coolidge, active in Boston civic affairs, delivered the key address at the Middlesex Club's Grant Night Dinner three months after the publication of his biography of Grant. The speech serves as a summary of the book in outlining significant events of Grant's "contradictory career." (5) As in the book, Coolidge says that "no man who ever gained renown was ever more the sport of chance." (4)

Coolidge, Louis A., Ulysses S. Grant (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1917). 596 pp., illus., index.

Coolidge (1861-1925) began his career as a reporter for the Springfield, Mass. Republican, served for a time as secretary to Henry Cabot Lodge, became Washington correspondent for various journals, and there made the friendship of President Roosevelt who appointed him assistant secretary of the Treasury in 1908, a post Coolidge resigned to accept various important positions in business. His other writings include a biography of Conn. Senator Orville H. Platt.

Coolidge's biography, based on secondary works, is in two distinct parts. The first examines Grant's career through the end of the Civil War, and is far stronger in characterization than in military analysis. The second portion, chiefly devoted to the presidency, is a largely favorable critique of Grant's administration. A useful review is Carl Russell Fish, American Historical Review, XXII, 4 (July 1917), 885-86.

Other editions:

1. American Statesmen series, 2nd ser., vol. 1.
2. American Statesmen series, vol. 32. [1922].
3. Centenary Edition. James G. Harbord, intro. 1922. The introduction (xv-xix) by the army's deputy chief of staff states that "no patriot can read this volume without pride; no professional soldier, without profit." (xix)
4. American Leaders series. 1924. 2 vol., continuous pagination.
5. Great Presidents series.
6. [New York: AMS Press, 1972.] Facsimile reprint of (2).
7. American Statesmen series, 1983. Edited reprint of the 1974 ed. by Chelsea House Publishers. 342 pp.

Coombs, [Francis Edward Llewelyn] Lovell, U. S. Grant, True Stories of Great Americans series (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916). 244 pp., illus., facsims.

Coombs (1876-1968), the author of other books for boys, seeks in this biography to "inspire in its young readers something of General Grant's high sense of honor, truthfulness, modesty, his thoughtfulness for others, his dislike of all that was coarse, [and] his respect for older people." (v)

Other editions:

1. Cleveland: World Syndicate Pub. Co., 1916.
2. 1919.
3. Cleveland and New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co. [1925]. An inexpensive reprint without the illustrations of the earlier edition.

Cooper Institute. Executive Committee, Grand Mass Meeting at the Cooper Institute. Nomination of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to the Presidency. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1867 (New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., 1867). 40 pp., paper.

The public meeting at the Cooper Institute, "held in response to a call from a large number of our most prominent merchants, bankers and business men," (3) was a major event in organizing Grant's first presidential campaign. The committee appointed at the meeting included some of New York's most important figures under the chairmanship of merchant Alexander T. Stewart. Among the major speakers were Gen. Daniel E. Sickles and New York politician (later U.S. Congressman) Lyman Tremain[e].

Coppée, Henry, Grant and His Campaigns: A Military Biography (New York: Charles B. Richardson; Cincinnati: C. F. Vent & Co.; Springfield: W. J. Holland, 1866). 512 pp., illus., maps.

Under Coppée's direction The United States Service made many valuable contributions to the literature of the Civil War. Two important articles "by the editor" are: "Lieutenant-General Grant," I, 6 (June 1864), 561-64, and "Grant," III, 5 (May 1865), 401-3. (Also see articles by C. B. Richardson, Duyckinck, and Irwin.)

During this period Coppée began his massive military biography, the most extensive such work written to that time. He relied extensively upon Grant's correspondence and is at his best on the earlier portions of the war for which more published materials were available (he acknowledges Rawlins's assistance in providing some later materials). Grant's report on the armies (July 22, 1865) was another important reference and is included as an appendix (477-512).

Other editions:

1. 520 pp. Adds an index.
2. 521 pp. Extends the listing of officers on Grant's staff.

Coppée, Henry, Life and Services of Gen. U. S. Grant (New York: Richardson and Company, 1868). 465 pp., illus., maps, index.

Grant's first presidential campaign provoked a new edition and a new title for Coppée's Military Biography. Some textual changes were made, particularly on the later portions of the war, and an earlier concluding chapter on Grant's staff and the appendix were dropped.

Other editions:

1. Chicago: The Western News Company; New York: Richardson and Company.
2. New York: Richardson and Company. 566 (i.e., 466) pp. Adds a sketch of Schuyler Colfax, the pages of which are misnumbered. Drops the index.
3. Chicago: The Western News Company; New York: Richardson and Company.

[Coppée, Henry], Sketch of the Life of Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant. By the Editor of the United States Service Magazine (New York: C. B. Richardson, 1864). 10 pp., paper.

Coppée (1821-95) graduated from West Point in 1845, saw distinguished service during the war with Mexico, and was an instructor at the military academy until his resignation from the army in 1855. He then taught at the University of Pennsylvania, later served as president of Lehigh University, wrote numerous books on history, philosophy, literature, and military science, and edited The United States Service Magazine.

Coppée's brief sketch describes Grant's military achievements, seeing his rise "not like a meteor, bright but fleeting, but as a splendid luminary, whose dawning was amid the clouds of the battle morning of Belmont, but whose meridian splendor is even now at hand." (3)

Corbett, Elizabeth, "If It Takes All Summer:" The Life-Story of Ulysses Grant (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930). 319 pp.

Corbett (1887-1981) wrote many books and articles, mostly fiction for girls. For a biography of Walt Whitman written in 1928 she devised the technique used here, that of having the subject and/or others engage in various conversations to reveal opinions and events. "If it Takes All Summer" contains 106 such imaginary conversations about incidents in Grant's life.

Another edition: 1934.

Corckell, William (pseud.), The Eventful History of Grant and His Wonderful Donkey by William Corckell, (Late Hostler to Grant) (Algonquin, [Illinois]: Peoples' Publishing Company, 1872). 14 pp., paper, illus.

The unidentified character of Corckell claims to have been an acquaintance of the Grant family and hostler to Grant through the war who turned against the new President when he "left me out in the cold, and took a grandson of hisen to Washington to tend that darned mule." (3) In the poem that follows, however, the author predicts Grant's defeat in 1872 and makes sport of Grant and his less-euphemistically-named mount.

Correll, Ernst H., President Grant and the Mennonite Immigration From Russia ([Goshen, Ind.: Goshen College], 1935). Includes bib., 7 pp.

Cortambert, L[ouis] R., and de Tranaltos, F., Le Général Grant, Esquisse Biographique, Bibliothèque du Messager Franco-Américain (New York: H. de Mareil, 1868). 34 pp.

Cortambert (1808?-81) and Tranaltos ( - ) also collaborated on a history of the Civil War (1867) for Franco-Americans. Following a brief outline of Grant's life and military career they give translations of several of Grant's military dispatches and his letter accepting the Republican nomination for the presidency.

Cousins, Robert G., "General Grant." Address ... Grant Dinner, Middlesex Club, Boston, April 26, 1897 (n.p.: n.p., [1897]). 14 pp.

Iowa lawyer Cousins (1859-1933) served in Congress 1893-1909, declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1908, resumed the practice of law, and engaged in a career as a Chautauqua lecturer.

This address, delivered on the eve of the dedication of Grant's tomb, praises the abilities, qualities, and, particularly, the humility of the man who "bore away no trophy of the war save sorrow, and [whose] only exultation was the salvation of the Union and a larger liberty for man." (11)

Cowdin, Jasper Barnett, Gloria Victis: An Ode on the Death of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Obit MDCCCLXXXV (Brooklyn: D. S. Holmes, 1885). [6] pp., paper, illus.

Cowdin published several volumes of poetry during the 1880s. His heroic ode on Grant's death is accompanied here by the brief "Clermont-Claremont."

Cowen, B[enjamin] R., Tribute to General Grant: The Seventeenth Annual Dinner of the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. At The Grant Hotel, Cincinnati, May 2nd, 1900 (Cincinnati: n.p., 1900). 50 pp., paper.

An Ohio politician, Cowen (1831-1908) served as asst. secretary of the interior in the Grant administration.

Cox, Kim C., comp., Colonel Grant's Regiment: The 21st Illinois Volunteers from Muster to Stones River in the Letters of Private Allen M. Patton (San Diego: n.p., 1997). 124 pp.

Cox, S[amuel] S., Grant or Greeley? Speech of S. S. Cox, of New-York City, on the Issues of the Presidential Campaign of 1872 (New York: S. W. Green, 1872). 26 pp., paper.

Cox (1824-89), trained as a lawyer, made his early career as a journalist. He was elected to Congress as a Democrat from Ohio in 1856, serving until 1865 when he moved to New York and was again elected (1869-85).

This speech, delivered on Aug. 30 to the Democratic Hickory Club of New York City's fifteenth ward, advances the necessity of Democratic unity in opposition to "if not the willful, then ... the ignorant and careless disregard of the very genius of our polity" (14) by the Grant administration.

Crafts, William A., Life of Ulysses S. Grant: His Boyhood, Campaigns, and Services, Military and Civil (Boston: Samuel Walker and Company, 1868). 172 pp., illus.

Crafts, William A., The Southern Rebellion: Being a History of the United States from the Commencement of President Buchanan's Administration to the Inauguration of General Ulysses S. Grant as President (Boston: S. Walker, 1869). 2 v., illus.

Cramer, Jesse Grant, ed., Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to his Father and his Youngest Sister 1857--78 (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1912). 182 pp., illus., facsims.

Cramer (1869-1934), son of Grant's sister Mary.

The personal letters printed here provide, as publisher George Haven Putnam indicates in his preface, a "clear and trustworthy impression of the nature of the man and of the development of character and of force that made possible his all-valuable leadership." (v)

Another edition: New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1972. Offset reproduction; reduced format.

Cramer, M[ichael] J., Ulysses S. Grant: Conversations and Unpublished Letters (New York: Eaton & Mains; Cincinnati: Curts & Jennings, 1897). 207 pp., illus.

Cramer (1835-98), a Methodist clergyman, married Grant's sister Mary in 1863. In 1867 he was appointed consul at Leipzig by President Johnson, and in 1871 Grant appointed him minister to Denmark, a position he held for ten years. Cramer wrote articles on theology, European affairs, art, and literature, but this is apparently his only book.

Cramer's book begins with an account of Grant's visit to Copenhagen in 1878 and discusses his conversations with Grant then and at various other times.

Crawford, [John Wallace], In Memoriam. The Hero's Departed. Dedicated to my Comrades of the G. A. R. By Capt. Jack Crawford (New York: J. T. Altemus, [1885]). 14 pp., paper.

Crawford (1847-1917) enlisted in the 48th Pennsylvania and served until the end of the Civil War, then served as a scout during the Indian Wars. As the "Poet Scout" he published several volumes of verse on Indian fighting, the Civil War, and on the Yukon gold rush.

Cross, Nelson, Life of U. S. Grant (New York: n.p, n.d.). 182 pp.

This volume attacks Grant on all fronts, pulls no punches, and minces no words. Grant is presented as an idiot.

Cross, Nelson, The Modern Ulysses: His Political Record (New York: J. S. Redfield, 1872). 182 pp., illus.

Cross, identified on the title-page as "Counsellor-at-Law," provides, if not the most virulent, certainly the most detailed indictment of Grant's first term. He concludes that "it is high time for the people to crush out this wretched usurpation of their rightful powers while yet they may."

Another edition: Life of General Grant. His Political Record, Etc., 1872. The text here is identical; perhaps the title was changed to indicate more clearly the identity of the subject.

Crummer, Wilbur F., With Grant at Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg and an Appreciation of General U. S. Grant (Oak Park, Ill.: E. C. Crummer & Co., 1915). 190 pp., illus.

Crummer (1843-1920), a Galena resident before and for a period after the Civil War, served as a sergeant in the 45th Illinois. His memoirs of the war provide the common soldier's view of their commanding general, and the concluding chapter includes several anecdotes told to Crummer by his post-war employer, Grant's staff officer William R. Rowley, and other Galena citizens.

Cudmore, P[atrick], President Grant and Political Rings: A Satire (New York: For Sale by P. J. Kenedy, 1878). 16 pp., paper.

Cudmore (1831- ), an attorney, wrote several books on his native Ireland, history, government, and political satire. The two poems printed here, "President Grant: A Satire" and "Political Rings: A Satire," are criticisms of Grant's presidency.

Other editions:

1. 1880. 87 pp. Adds other poems on various topics.
2. 96 pp. Adds still more poems, including lyrics on "President Grant" (95)
3. Poems and Songs, Satires and Political Rings. 1885. 247, xvi pp. Contains the full text from (2) and additional poems and songs.

Cullom, Shelby M., U. S. Grant. Address of Shelby M. Cullom at the Memorial Services, Springfield, Ill., Aug. 8th, 1885 ([Springfield, Ill.?: n.p., 1885]). 17 pp., paper.

Illinois Republican Cullom (1829-1914) was a member of the state legislature (1860-61, 1872, and 1873-74), representative in Congress (1865-71), governor (1876-83), and United States Senator (1883-1913). He describes his long political career in Fifty Years of Public Service (1911), which contains a chapter on his recollections of Grant and the 1880 Republican convention (169-79).

Cullom's address praises the qualities of Grant's character, compares him to Washington and Lincoln, and asserts that "the world is better for Gen. Grant having lived in it." (2)

Cutcheon, Byron M., General Grant: Speech of Hon. Byron M. Cutcheon of Michigan, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, March 3, 1885 (Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1885. 7 pp.

In support of placing USG on the retired list of the Army.

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Da Cunha, George W., Grant Memorial Tomb (New York: n.p., 1886). [51] pp., illus.

Da Cunha, Geo[rge] W., Study for Grant Memorial ([New York: n.p., 1886]). 5 l., illus.

Dana, Charles A., and Wilson, J[ames] H., The Life of Ulysses S. Grant, General of the Armies of the United States (Springfield, Mass.: Gurdon Bill & Co.; New York: W. D. Myers, 1868). 424 pp., illus., maps.

Dana (1819-1897) and Wilson (1837-1925).

LC card: "'Dana wrote three chapters--the thirty-sixth, thirty-eighth, and thirty-ninth--he read, approved, and passed all the rest, rarely ever changing the text in the slightest degree.'--James Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles A. Dana ... 1907, p. 385."

Another edition: Springfield, Mass.: Gurdon Bill & Company; Cincinnati: H. C. Johnson; Chicago: Charles Bill, 1868.

[Darrow, Burritt], An Account of the Pilgrimage to the Tomb of General Grant. By Cap (New York: De Vinne Press, 1900). 29 pp., illus.

In May 1897, Darrow and three other Norfolk, Connecticut, Civil War veterans, styling themselves "The Pilgrims," journeyed to New York to visit Grant's tomb. In this privately-printed volume "Cap" Darrow recounts their many adventures in the big city.

Davis, Carolyn Pace, The Winter of 1863: Grant's Louisiana Canals Expeditions, Papers of the Blue and Gray Education Society series, No. 4 (Saline, Mich.: McNaughton and Gunn for the Blue and Gray Education Society, 1997), 61 pp., illus., bib.

Davis, William C., Death in the Trenches (Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1986).

Another edition: ... Grant at Petersburg, Revised ed., (Alexandria,Va.: Time-Life Books, 1987). 176 pp., illus.

Dawes, (Mrs.) Sarah Elizabeth, Life of Grant (n.p.: n.d.).

Dawes (1832- ) wrote religious and other stories for young people.

Dawson, Noble E., Proceedings on the Occasion of the Banquet to Celebrate the Anniversary of the Birth of General U. S. Grant, at Delmonico's, Friday, April 27th, 1888, Half-Past Seven P. M. (New York: C. G. Crawford, 1889). 54 pp., paper, illus.

[Dawson's Book Shop], The Library of Ulysses S. Grant: President of the United States (Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, [1952]). 24 pp., paper, illus.

Among the many gifts presented to Grant at the end of the Civil War was a collection of fine books purchased at a cost of five thousand dollars by the citizens of Boston. After Grant's death the library passed to his son, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., who took them to San Diego for display in the U. S. Grant Hotel there. They were deposited in the California Building in San Diego in 1915 and were purchased and offered for sale by Dawson's in 1952.

The Death-Knell (n.p., [1885]). 1 p.

Poem on the occasion of Grant's death.

Dedication of the Grant Monument at St. Louis, Mo., Programme (St. Louis: R. P. Studley, 1888). 24 pp.

Dedication of the Grant Monument, Riverside Park, April 27, 1897 (New York: H. B. Claflin Co., 1897). 13 pp., illus.

[Defrees, John D.], A Record of the Absence of President Grant and Cabinet from the Seat of Government to the Neglect of the People's Business (Washington: n.p., 1872). 8 pp., paper.

Defrees (1811-82), an Indiana state legislator and editor of the Indiana State Journal, had been appointed U.S. government printer by Lincoln.

In 1872, Defrees gave his support to Liberal Republican candidate Greeley, whose letter accepting the presidential nomination is printed here (6-8). The main portion of the text lists absences of Grant and his cabinet officers from Washington and compares the government to a joint stock company in asking whether the people/stockholders would tolerate the same behavior in their corporate officers.

Deisler, Geo[rge] F., and Shepard, Lee, comps., Official Program and Souvenir Book: 1822 Centenary Celebration Commemorating the Birth of General U. S. Grant: Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, Bethel, Ohio, April 28, Georgetown, Ohio, April 29, 1922 (Cincinnati: The Court Index, [1922]). 66 pp., paper, illus.

The towns where Grant was born and reared were justly proud of his achievements in later life, and joined much of the nation in marking the centenary of his birth. This souvenir booklet contains photographs and text on the three Ohio observances, including a section on President Harding's speech (listed elsewhere) at Point Pleasant.

Deming, Henry C., The Life of Ulysses S. Grant, General United States Army (Hartford: S. S. Scranton and Company; Cincinnati: National Publishing Company; Philadelphia: Parmalee Brothers; Chicago: O. F. Gibbs, 1868). 533 pp., illus.

Deming (1815-72), though trained as a lawyer, made his early career as a journalist and translator. He entered politics in his native Connecticut, held various state and local offices, and served two terms in Congress (1863-67). During the war he was colonel of the 12th Connecticut and provisional mayor of New Orleans from Oct. 1862 to Feb. 1863.

Deming's book is primarily a military biography concentrating upon such of Grant's campaigns as "best served to illustrate his character as a general." (6) In writing Deming placed great reliance upon Badeau's Military History (listed elsewhere) and original materials he examined while a member of the House.

[Democratic Party. Michigan. State Central Committee], The Democratic Platform. Letter of Acceptance of Horatio Seymour. The Radical Platform. Grant's Acceptance of the Radical Nomination ([n.p.: n.p., 1868]). 15 pp., paper.

The Democratic Record. The Tariff Question. General Grant's Speech at Warren, Ohio (n.p.: Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1880). 32 pp., paper.

Evidently a pamphlet on campaign issues, including the tariffs, that adds Grant's speech to complete a signature. See The Case Summed up in Seven Minutes; General Grant's Speech, Why I am a Republican; Gen. Grant's Reasons for Supporting Gen. Garfield; and "Reasons for Being a Republican."

[Denison, Charles Wheeler], The Tanner-Boy and How He Became Lieutenant-General. By Major Penniman (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1864). 316 pp., illus.

Denison (1809-81), a newspaperman and clergyman, edited the Emancipator, an antislavery journal published in New York, and wrote numerous books against slavery, drink, and other social evils. Early in the Civil War he lectured for the North in England, and spent the last two years as a chaplain at military posts and hospitals. Among his many writings are juvenile biographies of Generals Nathaniel P. Banks and Winfield Scott Hancock and an adult biography of Sheridan.

Denison's biography of Ulysses "Sidney" Grant is typical of its day in sometimes sacrificing accuracy in order to provide an uplifting moral tale for young readers. "Three Doubtful Grant Letters," Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter, II, 4 (July 1965), 19-24, reprints three early Grant letters Denison undoubtedly invented for The Tanner-Boy.

Other editions:

1. "Eighth Thousand."
2. The Tanner-Boy; a Life of General U. S. Grant. 1896. 336 pp. The additional pages of this "Tenth Thousand" printing conclude the war. Whether they were written by Denison is uncertain.

Depew, Chauncey M., Addresses by the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, at the Unveiling of the Statue of General Grant at Galena, Ill., June 3rd, 1891, and at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Masonic Asylum and Home, at Utica, N. Y., May 21st, 1891 ([New York: E. C. Lockwood, 1891]). 32 pp., paper.

Depew (1834-1928) began his long career in law and Republican politics in 1858. In 1866 he declined an appointment as the first minister to Japan to become attorney to Cornelius Vanderbilt, was instrumental in organizing the New York Central & Hudson River Railway, and became its president in 1885. Meanwhile, he continued an active involvement in politics, received ninety-nine votes as a candidate for the presidential nomination in 1888, twice declined to serve in Harrison's cabinet, and was elected U.S. Senator (1899-1911). A portion of his autobiography, My Memories of Eighty Years (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922), recalls conversations with Grant (67-74). Similar material was published as a part of "Leaves from my Autobiography," in Scribner's, LXX (Nov., Dec. 1921), 515-30, 664-76.

Depew, renowned as a wit and raconteur, was a popular speaker. Though he had opposed Grant's reelection in 1872, his Galena and other speeches are glowing tributes to Grant.

The Galena speech is reprinted in Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew, John Denison Champlin, ed. (New York: Privately Printed, 1910), I, 119-28, and as "Our Glorious General" in Thoughts for the Occasion, J. Sanderson, ed. (New York: E. B. Treat and Company, 1905), I, 370-73.

Other Depew speeches on Grant are:

1. "Birthday of General Grant: Speech at the Dinner to Celebrate the Anniversary of the Birth of Gen. Grant, at Delmonico's, New York, April 27, 1888," in Champlin, III, 225-30, and in Masterpieces of Eloquence, Mayo W. Hazeltine, ed. (New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1902), XXIII, 9705. (Also see [Grant Birthday Association].)
2. "Grant's Mausoleum: Address at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Grant Mausoleum at Riverside Park, New York, April 27, 1892," in Champlin, I, 109-18.
3. "Interview on General Grant, Spring of 1899" in Champlin, VIII, 174-75.

[Detroit Historical Society], 100 Years Ago. . . [General Ulysses Simpson Grant Came to Detroit. . .] ([Detroit: Detroit Historical Society], 1949). [4] pp., illus., complements of Michigan Mutual Liability Company.

Devens, Charles, Two Addresses Commemorative of General Grant Delivered at Boston, July 26, 1885, and Worcester, August 8, 1885 (Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1885). 21 pp., paper.

Devens (1820-91) began the practice of law in Worcester in 1854 and enjoyed a distinguished career as advocate, justice of the state supreme court, and as U.S. attorney general (1877-81). But it was as a soldier that he was best known, serving through several battles, being wounded twice, brevetted major general, and serving as second in command in the Southeastern Department until his resignation in June 1866. He was elected national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1874.

The Boston address was delivered at a public meeting in Faneuil Hall (see [Boston City Council]) and was reprinted in Orations and Addresses. Arthur L. Devens, ed. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1891, 155-66. The Worcester speech was given as a part of that city's observance on the day of Grant's funeral, and is reprinted in the same volume at 167-78.

Devon, Louis, Here Is Grant, a Screenplay ([Philadelphia: n.p., 1941]). 42 numb. 1.

Devon, otherwise unidentified, was residing in Philadelphia at the time he submitted a mimeographed typescript of his screenplay to the Library of Congress as a copyright deposit. The script traces several events in Grant's career based on popular accounts and anecdotes. No film was ever produced from Devon's screenplay. Devon also wrote a biographical novel about John A. Rawlins, Aide to Glory (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1952]), 246 pp.

Dieck, Herman, ... The Most Complete and Authentic History of the Life and Public Services of General U. S. Grant, "The Napoleon of America" ... (Boston: Boyle Brothers, 1885). 815 pp., illus., maps, facsims.

Though he is described on the title page as "Colonel Herman Dieck, the Well-Known Author," no information has been found on his life or military service. Dieck's other known works are a biography of Grover Cleveland (1888) and a book on the Johnstown flood (1889).

Dieck's biography resembles several other hastily-concocted attempts to capitalize on the interest created by Grant's death and the forthcoming publication of his Memoirs. Useful features here are "Last Days of Grant" (13-16) by Grant's pastor, Rev. John P. Newman, and over two hundred pages of tributes and recollections of Grant drawn from newspapers and other contemporary sources.

Other editions:

1. Chicago and St. Louis: J. H. Chambers & Co.
2. Cincinnati: The W. E. Dibble Pub'g Co. 830 pp. Adds "Memories of Grant" (817-30) by George W. Childs (published separately as Recollections of General Grant).
3. Cleveland: Graves & Lews.
4. New York and St. Louis: n.d. Thompson Co., 1885.
5. Philadelphia: Hero Publishing Company; Chicago: B. F. Jones & Co.; St. Louis: M. S. Barnett & Co. [1885].
6. Philadelphia: Standard Publishing Co.
7. Philadelphia: Thayer, Merriam & Co. (Limited), 1885.
8. Pittsburgh: Home Publishing Co. [1885].
9. St. Louis: Dan. Linahan & Co.
10. Memorial edition, Philadelphia: Henry L. Warren, 1885.

[District of Columbia. Civil War Centennial Commission], Commemoration Ceremony Honoring General Ulysses S. Grant on the One Hundredth Anniversary of his Assumption of Command of the Union Armies (Washington: n.p., 1964). 10 pp., illus.

Dix, William Giles, A National Constitution the Only Road to National Peace: A Letter to the President of the United States, 19th-century Legal Treatises series; no. 27464 (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1875). 23 pp.

Dodge, Grenville M., Personal Recollections of President Abraham Lincoln, General Ulysses S. Grant and General William T. Sherman (Council Bluffs, Ia.: The Monarch Printing Company, 1914). 237 pp., illus.

Dodge (1831-1916) studied military and civil engineering and worked in surveying several railroads in the decade preceding the Civil War. He enlisted in the army from Iowa and was later promoted to the rank of major general of volunteers for his services as soldier and engineer. He remained active in railroading until the end of his life, and is best remembered today as the chief engineer (1866-70) of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Dodge's rambling narrative (33-129) describes his recollections of Grant through military and civil life, and provides a variety of personal material not available elsewhere. Some of Dodge's recollections were printed earlier in two articles: "Personal Recollections of General Grant and his Campaigns in the West," Journal of the Military Service Institute, XXXVI, 1 (Jan. 1905), 39-61, and "Some Characteristics of Gen. U. S. Grant," Annals of Iowa, X, 8 (Jan. 1913), 570-89.

Other editions:

1. Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1914.
2. Council Bluffs: Ia., n.p., 1915.
3. Denver: Sage Books [1965]. Offset reprint.

Dodt, Robert C., General Ulysses S. Grant: A Study in Generalship (Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 1986). 125 pp., maps.

Doehn, Rudolf, Die Administrationen der Präsidenten U. S. Grant und R. B. Hayes (Leipzig: Fr. Wilh. Grunow, 1881). 328 pp.

Professor Doehn (1821-95), author of other German works on American politics and government, prepared this study of the two administrations as the first (and only completed) volumes of his Beiträge zur Geschichte der Nordamerikanischen Union.

Dolliver, Jonathan P., Grant Memorial Services. Remarks ... in the House of Representatives, Saturday, May 19, 1900 (Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1900). 8 pp., paper.

Dolliver (1858-1910), born in [West] Virginia, moved to Iowa in 1878 and began the practice of law in Fort Dodge. He was elected to Congress in 1888, serving until he became a senator (1900-10).

Dolliver's speech, delivered on the occasion of the Congressional reception of the statue of Grant, concludes that a true monument to Grant, which he hopes will someday be built, "shall not bear aloft the figure of a man; it shall be the memorial of a nation, the statue of a people." (8) The address is reprinted from the Congressional Record, 56th Cong., 1st sess., 1900, 33, pt. 7: 5774-5776.

Donhardt, Gary L., On the Road to Memphis with General Ulysses S. Grant (Collierville, Tenn.: Donhardt and Daughters Publishers, 1998). 18 pp.

[Donnelly, Henry Grattan], The Coming Crown (Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros. & Co., [1880]). 16 pp., paper.

Donnelly (1850-1931) wrote other works of political satire and a novel, Darkest Russia (1896). This pamphlet, part of the literature against a third presidential term for Grant in 1880, purports to be a series of extracts from 1882 newspapers describing the activities of "His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor Ulysses I" (1). The crown of the title is a vignette of a crown with a large "G" as a center stone.

Douglas, J[ohn] H., Three Years in the Sanitary Commission, with Service in the Field, West, East and South, and Attendance for Nine Months Upon Gen. Grant (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 12 pp., paper.

Douglas (1824-92), a New York physician, edited and contributed to medical journals before and after the Civil War. During the war he headed the U.S. Sanitary Commission in the West, where he first met Grant; his various reports on the Commission's operations are an important part of the literature of the war.

Douglas concludes his brief account of his activities in the Sanitary Commission with a few paragraphs describing Grant's visit to his office on Oct. 22, 1884, and his diagnosis and treatment of Grant's throat cancer. At that time, as he mentions, Douglas had written and submitted for publication a book-length manuscript on Grant's sickness and death, but this was never printed. An annotated typescript of the "Records of the Last Days of the Magnanimous Soldier U. S. Grant" is now in the Douglas Papers in the Library of Congress, along with several notes written by Grant to Douglas; both were used by Horace Green, Douglas's nephew, in writing General Grant's Last Stand. Further information on Grant's last days is provided by Douglas's co-physician, George F. Shrady.

Douglass, Frederick, U. S. Grant and the Colored People. His Wise, Just, Practical, and Effective Friendship Thoroughly Vindicated by Incontestable Facts in His Record from 1862 to 1872. Words of Truth and Soberness! He Who Runs May Read and Understand!! Be Not Deceived, Only Truth Can Endure!!! ([Washington: n.p., 1872]). 8 pp.

Douglass (1817?-95) was an active figure in Grant's 1872 campaign for reelection, as presiding officer at a national convention of blacks held in New Orleans in April, as author of this pamphlet, and as a frequent public speaker. He later wrote (Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Co., 1881) that he had supported Grant "because he had done all, and would do all, he could to save not only the country from ruin but the emancipated class from oppression and ultimate destruction." (509)

Douglass, writing here "To the Colored People of the United States," traces Grant's record through the war and his first term and concludes by urging that his readers "rally, then, to his support with that resistless spirit in which you fought for your liberties" (8).

[Douglass Literary Association], Memorial Meeting, Douglass Literary Association of Gen. U. S. Grant (n.p.: n.p., [1885]). 13 pp., paper.

Features a speech given by W. J. Bowen.

Dowdey, Clifford, Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men Against Grant--1864 (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1960]). 415 pp., maps, bib. (pp. 379-400), index.

Dowdey (1904-1979), a native Virginian, has written several books on Confederate history as well as numerous novels and articles on other topics. He was appointed vice-chairman (1957-59) of the Virginia Civil War Centennial Commission in recognition of his writings on Lee, Virginia, and the Confederacy.

"As objectively as is possible for a Virginian," Dowdey writes, "I believe that Lee was the greatest soldier ever produced on the continent." (389) Grant, understandably, receives a less favorable portrayal as one who "emerged from a shabby obscurity as a no-holds-barred type of fighter" (49) "representing a new policy of total war" (267) whose victories resulted primarily from numerical superiority: "To Grant, the accretion of more numbers was similar to the acquisition of more money by a millionaire; to Lee, a potential of manpower was like paying off the mortgage." (227)

Doyle, Edward, Laying the Hero to Rest. A Poem (New York: The Uptown Visitor Company, c. 1897). 30 pp., paper.

Doyle (1854?- ), the author of numerous plays and poems, dedicated this blank verse account of the dedication of Grant's tomb to the officers and men of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Dramatic Entertainment Given by the Citizens of Tokio to General Grant: at the Shintomiza Theater, Meiji, 12th Year, 7th Month, 16th Day ([S.l.: s.n., R. Meiklejohn], 1879). 10 pp.

Droke, W[illard] B., Grant, the Logistician (n.p.: n.p., 1981). Various paging, maps.

DuBois, William E. B., Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1935).

Duffield, D. Bethune, Eulogy Pronounced Before the People of Detroit, on the Burial Day of Gen'l Ulysses S. Grant, August 8, 1885 (n.p.: n.p., 1885). Cover-title, 6 pp.

Duncan, Charles Bruce, History of Ulysses Simpson Grant in Clermont County ([Cincinnati]: n.p., 1972). 61 pp., illus.

Duncan, John H., Description of Competitive Design for the Grant Monument (n.p.: n.p., n.d.), 3 pp., paper.

[Duncan, R.?], The People's Edition of the Lives of the Candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States (Albany, New York: Ball & Martin, 1868), 46 pp., paper.

Duncan indicates in an introduction that he published the lives of the presidential and vice presidential candidates of both parties "believing that by so doing he will merit the thanks of the public [whose purchase of the booklet] may enable him to place the work in the hands of thousands of the poorer classes throughout the country, whose limited means prevent their access to the elaborately printed and high priced volumes." Brief non-partisan biographies of Grant (1-7), Colfax, Seymour, and Blair are printed on the top half of each page (the bottom portions are devoted to advertisements of Albany merchants).

Dunning, William A., Reconstruction: Political and Economic, 1865-1877 (New York: Harper and Row, 1907).

Dye, [John Smith], Life and Public Services of Gen. U. S. Grant, the Nation's Choice for President in 1868. By Deacon Dye (Philadelphia: Samuel Loag, 1868). 82 pp., paper.

Dye ( - ) had already written a biographical chapter on Grant (251-96) in his History of the Plots and Crimes of the Great Conspiracy to Overthrow Liberty in America (New York: Published by the Author, 1866), and enlarged upon much of the same material here. In a testimonial letter to the author Jesse Root Grant remarks that he was "struck with [Dye's] appreciation of his youthful and early development." (verso t. p.) Also included here are the proceedings of the Republican convention, Grant's letter accepting the nomination, and a brief biography of Colfax.

Other editions:

1. 91 pp. Additional pages cover the Democratic Convention. Tenth Edition.
2. Fifteenth Edition. No changes made.

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[Easton, Pennsylvania. Citizens], In Memoriam. [U. S. Grant] Saturday, August 8, 1885, Able Opera House. Easton, Penna. ([Easton, Pa.: Daily Express Print, 1885]). 8 pp., paper, illus.

A program of the observances in Easton on the day of Grant's funeral.

Eaton, John, Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen: Reminiscences of the Civil War with Special Reference to the Work for the Contrabands and Freedmen of the Mississippi Valley, Ethel Osgood Mason, Collaborator (New York, London, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907). 331 pp., illus., maps, facsims., index.

Minister and educator Eaton (1829-1906) entered the army as a chaplain in 1861 and was later selected by Grant to care for the freedmen flocking to the Union camps. Eaton's work served as an important precedent in the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865. He returned to education after the war, was appointed by Grant to head the Bureau of Education (1870-86), and was instrumental in developing the effectiveness of that organization. Mason provides a biographical sketch (ix-xxxiv) outlining Eaton's many contributions to American education.

Eaton's book is a valuable record of his activities in Grant's department, and of Grant's concern in caring for the newly-freed slaves, remarking at one point that "Grant was never too anxious, never too preoccupied with the great problems that beset him, to take a sincere and humane interest in the welfare of the most subordinate laborer dependent upon him." (44)

Another edition: New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Offset report.

Edgar, George P., comp., Gems of the Campaign of 1880 by Generals Grant and Garfield (Jersey City: The Lincoln Association, 1881). 88 pp.

Edgar compiled a number of speeches from the 1880 presidential campaign, including several made by Grant during Sept. and Oct. (13-28). The most important among these is probably the Sept. 28 speech at Warren, Ohio (13-17; printed separately as Gen. Grant's Reasons for Supporting Gen. Garfield. A Sharply-Drawn Contrast, and as General Grant's Speech, Why I am a Republican). Other speeches printed here were delivered in Jersey City (Oct. 21), and in Syracuse and Auburn, New York on Oct. 26.

Edmonds, Franklin Spencer, Ulysses S. Grant, American Crisis Biographies series (Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, 1915). 376 pp., illus., bib. (pp. 367-69), index.

Edmonds (1874-1925), a Philadelphia lawyer and tax expert, was active in Republican politics in his state and lectured on political science and law at Central High School in Philadelphia and at Swarthmore College. Among his other writings are a history of progress in education and several pamphlets and articles on law and taxation.

The book provides a brief account of Grant's life (particularly the war years) based upon secondary sources. Edmonds provides a good summary of Grant's career, though brevity necessitated certain generalizations and omissions. The text is supplemented by three documentary appendices: letters exchanged by Grant and Sherman during March 1864; Meade's orders to the Army of the Potomac of May 2, 1864; and the surrender correspondence of Grant and Lee from April 7-9, 1865.

Ehrlich, Everett M., Grant Speaks (New York: Warner Books, 2000). 404 pp., maps. Fiction.

Ellington, Charles G., The Trial of U. S. Grant: The Pacific Coast Years (Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark, 1987). 248 pp., illus.

Elliott, Arthur, The Dirge of a Dying Republic; Grant, the American von Moltke, the Comet and the Empire (n.p.: n.p., 1876). [26] pp. Cover title.

Elson, Henry W., The Story of a Great General: Ulysses S. Grant, New Century Series of Biographical, Historical and Classical Literature (Philadelphia: J. M. Stradling & Company, [1899]). 71 pp., illus.

Elson (1857-1954) resigned from the ministry to become a writer and lecturer on history. His Grant biography is one of several juvenile biographies he wrote through his long career, but he is particularly remembered as the author of several high school texts on American history. One of these, Modern Times, and the Living Past, first published in 1921, went through thirteen editions.

Elson's biography relies heavily upon anecdotal material in telling its didactic story of Grant's life.

Elting, John R., The Superstrategists: Great Captains, Theorists, and Fighting Men Who Have Shaped the History of Warfare (New York: Scribner's, 1985).

Enelow, Allen J., Historical Perspectives on Depression: Depression, Drinking and U.S. Grant (n.p.: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., 1979). 12 pp.

Engelhard, G[eorge] P., and Morey, C. F., eds., The Grant Reception Monograph. Comprising a Comprehensive Record of the Memorable Events of "Reception Week" in Chicago; Biographical Sketch of the Great Hero; Concise History of his Tour Around the Globe ... (Chicago: L. E. Adams, 1879). 121 pp., paper, illus.

Contains, following a brief biography and an outline of Grant's trip around the world, a lengthy text of the various ceremonies welcoming Grant to Chicago.

Another edition: Same, but omits editors names.

Engle, Stephen D., Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaign from Fort Henry to Corinth (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001). 264 pp., cloth.

Estabrook, Henry D., Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. An Address by Hon. Henry D. Estabrook, of Chicago, Ill., Before the Middlesex Club of Massachusetts, Hotel Brunswick, Boston, 26 April, 1902 ([Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, 1902]). 20 pp., paper.

Etholiad Arlwydlol 1872. Ffeithiau i'r Bobl. Grant a Greeley yn Caeleu Cydmaru--Safle H. G. ar y Tarif, ar Enciliaeth, a Banlawr Cincinnati, &c., &c., &c. ([Scranton, Pennsylvania: Argraffwyd yn Swyddfa "Baner America," 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

This rare publication on the "Presidential Campaign of 1872" offers a Welsh translation of various campaign materials dealing with Grant's and the Republican Party's policies in various areas.

Another edition: Etholiad Arlywydlol 1872. Grant vs. Greeley. Barn Greeley am ei Bleidwyr ac am Grant--Barn J. A. Dix, am Greeley, &c., &c. Minor changes.

Evans, Elmer Ellsworth, Ulysses Simpson Grant (Ironton, Mo.: n.p., 1928]). [12] pp., paper, illus.

[Evans, Thomas H.], Grand Programme and Souvenir of the Dedication of the Grant Monument, Riverside Park, New York City: April 27th, 1897 (Being the 75th Anniversary of the General's Birth): Profusely Illustrated with Portaits, Picture of Monument, Map of Line of March, Biographical Sketches, Lists of Committees, etc. (New York: Thomas H. Evans, 1897). [22] pp., illus., map, ports.

Ewing, Charles, Circular of the Catholic Commissioner for Indian Missions, to the Catholics of the United States (Baltimore: John Murphy and Company, 1874).

Ewing (1835-1883) resigned his army commission in 1867 to practice law in Washington.

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Fairbanks, Charles Warren, Ulysses S. Grant; Address of Charles W. Fairbanks, Banquet of the Grant Club, Des Moines, Iowa, April 27, 1907 (Indianapolis: L. G. Dynes Printing Co., 1907). 12 pp., paper.

Fairbanks (1852-1918), one of the last of the log cabin politicians, first made his mark as a railway attorney in Indianapolis. He rose to a position of prominence in state and national Republican politics, was twice elected U.S. Senator (serving 1897-1905), and became Theodore Roosevelt's Vice-President (1905-09).

[Fairmount Park Art Association. Philadelphia.], Ceremonies Incident to the Unveiling of the Bronze Equestrian Statue of General Ulysses S. Grant Erected in Fairmount Park by the Fairmount Park Art Association of Philadelphia, Grant Day, Thursday, April 27, 1899 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1899). 97 pp., paper, illus.

The Fairmount Park Art Association passed a resolution to build a monument to Grant four days after his death, but did not solicit designs from sculptors until 1892. Daniel Chester French submitted the winning design and, after further delays, completed the statue in 1898. The dedication services, of which this booklet is a record, were deferred until the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. The story of the planning and execution of the equestrian statue is in Michael Richman, "Ulysses S. Grant," Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze and Stone (New York: Walker Publishing Co., Inc., 1974), 188-95.

Also see Hampton L. Carson for one of the day's speeches.

Falkof, Lucille, Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (Ada, Okla.: Garrett Educational Corp., 1988). 124 pp., illus., Presidents of the United States Series.

Farman, Elbert E., Along the Nile with General Grant (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904). 339 pp., illus., index.

Farman (1831-1911), a lawyer, was appointed consul-general at Cairo, a position he held for eight eventful years during which he introduced Grant and Henry M. Stanley to the Khedive, served as one of the judges of the mixed tribunals (1881), and collected many Egyptian antiquities which are now in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Farman served as Grant's translator and guide on the famous voyage on the Nile. His record of that trip provided a theme for an illustrated travelogue and for recounting Grant's random conversations and recollections.

Another edition: Along the Nile: An Account of the Visit to Egypt of General Ulysses S. Grant and his Tour through that Country. New York: The Grafton Press [1908]. Second edition; no textual changes.

Farnsworth, John F., Speech of Gen. John F. Farnsworth, of Illinois. A Republican Member of Congress Abandons Grant. Unmitigated Corruption and Extravagance ([Washington: National Democratic Executive Resident Committee, 1872]). 7 pp., paper.

Farrar, [Frederick W.], Eulogy on General Grant Delivered at Westminster Abbey London, August 4th, 1885 by Canon Farrar (New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1885?]). 36 pp. Title on cover: "Canon Farrar's Eulogy on General Grant."

Farrar (1831-1903), born of missionary parents in India, studied at Cambridge, was ordained in 1857, and began a long career as educator, novelist, philologist, and religious writer (his Life of Christ, published in 1874, saw thirty editions during its author's lifetime). Farrar accepted the canonry at Westminster in 1876, but his broad views denied him further promotion until 1895. In 1885, Farrar spent four months lecturing and preaching in America.

England joined America in mourning Grant's death; Canon Farrar's eulogy is an eloquent tribute to Grant and a call for Anglo-American unity.

Farrar's eulogy was widely reprinted; following are some of these sources:

1. Social and Present Day Questions. Boston: Bradley and Woodruff, 1891. 244-53.
2. Modern Eloquence. Edited by Thomas B. Reed. Philadelphia: John D. Morris and Company, 1900. VIII: 464-72. (Placement varies in subsequent editions.)
3. Orations of British Orators. London, New York: Colonial Press, 1900. II: 283.
4. The World's Best Orations. Edited by David J. Brewer. St. Louis: Ferd P. Kaiser, 1900. V: 2128-2135.
5. Library of Oratory, Ancient and Modern. Edited by Chauncey M. Depew. New York: International Society, 1902. XII: 12.
6. Orations from Homer to William McKinley. Edited by Mayo W. Hazeltine. New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1902. XXII: 9404.

Feis, William B., Grant's Secret Service: The Intelligence War from Belmont to Appomattox (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002). 334 pp., illus., maps.

Fenton, R. A., The Life and Personal Memories of General U. S. Grant (Chicago: Elder Publishing Co., 1885). 281 pp., illus.

Fenton has not been identified, but it is doubtful that he was a colonel, as indicated on the title page, or "one who knew [Grant] in every department of his public and private life, and who marched with him to victory under the tattered banners of war." (5)

Fenton's work concentrates upon the funeral proceedings (182 on) and is extensively illustrated. Much of the material is drawn from the press and other sources; one feature of Fenton's book is Walt Whitman's "To. U. S. G." (137-57).

Another edition: 1886.

Fiske, A[sa] S[everance], Our Dead Hero. A Discourse by Rev. A. S. Fiske, Ithaca, N. Y. Sunday, July 26, 1885 ([Ithaca?: n.p., 1885?]). 13 pp., paper. Separate pamphlets bound together: Fiske, A. S., Our Dead Hero. A Discourse by Rev. A. S. Fiske. Ithaca N. Y. Sunday July 26, 1885; Lyman, P. W., The Career and Character of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. An Address Delivered by Rev. P. W. Lyman, in the Cong'l Church Belchertown ...; Woodworth, C. L., A Commemorative Discourse on the Work and Character of Ulysses Simpson Grant, Delivered before the Citizens of Watertown, Aug. 8, 1885; Wright, A. O., General Grant's Military Services; [--], Last Days of General Grant.

Fiske (1833-1925) believed that Grant would "live in history as long as the records of earth's present civilization survive." (13) He believed that Grant's life was an example of Christian simplicity and moral courage.

Fitz-Gerald, Christine Maloney, Julia Dent Grant, 1826-1902 (New York: Children's Press, 1998). 111 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Fleming, Alice [Mulcahey], General's Lady: The Life of Julia Grant (Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1971]). 155 pp., illus.

Fleming (1928- ) has written a number of books, particularly juvenile literature, on various topics. Her other biographical works include such diverse topics as Margaret Chase Smith, Ida Tarbell, and pioneer printers.

Fleming here offers the story of Julia Dent Grant to an older juvenile audience.

Fletcher, Dirk, St. Louis Jezebel (New York City: Leisure Books, 1983). 205 pp.

Pseudonym of Chet Cunningham (1928- ), author of westerns and other genre fiction.

Fong, Timothy A., Operational Leadership of Major General Ulysses S. Grant during the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863 (Newport, R. I.: Naval War College, 1998). 19 pp., bib. (pp. 18-19).

Foraker, Joseph B., "U. S. Grant." Speech of Hon. Joseph B. Foraker at the Dinner Given by the Americus Club, Pittsburgh, Pa., April 27, 1887 ([Pittsburg?: n.p., 1887]). 12 pp., paper.

Foraker (1846-1917) enlisted as a private in the Civil War at the age of sixteen, and retired at the end of the war with the rank of first lieutenant. He graduated from Cornell in 1869, and was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati in the same year. Foraker was active in state and national Republican politics, served in local offices, as Ohio's governor (1885-89) and as U.S. Senator (1897-1909).

Foraker's speech to fellow Republicans in Pittsburgh on the anniversary of Grant's birth equally praises the former president and Republican party policies.

For President, Ulysses S. Grant, of Illinois. For Vice President, William A. Buckingham, of Connecticut (Norwich, Conn.: Bulletin Office, 1868). 16 pp., paper, illus.

This publication, issued by Grant clubs in New Haven, Hartford, and Norwich, Connecticut, expresses support for Grant and advocates that Buckingham be chosen as his running mate. A brief biography of Grant (6-9) printed here was extracted from Harriet Beecher Stowes' then-unpublished Men of Our Times, or Leading Patriots of the Day (Hartford: Hartford Publishing Company, 1868), 111-51.

Fowler, C[harles] H., General Grant. Memorial Address ... Delivered at the Grant Memorial Services Held in the Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, Cal., August 8, 1885, by Special Direction of the Mayor and City Authorities (San Francisco: Methodist Book Depository, 1885). 32 pp., paper.

Methodist Episcopal minister Fowler (1837-1908) first achieved national attention in his nationwide speaking campaign to secure funds to rebuild churches destroyed by the Chicago fire. In subsequent years "Whirlwind" Fowler turned his organizational abilities to the presidency of Northwestern University (1872-76), to editing the New York Christian Advocate (1876-80), to extending operations through his travels around the world as secretary of the Missionary Society (1880-84), and, as bishop (after 1884), to heading every Methodist conference in the United States (1884-1908).

Fowler's eulogy, reprinted from the California Christian Advocate (Aug. 12, 1885), is a flowery tribute to Grant and sees his image as a unifying force for all Americans. The eulogy is reprinted in Fowler's Patriotic Orations (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1910), 113-86; selections are in Levi Longfellow.

Frassanito, William A., Grant and Lee: The Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865 (New York: Scribner's, 1983). 442 pp., illus.

Frost, Lawrence A., U. S. Grant Album: A Pictorial Biography of Ulysses S. Grant from Leather Clerk to the White House (Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1966). 192 pp., illus., facsims., bib. (pp. 188-89).

Frost assembled a fine array of photographs, drawings, and other illustrations of Grant, his battles, and his contemporaries.

Another edition: New York: Bonanza Books, 1966. Delbert Wenzlick.

Frost, Thomas Gold, The Man of Destiny (New York: The Gramercy Publishing Company, 1909). 312 pp., illus.

Frost (1866-1948) made his career primarily as a corporate attorney, though he successfully obtained a commutation of sentence for the first American woman sentenced to be hanged in Canada. He wrote several books on legal topics, and was a co-founder of the Camp Fire Girls of America.

The Man of Destiny is Frost's sole book of fiction. The book recounts the life and career of one Sam Burton, largely based on Grant's life through the end of the Civil War. Certain literary embellishments, such as Burton's wartime romance with a Southern lady, detract from Frost's many successful efforts at portraying Grant's character.

Fuller, J[ohn] F. C., General Grant: A Biography for Young Americans (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932). 309 pp., illus., maps.

Fuller, J[ohn] F. C., The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant (London: John Murray, 1929). 446 pp., illus., maps, notes, index.

Other editions:

1. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1929. 452 pp., illus., maps, notes.
2. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1958. 411 pp., maps, notes, index.
3. Civil War Centennial Series 2nd edition. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1960.
4. New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. 411 pp., illus., maps, notes, index.
5. Civil War Centennial Series, 2nd edition. Millwood, N.Y.,: Kraus Reprint Co., 1977. 411 pp., illus., bib. ref., index.
6. New York: Da Capo Press, 1991). 446 pp., illus., maps, bib. ref., index, paperback.

Fuller, J[ohn] F. C., Grant & Lee: A Study in Personality and Generalship (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1933]). 323 pp., illus., maps, notes, index.

Other editions:

1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.
2. Civil War Centennial Series. Bloomington, Ind. and London: Indiana University Press, 1957.
3. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1958.
4. Civil War Centennial Series. Bloomington,Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1969.
5. 1975.
6. 1982.
7. Stevenage: Spa, 1992.

Für Wen Soll Ich Stimmen? Für Grant und Colfax? Oder für Horatio Seymour und Frank Blair? (New York: Druck von G. B. Teubner, 1868). 28 pp., paper.

The German vote was courted in both of Grant's presidential campaigns, but most materials prepared to attract that vote were translations of pamphlets written in English (see Meyers, for example). "For Whom Shall I Vote?" was written specifically for a German-speaking audience. The first portion traces many developments in American political history, and later sections quote the German-language press, various political leaders, and other sources in an appeal to German-Americans (especially workers) to vote for Grant and Colfax.

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Gaines, Ann, Ulysses S. Grant: Our Eighteenth President (Chanhassen, Minn.: Child's World, 2002). 48 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Gage, Matilda Joslyn, Who Planned the Tennessee Campaign of 1862? or Anna Ella Carroll vs. Ulysses S. Grant: A Few Generally unknown Facts in Regard to Our Civil War ([Washington: n.p., 1880]). 16 pp., paper.

Gage (1826-1898), long active in seeking votes for women, wrote much of the protest of the National Woman's Suffrage Association to the Men of the United States and the Woman's Declaration of Rights for the nation's centennial celebration, and published (1878-81) the National Citizen, a paper devoted to woman's enfranchisement. The author of several books and pamphlets on women's rights, she collaborated with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton on The History of Woman Suffrage (3 vols., 1881-87).

This pamphlet, "Tract No. 1" published by Gage's National Citizen, argues that Carroll, through various recommendatiaons to the War Department, designed the plans that won Grant his victories in the West.

Garcon, A[ugustin], Quatre Hommes: Skobeleff, Brooke, Grant, Riel (Paris: Henri Charles-Lavauzelle, 1890). 75 pp.

Garland, Hamlin, Ulysses S. Grant: His Life and Character (New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898). 524 pp., illus., facsims.

Garland (1860-1940), remembered as the chronicler of the Middle Border, sought to imbue his many writings with the "veritism" he developed after the model of the literary realism of his idol, William Dean Howells. Prior to writing this biography Garland visited every town where Grant had lived and every battlefield upon which he had fought, "in order that I might secure the fullest understanding of my subject." (v)

Garland sought in this book to capture the character of Grant, "to present the man" (v) rather than catalogue his activities. During his travels to places where Grant had been Garland interviewed people who has known him; the book quotes from these recollections as well as from published works and from Grant's own correspondence and writings.

McClure's Magazine originally published the book in serial form, Dec. 1896 (VIII, 2) through May 1898 (XI, 1), and The Living Age borrowed from McClure's an extract on "Grant as a Cadet," XXCII, 2740 (Jan. 9, 1897), 143-44. Garland's account of writing the articles for McClure's is in his Roadside Meetings (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930), 302-17.

Grant figures importantly in the Civil War portions of Garland's novel, Trail-Makers of the Middle Border (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926), and he wrote a brief biographical introduction to excerpts from Grant's Memoirs for The Columbia University Course in Literature (New York: Columbia University Press, 1928), XVII: 595-608. Garland also wrote on Grant for Mentor, VIII, 10 (July 1, 1920): 1-11.

Another edition: The Macmillan Company, 1920.

Garnett, John J., comp. and ed., Sketch of the Life of General U. S. Grant. With the Programme of the Ceremonies of the Dedication of the Grant Monument in New York, April 27th, 1897 ... ([New York]: Garnett & Whiteman, [1897]). [66] pp., illus.

Gates, Merrill Edwards, Memorial Services at Bethlehem, N. H., on the Day of the Funeral of General Grant ([Bethlehem, New Hampshire?: n.p., 1885]). 8 pp., paper.

Gates (1848-1922), president of Rutgers College (1882-90) and of Amherst College (1890-99), devoted his later years to Indian affairs as member, secretary, and chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners and through private organizations.

Gates sees "the highest lesson Grant's career has taught the world" as his "obliteration of self, which is after all the highest mark of greatness." (7)

General Grant: His Life and Times. Being an Impartial Record of the Origin and Progress of the American Civil War. With Numerous Incidents and Scenes, Anecdotes and Episodes, Never Before Presented to the Public in a Similar Form (London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Adam & Co., [1879]). 119 pp., illus.

Grant's visit to England in the course of his world tour provided the occasion for printing this account of the Civil War and Grant's life. The book is most useful for its material on Grant in England (111-19) and, particularly, in Newcastle.

General Grant Abroad. A Complete Account of His Famous Trip Around the World. The Countries Visited by General Grant, the Attentions Shown Him, the Meetings with Distinguished Personages, Speeches, Comments and Conversations and Many Personal Anecdotes and Incidents of Travel (Chicago: Belfords, Clarke & Co., 1879). 296 pp., illus.

Any account of Grant's world tour must, of course, stand in the shadow of Young's Around the World with General Grant. But, as the public closely followed other press accounts of Grant's tour, so it read other accounts published after the Grants returned home. This anonymous version, though shorter than some of the others (see, for example, J. T. Headley or J. F. Packard), like them offers numerous illustrations and accounts of the places visited and, again like the others, owes a sizeable debt to Young's letters to the New York Herald.

Gen. Grant and the Presidency. A Letter to the Hon. E. B. Washburne of Illinois. ([New York: n.p., 1868]), 8 pp., paper.

The General Grant Memorial. Vicksburg, Miss., August 8th, 1885 (Vicksburg: Vicksburg Post Job Printing Company, 1885). 11 pp., paper.

General Grant's Reception at Chicago; Full Report of the Grand Re-union of the Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War, Held at Chicago, Nov. 12 to 15, 1879; Also, all the Speeches Made at the Grand Banquet of the Army of the Tennessee, Held at the Palmer House... (Chicago: Frank Roehr, 1879). 32 pp.

General Grant's Travels Around the World. An Accurate account of his Travels and Receptions in Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Holland ... with Some Account of the First Tour of the United States after the War (Chicago: Henderson, n.d.). 15 pp.

[Gerhardt, Karl], Original Bust of Gen'l U. S. Grant. By Karl Gerhardt, Sculptor. In Bronze and Terra Cotta (Hartford, Connecticut: Wm. N. Woodruff & Co., Proprietors; Philadelphia: W. Wayne Vogdes, [1885]). 14, [2] pp., paper, facsim.

Gerhardt (1853-1940) began his career as a machinist but was able to pursue his love of sculpting after 1880 when favorable attention was granted a bust of his wife and "A Startled Bather." He studied in Paris and later executed statues or busts of, among others, Mark Twain, Henry Ward Beecher, and Nathan Hale. Twain arranged for Gerhardt to do the life studies of the dying Grant on which the bust was based, and also arranged for his protegé to execute a death-mask of Grant (see Pitkin, The Captain Departs, pp. 32, 33, and 94, for an account of the controversy surrounding the death-mask).

This prospectus for the sale of Gerhardt's bust (available in terra cotta for five dollars or in bronze for fifty) quotes from favorable press reviews and testimonial letters, and includes a facsimile of a letter from Frederick Dent Grant calling the bust "an excellent likeness." (15)

Gibson, A[lbert] M., A Political Crime: The History of the Great Fraud (New York: William S. Gottsberger, Publisher, 1885). 402 pp.

Regarding the 1876 election.

Gill, McCune, Lee and Grant (St. Louis: Title Insurance Co. of St. Louis, n.d.). 8 pp., paper.

Emphasis on where Grant lived in the St. Louis area.

Gillette, William, Retreat from Reconstruction, 1869-1879 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979). 463 pp.

Goldhurst, Richard, Many Are the Hearts: The Agony and the Triumph of Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Reader's Digest Press, Distributed by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975). 297 pp., illus., maps, facsim., bib. (pp. 279-82), index.

Goldhurst, an instructor of Greek and Latin before he turned to journalism, has written several other books on various subjects and a television documentary on Lincoln.

Many Are the Hearts deals primarily with the last year of Grant's life, a period in which Goldhurst see "the short career of a once-great man dying and, in dying, becoming great again." (xix)

Goodrich, Arthur, Mr. Grant: A Play in Three Acts (New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1934). 184 pp.

Goodrich (1878-1941) was the author of several books and plays on fictional and historical topics.

Mr. Grant (the title was taken from Mrs. Grant's favorite name for her husband) begins with Grant's courtship of Julia and traces several dramatic events in his life and in their life together. Though probably the best play about Grant, it was never produced on the New York stage.

Gordon, John M., Tableau, No. 15, Containing a Letter to General U. S. Grant, President of the dis-United States. With a Christmas Box full of Fire Crackers for the Supreme Court, Senate and House of Representatives of the Rebel Government, at Washington, and a Xmas Vision of an Unchristian Warrior ([Norfolk, Va.?]: n.p., 1871). 16 pp., paper.

Gordon was the author of several political pamphlets that, like this Tableau, are strong condemnations of Reconstruction policies. In this piece Gordon "quotes" a letter from "Vindex" to Grant (1-15) vindicating the South and attacking the Grant administration.

Gorham, Geo[rge] C., The Grant & Wilson Campaign Speech ... Delivered at Platt's Hall, San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 2d, Under the Auspices of the Republican State Central Committee. (Reported Phonographically by Andrew J. Marsh.) ([San Francisco?: n.p., 1872?]). 16 pp., paper.

Gorham (1832-1909), a California politician and newspaper editor, served as secretary of the U.S. Senate (1868-79) and as editor of the National Republican (1880-84).

Gorham began by poking fun at the Democratic Party before proceeding to a more serious discussion of campaign issues.

Goss, Warren Lee, A Life of Grant for Boys and Girls (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1911]). 335 pp., illus.

Goss (1835-1925) was captured during the Civil War and held at Libby, Belle Isle, Andersonville, and other Southern prisons; his experiences as a prisoner provided material for several books and stories. His Recollections of a Private (1890) shows the enlisted man's view of the war, and The Boy's Life of General Sheridan (1913) describes the career of another great general.

The author's own experiences as a soldier tend to give his life of Grant an edge over other juvenile biographies. Still, as in other of his writings, Goss frequently gives more attention to the didactic message than to factual narration.

Goss, Warren Lee, Tom Clifton or Western Boys in Grant, and Sherman's Army, '61-'65 (New York, Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1892]). 427 pp., illus.

Goss wrote several novels with a Civil War setting, the best of which is probably Jed: A Boy's Adventures in the Army of '61-'65 (1895). Jack Alden (1895) describes a young man's experiences in the Virginia campaigns, a duty here performed for the West by Tom Clifton. These books all contain some interesting descriptions of army life but, as Goss professes in his preface to Tom Clifton, "This story has reason for its existence only as it teaches, illustrates, or emphasises some truth or moral."

[Grand Army of the Republic. Grant Centenary Committee], 1822-1922. Tributes to the Memory of General Ulysses S. Grant upon the centennial Anniversary of His Birth, April 27, 1922. Inspired by the Grand Army of the Republic ([n.p.: n.p., 1923]). 213 l., illus., facsims.

This handsome volume records the many celebrations held across the country in observance of the Grant centenary. The committee's secretary, Albert E. Sholes, compiled documents, letters portraits, press clippings, facsimiles, and other materials, had the material mounted on linen-reinforced paper and bound in full black russia leather. The centenary volume was presented to the President in 1924 and is now in the Library of Congress.

[Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Illinois. Ulysses S. Grant Post, no. 28], Souvenir of the Unveiling, Presentation and Dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument Erected in Memory of Comrades of Ulysses S. Grant Post, no. 28, Department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, at Elmwood Cemetery, Chicago, Sunday, June 28, 1903 (Chicago: n.p., 1903). 128 pp.

Published materials from local G.A.R. posts document receptions given Grant, memorial services, Memorial Day observances held at his tomb under the sponsorship of the U.S. Grant Post of Brooklyn, and proceedings on the centenary of his birth. For convenience these materials are listed by the sponsoring department and post.

1. Dept. of Conn. Sedgwick Post, No. 1. Services in Memoriam, Comrade U. S. Grant, at Broadway Church, Norwich, Conn., August 8, 1885. n.p. [1885]. 4 pp., paper. Program.
2. Dept. of Mass. Collingwood Post, No. 76. Memorial Services at the Obsequies of General U. S. Grant, August 8th, 1886, Held by Collingwood Post, No. 76, G. A. R., at Plymouth, Mass. n.p. [1886]. 35 pp., paper.
3. Dept. of N. Y. Harry Lee Post, No. 21. Reception Tendered to General U. S. Grant ... Monday Evening, January 24, 1881, at the Reformed Church, Cor. Bedford Avenue and Clymer Street, Brooklyn, E. D. A Complete Report of the Proceedings at the Residence of Joseph F. Knapp, Esq., on the Same Evening, Subsequent to the Entertainment at the Church. New York: J. K. Lees, 1881. 32 pp., paper. Grant spent only a few minutes at the reception since, as he admitted in his brief statement (23), he had accidentally accepted two other engagements for the same evening.
4. Dept. of N. Y. U.S. Grant Post, No. 327. Until its dissolution this post held annual services at Grant's tomb; programs, usually titled Memorial Service at Riverside Park or Memorial Day at the Tomb of General U. S. Grant, have been located for the following years: 1886, 1888, 1895, 1896, 1901, 1912, 1922, 1923, and 1925. All of these are simply programs for the proceedings except for the 1895 observance: Memorial Day at the Tomb of General U. S. Grant, Riverside Park. Oration by William McKinley, Governor of Ohio. [New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1895]. 31 pp., paper illus. McKinley's address on "Service and Sacrifice" is printed in full (9-25). Separately printed addresses for other years are: John S. Wise (1891) and Richard Yates (1920).
   The post also held a number of banquets in observance of Grant's birthday. Birthday Banquet by U. S. Grant Post ... Monday Evening, April 28th, 1890 (New York: George J. Collins & Co., 1890), 43 pp., paper, illus., contains a program and the texts of speeches by Horace Porter, Oliver O. Howard, H. W. Slocum, and other military and political figures.
   Birthday banquets for which printed programs and menus have been found are from 1914 and 1916.
   This post also held a service in observance of Grant's death. Memorial Service Commemorative of the Late Gen. U. S. Grant, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music: ... on Tuesday Evening, Sept. 29th, 1885 ([New York: The Post], 1885). 5 pp.
5. Dept. of Ore. Office of the Patriotic Instructor. [One Hundredth Birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant. Salem: Office of the Patriotic Instructor, G. A. R., Department of Oregon, 1922.] [4] pp., paper. Suggestions for observance.
6. Dept. of Penn. George G. Meade Post, No. 1. General Ulysses S. Grant and the Grand Army of the Republic. [Philadelphia?: n.p., 1903?]. [23] pp., paper, illus. Records Grant's membership in the post.
   The same post published Centenary Birthday: General U. S. Grant (1922). 8 pp., paper, illus., a souvenir booklet from a banquet.
7. Dept. of the Potomac. Program of Exercises Attending the Dedication of the Memorial to General Ulysses S. Grant: The Mall and First Street, Washington, April 27, 1922 (Washington: Government Printing Office, [1922]). 8 pp., paper, illus.
8. Dept. of R. I. Grant Memorial Services, in Providence, R. I., August 8, 1885. Providence: E. L. Freeman & Son, 1888. 48 pp., paper. Records official state observances and contains the texts of several addresses. Another publication: Memorial Service in Honor of Ulysses S. Grant: Music Hall, Saturday, August Eighth, 1885, 11 o'clock A.M. (Providence: R.I. Printing Company, 1885). 3 pp.
9. Dept. of R. I. Tower Post, No. 17. General U. S. Grant. Memorial Services Held in Pawtucket, R. I., on the Day of Gen. Grant's Funeral, Aug. 8, 1885. Pawtucket: Tower Post, No. 17, G. A. R., 1885. 36 pp., paper, illus. Contains a record of the proceedings and addresses by several citizens.
10. Dept. of R. I. Slocum Post, No. 10. Memorial Offering ... In Grateful and Devout Commemoration of our Deceased Comrade General Ulysses Simpson Grant, Born April 27, 1822, Died, July 23, 1885. [Providence: Rhode Island Printing Company, 1885]. [21] pp., paper. Contains a record of services held in a local church on Aug. 2.
11. Dept. of Tenn. In Memoriam, Gen. U. S. Grant. General Order No. 5. Nashville, Tenn. July 29, 1885. [add info. on publisher]. 3 pp., paper. [Describe].

[Grand Army of the Republic. Philadelphia], ... Campfire in Honor of Comrade U. S. Grant (n.p.: 1879). 4 pp., paper.

Grant, Arthur Hastings, The Grant Family, a Genealogical History of the Descendants of Matthew Grant of Windsor, Conn. 1601-1898 (Poughkeepsie, New York: Press of A. V. Haight, 1898). 578 pp., illus., maps, facsims.

Matthew Grant, born in 1601, brought his family to Boston in 1630, moved to Windsor, Connecticut in 1635, and founded the large clan whose genealogy is listed here. His descendent, Arthur (1865-?), a writer on municipal administration and an active participant in the family association, provides an accurate record of the family, and is a good source for information on Ulysses Grant's ancestors.

The book was continued in two volumes of the bimonthly Grant Family Magazine (Feb. 1900-Dec. 1901), 579-809. Information on the family line that produced the most famous Grant can be found in Edward Chauncey Marshall and in H. E. Robinson. Also see Frank Grant.

Partially available online at http://www.lib.siu.edu/projects/usgrant/ahg-genea.html.

Grant, Arthur Vernon, Unity of Command: The Command Relationship Between Generals Grant and Meade in the Campaigns of 1864-65 (Houston: Rice University, 1974).

Grant, Frank, ed., Report of the Eighth Reunion of the Grant Family Association and the Dedication of a Memorial to Matthew and Priscilla Grant, at Windsor, Connecticut June 3rd, 1931 (Westfield, Mass.: The Association, 1931). 26 pp., paper.

Grant, Frank, ed., Report of the Reunion of the Grant Family Association at the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Ulysses Simpson Grant in Washington, D. C., April 27, 1922 and of the Exercises at New York City and Point Pleasant, Ohio (Westfield, Mass.: [Frank Grant], 1922). 46 pp., paper, illus.

The Grant Family Association, composed of descendents of Matthew Grant (see Arthur Hastings Grant), held eight reunions from 1899 through 1931. The first three of these records were edited by Arthur; Frank (1850-?) took over his duties for subsequent issues and later wrote a brief history of The Grant Family, 1601-1931.

The family observed the centenary of the birth of its most illustrious member in conjunction with the dedication of the Grant statue in Washington. Frank Grant also included in this record of the day an account of the proceedings in Point Pleasant (including the text of President Harding's address there) and in New York City, where Marshal Joffre participated in the observances at Grant's Tomb.

Grant, Frank, and Elihu Grant, eds., Report of the Sixth Reunion of the Grant Family Association at The Brevoort House, Manhattan New York City February 27, 1914 (Westfield, Mass.: n.p., 1914). 36 pp. Illus.

Grant, Frederick Dent, Extracts from an Address by Major General Frederick D. Grant Delivered at the Lincoln Memorial Dinner of the Cbicago [sic] Advertising Association February 8th, 1909 (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 4 pp.

Grant, Jesse R., In the Days of My Father, General Grant, Henry Francis Granger, collaborator (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1925). 329 pp., illus.

Grant, Julia Dent, The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant [Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant], John Y. Simon, ed., notes and foreword. Bruce Catton, intro. Ralph G. Newman, "The First Lady as Author." (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1975]). 346 pp., illus., notes, index.

Grant, Matthew G., Ulysses S. Grant: General and President, War Heroes of America, Gallery of Great Americans Series ([Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Education, 1974]). 31 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Matthew Grant has written nearly thirty biographies of famous Americans for Creative Education. This book, written for very young readers, concisely summarizes Grant's life and features many illustrations by John Nelson.

Another edition: n.p.: Childrens Press, 1976.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], The Case Summed up in Seven Minutes, by Gen. U. S. Grant, at Warren Ohio, September 28th, 1880 (New York: n.p., 1880). 4 pp. "There is not a precinct in this vast Nation where a Democrat cannot cast his ballot and have it counted as cast ... There are fourteen States, and localities in some other States where Republicans have not this privilege ..."

Another edition: Le Général U. S. Grant Résume La Question en Sept Minutes, Dans un discours prononcé à Warren (etat de l'Ohio), le 28 Septembre, 1880. no publication info.

Grant, Ulysses S., For President, Ulysses S. Grant. For Vice-President, Henry Wilson (Jackson: printed at Pilot Steam Book and Job Office, 1872). 96 pp.

Grant, Ulysses. S., General Grant's Letters to a Friend, 1861-1880, ed. James Grant Wilson (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1897). 132 pp., illus.

Letters to Elihu B. Washburne. Another edition: [New York: AMS Press, 1973].

Grant, Ulysses S., General Grant's Speech, Why I Am a Republican, at Warren, Ohio, September 28th, 1880 (Chicago: Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1880). 4 pp., paper.

Grant, Ulysses S., General Grant's Unpublished Correspondence in the Case of Gen. Fitz-John Porter ([New York: Martin B. Brown, 1884]). 22 pp., paper.

Another edition: [n.p.: n.p., 1884?]. 20 pp.

Grant, Ulysses S., Gen. Grant's Reasons for Supporting Gen. Garfield. A Sharply-Drawn Contrast. Speech at Warren, O., Sept. 28, 1880 ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1880]). 2 pp., paper.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], Grant and Schurz on the South. Letter of General Grant Concerning Affairs at the South, and Extracts from a Report by Carl Schurz Submitted to President Andrew Johnson, and by Him Communicated to Congress, December 19, 1865 ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], Grant's Civil War: Selected and Edited from His Personal Memoirs, Earl Schenck Miers, ed., The Collier Books Civil War Classics series (New York: Collier Books, [1962]). 480 pp., paper.

Grant, Ulysses S., Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, March 4, 1869 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1869). 5 pp.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], Jahres-Botschaft des Praesidenten U. S. Grant und Jahres-Bericht des Finanzministers B. H. Bristow, dem Vereinigten Staaten Congress eingereicht am Dienstag, den 7. December 1875 (New York: Expedition Der "New Yorker Handels-Zeitung," 1875). 32 pp., paper. German translation of Grant's 1875 State of the Union Address.

Grant, Ulysses S., Let Us Have Peace: Letter From General Ulysses S. Grant, Accepting the Nomination for the Presidency of the United States (n.p.: n.p., 1868). 16 pp.

Grant, Ulysses S., Memoirs and Selected Letters: Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (New York: Library of America, 1990). 2 v. in 1, illus.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], Memorial Day Message from General Ulysses Simpson Grant (n.p., [1922]). 3 pp., paper, illus, facsim.

Facsimile of a letter of May 8, 1880, to Capt. Fenwick Y. Hedley, printed for Memorial Day 1922.

Grant, U[lysses] S., Memoiren Des Generals U. S. Grant, H. von Wobeser, trans. (Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1886). 2 vol., 524, 608 pp., paper, illus., maps, facsims., index.

Grant, Ulysses S., Mensaje del Presidente Grant al Congresso.

Grant, Ulysses S., Mensaje del Presidente Grant sobre el Tratado Dominicano.

Grant, Ulysses S., Message from the President of the United States, Communicating in Compliance with a Senate Resolution of February 3, 1875, Information in Relation to Affairs in Arkansas (n.p.: n.p., 1875). 149 pp.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], Mr. Lincoln's General: U. S. Grant, An Illustrated Autobiography, Roy Meredith, ed. and arr. (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1959). 252 pp., illus., maps, index.

Another edition: New York: Bonanza Books, 1981.

Grant, Ulysses S., Official Report of Lieut-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: Embracing a History of the Operation of the Armies of the Union from March, 1862, to the Closing Scene of the Rebellion: Complete (New York: Beadle and Co., 1866). Citizen's edition, Dime Series, [5], 8-87, [5] pp.

Grant, U[lysses] S., Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86). 2 vol., 584, 647 pp., illus., maps, facsims., index.

Available online at http://home.nycap.rr.com/history/grant.html.

Portions reprinted in serialized format in The Washington Post, June 16, 1912-Dec. 8, 1912.

Other editions:

1. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. v. p., illus., facsims. Agents' copy, single vol. Contains sample pages from vol. 1 and vol. 2. Contains prospectus and instructions to agents for selling. Only illus. here are those facing t. p., but tipped-in sheets indicate placement of some illus. and facsims. Bound in green cloth, spines of other bindings pasted to front and back boards for illustration. Contains blanks for subscribers' names.
2. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885-86. 2 vol., 584, 647 pp., illus., maps, facsims., index.
3. Montreal: Dawson Brothers, 1886.
4. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1892.
5. 1894. 666 pp., illus., maps, facsims.
6. New York: The Century Co., 1895. 2 vol., 525, 517 pp., illus., maps, facsims., notes, index.
7. 1903. 2 vol., 1042 pp., illus., maps, facsims.
8. 1909. 2 vol., 525, 517 pp., illus., maps, facsims., index.
9. 1917.
10. E. B. Long, ed., notes, and intro., Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1952]. 608 pp., illus., maps, facsim., notes, index.
11. The Universal Library series. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. 608 pp., maps, notes, index.
12. New York: Bonanza Books, 1970. 2 vol. in 1, 647 pp., illus.
13. [New York: AMS Press, Inc., 1972]. 666 pp., illus., maps, facsisms. Offset reprint of 1894 Webster 1 vol. ed.
14. Edited with notes by E. B. Long, New York: Da Capo Press, [1982].
15. Collector's edition, Library of the Presidents series, Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 1989. 608 pp., maps, bib., notes.
16. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1992. 2 vol. in 1, 666 pp., maps.
17. New York: Smithmark, 1994. 2 vol. in 1, 666 pp., illus., maps.
18. New York: Crescent Books, 1995. 192 pp., illus., maps, ports.
19. New York: Dover Publications, 1995. 514 pp., illus., maps, index. With added photographs.
20. ... A Modern Abridgment, Philip Van Doren Stern, intro., Premier Civil War Classics series, Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1962]. 464 pp., maps, facsim., index.
21. Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1969.
22. ... A Facsimile of the Original Edition, New York: Bonanza Books, [1974].
23. ... Complite [!] in Four Volumes, Tokyo: Tamai, n.d. 4 v. in 2 (242 pp.), The English Literature Library, no. 1.
24. Edited with notes by E. B. Long, New York: Da Capo Press, 2001.
25. The Civil War Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Brian Thomsen, ed., New York: Forge, 2002. 524 pp., abridged.

Grant, Ulysses S., Photographs of Letters Sent to Dr. John H. Douglas, 1885 (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 5 items.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], President Grant. His Official Record as a Statesman. Extracts from His Annual Messages (Washington: Republican Congressional Committee, n.d.). 12 pp., paper.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], Public Speeches of Hiram Ulysses Grant (complete) (Troy: n.p., 1868). 80 pp.

[Grant, Ulysses S.], Rapport Officiel du Lieutenant-Général Grant a L'honorable E. M. Stanton, Secrétaire de la Guerre. Quartier Générale des Armées des États-Unis, Washington, District de Colombie, 22 Juillet 1865 (Paris: Librairie Militaire, Maritime et Polytechnique, 1866). 181 pp.

Grant, U[lysses] S., Report of Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, of the Armies of the United States--1864-'65 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865). 77 pp., paper, illus.

Grant, Ulysses S., Speeches of General U. S. Grant, Republican Candidate for Eighteenth President of the United States, Being Extracts from Speeches, Letters, Orders, Military and State Papers (Washington: Union Republican Congressional Executive Committee, printed by Gibson Brothers, 1868). 16 pp., paper.

Grant, Ulysses S., Speeches on Great National Topics. Published Not By the Authority of the National Republican Executive Committee (n.p.: n.p., [1872]). 8 pp.

A miniature (two inches tall) campaign document containing a compilation of some of Grant's most banal speeches.

Grant, Ulysses S., Ulysses S. Grant's Letter to the Workmen of Lamson & Goodnow Manufacturing Company, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, Dated November 17, 1869 ([Shelburne Falls, Mass.: Lamson & Goodnow Mfg. Co., 1962]). [6] pp., illus., facsim.

Grant, Ulysses S., 3rd, Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior and Statesman (New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1969). 480 pp., illus., maps, bib. (pp. 459-66), index.

Grant, Ulysses S., 3rd, Washington, A Planned City in Evolution: An Address by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, 3rd, Chairman National Capital Park and Planning Commission, at a Meeting of the Joint Committee on the National Capital, February 18, 1944 (Washington: n.p., 1944). 20 pp., illus.

Grant Album (New York: Adolph Wittemann, 1885). [12, 8, 4] pp., illus.

This album contains twelve fold-out engravings by Louis Glaser of scenes from Grant's life accompanied by a brief biography and four pages of advertising. The back cover was evidently designed to be stamped with promotional material, though this copy contains none.

Another edition: Identical, but stamped "Compliments of Jean Tack," a watchmaker and jeweler in Newark, New Jersey.

Grant and Colfax Almanac (Philadelphia: King & Baird, n.d.). Serial.

The Grant and Colfax Campaign Songster (Cincinnati: C. F. Vent & Co.; Chicago: J. S. Goodman & Co., 1868). 64 pp., paper.

This booklet contains the lyrics for thirty-two songs written to be sung to various popular tunes.

The Grant and Colfax Republican Songster. Containing Campaign Songs, Ballads and Choruses, Adapted to the Most Popular and Stirring Tunes. This Work also Contains the Great Original Song of "General Boum of the C. S. A." Adapted to the Immensely Popular Air of Captain Jinks, of the Horse Marines, and the Already much Liked "Tanners' Chorus," Espressly Arranged--for this Book--to the Famous Tune of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!" (New York: Robert M. De Witt, 1868). 96 pp., paper.

In addition to many Grant songs, this book contains the lyrics for several popular war songs.

The Grant and Colfax Songster: Comprising a Choice Selection of New and Popular Songs and Ballads for the Campaign, Beadle's Dime Series (New York: Beadle and Company, [1868]). 64 pp., paper.

This book in the popular Beadle's series of dime and half-dime song books bears the cover title Songs for the Hour! The Grant and Colfax Spread-Eagler Songster. The Songster contains lyrics for both campaign songs and several popular wartime songs.

Grant and His Generals: Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Lieut.-General Grant and His Generals and Illustrious Military Officers: Together with the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Naval Heroes, Statesmen and Civilians: the Whole Alternately Interspersed with Business Cards and Advertisements (New York: Durand, 1865). 486 pp.

Grant and Wilson! Up with the people! Down with demagogues! Citizens, rally! Your rights are invaded by a self constituted conclave that yourselves have brought into existence!... (Montgomery, Ala.: McKay printer, [1872]).

Grant and Wilson Campaign Songster (San Francisco: Frank Eastman, 1872). 34 pp., paper.

This song book, one of only two located from Grant's campaign for reelection, is unique among Grant songsters in listing the names of the authors.

The Grant & Wilson Campaign Songster, Containing a Large Collection of the Popular Songs as Sung by Leading Republican Glee Clubs (New York and Baltimore: Fishers & Denison, [1872]). 61 pp., paper.

This songster includes a brief biography of Wilson, but omits one for Grant since his life "is too well known to require recapitulation." ([3]).

[Grant Banquet Association. New York], [Souvenir of the Banquet] ([New York: n.p., 1895]). [37 l.]

A souvenir consisting of thirty-four letters from Governors, praising Grant, reproduced in facsimile.

[Grant Birthday Association of New York], Grant Birthday Association Banquet: April 27th, 1901 ([New York: n.p., 1901]). [12] pp., paper, illus., facsims.

[Grant Birthday Association of New York], Proceedings on the Occasion of the Banquet to Celebrate the Anniversary of the Birth of General U. S. Grant, at Delmonico's, Friday, April 27th, 1888, Half-Past Seven P. M. (New York: C. G. Crawford, 1889). 59 pp., paper, illus.

Grant Calendar, 1886 ([n.p.: n.p., 1885]). [365] pp.

This unique book, found in DLC's Rare Book Division, lacks the original binding and title pages (if there was one), and now bears only the binder's title as given above. For each day of the year (printed in typical desk calendar format) is listed some event from Grant's life (usually from the Civil War) and a quotation from his correspondence of an anecdote about Grant drawn from various sources.

Grant Campaign Songster, 1868 ([Providence, Rhode Island: n.p., 1868]). [4] pp., paper.

Boyce's, a Providence dry goods store, evidently printed the four campaign songs found here as a promotional giveaway.

The Grant Campaign Songster. Containing all the Most Popular Original Songs, Ballads and Recitations that Will be most Sung During this Presidential Campaign, Adapted to Very Popular and well-Known Airs and Choruses (New York: Robert M. De Witt, [1868]). 71 pp., paper.

De Witt, also the publisher of the previously-listed The Grant and Colfax Republican Songster, prints even more songs here.

Grant in the Old State Capitol (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library [and] Illinois State Historical Society, 1972). 1 sheet. On verso: facsimile of receipt, signed by Grant, for money received from Treasurer of State of Illinois for services as aid to governor.

[Grant Memorial Commission], Program of the Exercises Attending the Dedication of the Memorial to General Ulysses S. Grant The Mall and First Street Washington April 27, 1922.

A souvenir pamphlet, giving the order of the exercises, the names of the members of the commission and the participants in the parade, illustrated with photographs.

Grant Memorial Edition, The [New York] Sunday World Magazine, April 25, 1897.

Grant Memorial Meeting, Skinner Opera House, Little Falls, N.Y., August 4th, 1885 (Little Falls, N.Y.: Stebbins & Co., Printers, [1885]). 15 pp.

Grant Memorial University. Athens, Tenn., Celebration of the Sixty-Fourth Anniversary of the Birth of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (Washington: R. O. Polkinhorn, 1886). 49 pp., paper.

[Grant Monument Association], A Guide to the Grant Monument 122nd Street & Riverside Drive ([New York]: n.p., n.d.). 21 pp., illus.

[Grant Monument Association], Handbook of the Grant Monument Association: Charter and By-Laws, List of Officers and Trustees, Plans Adopted for the Completion of the Monument (New York: n.p., 1929). 56 pp., illus.

[Grant Monument Association], Official Programme of the Exercises at the Dedication of the Monument and Tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant Under the Direction of the Municipal Grant Monument Committee (New York: Fless & Ridge Printing Co., 1897). 18 pp., paper, illus., facsim.

[Grant Monument Association], Grant Monument Association Annual Report: 1937 (New York: Office of the Secretary [Grant Monument Association, 1938?]). [7] pp., paper.

Grant Monument Association of Missouri, Dedication of the Grant Monument at St. Louis, Mo., October 20th, 1888 (St. Louis: R. P. Studley & Co., 1888). 23 pp., paper.

The program contains the order of exercises and the dedication speech by John W. Noble.

The Grant Monument and Trees in Ueno Park (Tokyo: Japan Advertiser Press, n.d.). 11 pp., paper, illus.

Grant Network Newsletter (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.: Ulysses S. Grant Network, 1995- ).

Grant or Greeley--Which? Facts and Arguments for the Consideration of the Colored Citizens of the United States: Being Extracts from Letters, Speeches, and Editorials by Colored Men and Their Best Friends. Sumner's Mistake, Greeley's Surrender, and Grant's Faithfulness ... ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]. 8 pp., paper.

This campaign pamphlet contains excerpts from various speeches and letters by William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass (printed in full separately), and others on issues of interest to blacks.

The Grant Reception Monograph. Comprising a Comprehensive Record of the Memorable Events of "Reception Week" in Chicago; Biographical Sketch of the Great Hero; Concise History of His Tour Around the Globe ... (Chicago: L. E. Adams, 1879). 121 pp., paper, illus.

Grant's Amnesty Record. Being a Review of His Treatment of the Vanquished Confederates, His Intercession in Behalf of General Lee and Others, and His Strong Appeals for Amnesty, with a Paragraph from A. H. Stephens' Book ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

This pamphlet cites several specific examples to show how Grant's policy "on all occasions has been to foster and encourage the growth of peaceful relations between the two sections so recently arrayed in war against each other." (7)

Grant's Home State Memorial ([Springfield, Ill.]: Dept. of Conservation, Division of Parks and Memorials, 1973). 4 pp., illus., map.

The Grant Songster (New York: Haney & Co., [1867]). 63 pp., paper.

The popularity of Grant campaign songbooks, if not evident from the number of titles, is further proven by a publisher's warning here (vi) that most of the contents is protected by copyright.

The Grant Songster. A Collection of Campaign Songs, for 1868 (Chicago: Root & Cady, [1868]). 43 pp.

Root and Cady's songster is unique in providing music for a few of the songs--in other books the songs are usually "to the tune of ..."

[Grant Statue or Memorial Commission], Programme of Competition for the Grant Statue or Memorial, Washington, D. C. Models to be Submitted Between March 1st and April 1st, 1902 ([Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901]). 8 pp., paper, map.

The Grant & Wilson Campaign Songster, Containing a Large Collection of the Popular Songs as Sung by Leading Republican Glee Clubs (New York and Baltimore: Fisher & Denison, [1872]). 61 pp., paper.

Graybill, James Edward, Address of James Edward Graybill Delivered at General Grant's Tomb, Memorial Day, 1905, Under Auspices of U.S. Grant Post No. 327, G.A.R. ([New York: U.S. Grant Post No. 327, 1905]). 12 pp.

The Great American Empire; or, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Emperor of North America. By an American Citizen (St. Louis: W. S. Bryan, 1879). 172 pp., illus.

This unusual book is one of the more elaborate contributions to the movement against Grant's renomination in 1880. The author warns that Grant, while on his world tour, plotted with the rulers of England, Germany, Austria, and Russia to secure their assistance in his plan to, once elected, never relinquish the reins of government. After that, according to the author, Grant planned to establish an empire in America with himself as emperor.

Great Personalities: Four as Reported in The New York Times (Sanford, N. C.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1982). 40 microfiches: illus., maps, program guide.

The Great Ovation to Gen. Grant: How His Friends and Neighbors Received Him ([Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Tribune, 1865). 2 l.

Green, Horace, General Grant's Last Stand: A Biography (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: Charles Scribner's Sons Ltd., 1936). 334 pp., illus., maps, facsims., index.

Green (1885-1943) was sent to Belgium as war correspondent for the New York Evening Post in 1914, captured by a Uhlan patrol, and sent to the German interior. His escape and return to the Western lines are described in The Log of a Non-Combatant (1915). Green returned to the war as a correspondent and, after the American entry, as an officer in the air reserve. After the war he engaged in writing and publishing.

Green found the material for his book through fortunate circumstances: his great-uncle, John H. Douglas (see), had been one of Grant's physicians and had kept the notes Grant wrote him. Green first presented some of these notes in an article for Harper's, 170 (April 1935), 533-540. For this book Green tried to trace what passed through Grant's mind as he recalled his life in writing the Memoirs. Though much of the book is marred by Green's errors of fact, it has much value in presenting many of the 120 notes Grant wrote to Douglas.

Green, Horace, Triumph: Grant's Final Victory. A Play. (New York: George W. Stewart Publisher, Inc., [1941]). 129 pp.

The Douglas notes and the drama of Grant's dying days furnished Green excellent material for this play.

Green, Wharton J., General Grant. "Gratitude is the Curse of Republics." Speech of Hon. Wharton J. Green, of North Carolina, in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, March 3, 1885 (Washington: n.p., 1885). 8 pp., paper.

Green (1831-1910), a lawyer in Washington, D.C., before the Civil War, served as a Confederate officer until his wounding and capture at Gettysburg. He retired to his North Carolina farm and vineyards after the war, but was active in Democratic politics and served two years in the U.S. House of Representatives.

During the House debate on a pension for Grant, Green entered his opposition to such because he opposed "general service pensions," and "there is nothing like a fat pension-roll to make a lean Treasury." Green's address was reprinted from the Congressional Record, 48th Con., 2nd sess., 1885, 16, 3 (appendix): 134-35.

Gregson, Susan R., Ulysses S. Grant (Mankato, Minn.: Bridgestone Books, 2002). 48 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Grimsley, Mark, And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002). 283 pp., cloth.

Guild, Curtis, Jr., The Grand Army and Its General: Address by His Excellency Curtis Guild, Jr., Governor of Massachussetts, at Grant's Tomb, New York City, on Memorial Day, 1907 (n.p.: n.p., [1907]). 12 pp.

Guranto shogun to no go-taiwa hikki (Notes of His Majesty's Interview with General Grant) (Tokyo: Kokumin Seishin Bunka Kenkyujo, 1937). (Tokyo: Honpo Shoseki, 1980). 138 pp., Ryukyu shozoku mondai kankei shiryo series, reprint of original.

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Hageman, [Samuel] Miller, Grant. Delivered by the Rev. Miller Hageman, Before the Grant Birthday Association of New York. At the Annual Banquet, April 27, 1889 ([Brooklyn: The Author, 1890]). 23 pp.

Hageman (1848-1905) wrote a few books on religious topics and some volumes of poetry. His poem on Grant describes Grant's rush to complete his Memoirs before his death.

[Hagerty, J.], Has Gen. Grant Genius? By Private Jones (New York: J. Hagerty, 1884). 140 pp., paper.

"Private Jones" examines Grant's military career, then answers his own question with a harsh and bitter negative.

Haldeman-Julius, E[manuel], The Dramatic Career of U. S. Grant, Little Blue Book No. 1482 (Girard, Kan.: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1929). 62 pp., paper.

Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951), author, editor, Socialist, agnostic, iconoclast, gave the world "A University in Print" in his Little Blue Books. The series printed over three hundred million copies of well over a thousand classical and original titles. The booklets sold for ten, then five cents each, earning "H-J" the title of the "Ford of Literature" during the Great Depression. Alexander Woollcott profiled Haldeman-Julius for the New Yorker, I, 18 (June 20, 1925), 7-8, and Albert Mordell has compiled some of his essays and other works, along with biographical sketches by others, in The World of Haldeman-Julius (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1960).

This Little Blue Book (bearing, oddly, orange wrappers) is an essay reviewing Grant's life and career. The author found in Grant a "unique, most striking exemplification of the accidental nature of success," (3) and concluded that "greatness, looking at it in one way, may be entirely aside from the man himself. His name is written large in history and so it will stand." (41)

The remainder of the text describes another of the author's works.

Hale, J[onathan] D., Number Four. Continued Lifting of Masks.... A War Courts Decree, and One Sequal[!] a Slight Result of Gen. Grant's Order No. 4. ([Washington?: n.p., 1887?]). 31 pp., 3 l., paper.

Hale, a U.S. scout during the Civil War, discusses his unsuccessful efforts on the basis of Grant's orders to collect damages for his property destroyed by Ferguson's guerrillas Sept. 15, 1862, at Hale's Mill, Overton County, Tenn.

Hamilton Club of Chicago. Grant Night--1904 (n.p.: n.p., 1904).

Hancock, [Winfield Scott], Correspondence between General Grant and Major General Hancock, Relative to the Removal of Members of the City Council, New Orleans ([New Orleans?: n.p., 1868]). 12 pp., paper.

Reprints the correspondence between Grant and Hancock in Feb. 1868.

[Handel & Haydn Society of Portland], First Concert Season of 1879-80. Reception to General U. S. Grant. Fifth Concert of the Handel and Haydn Society of Portland, Full Chorus and Orchestra, Turn Halle, Thursday Evening, 16th October, 1879,... ([Portland]: Schwab & Anderson, [1879]). 4 pp., silk.

Hankinson, Alan, Vicksburg 1863: Grant Clears the Mississippi (London: Osprey, 1993). 96 pp., illus., maps.

Hanna, Ronnie, Never Call Retreat: The Life and Times of Ulysses S. Grant, Ulster-American Hero (Lurgan, County Armagh: Ulster Society [Publications], 1991). 150 pp., illus., maps, bib., index.

[Harding, Warren Gamaliel], Address of the President of the United States on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of General Ulysses S. Grant at Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1922 (Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1922). 9 pp., paper.

President Harding (1865-1923) gave special attention to those aspects of Grant's character he believed were most needed in 1922, and especially praised Grant as the "confident and relentless commander in war, and the modest and sympathetic petitioner for peace after victory." (3) Had Grant been alive after World War I, Harding said, "I can not help but believe that something of the spirit with which Grant welcomed victory, something of his eagerness to return to peaceful ways, would have speeded the restoration and hastened the return to prosperity and happiness, without which there can be no abiding peace." (7) And the President found in Grant certain support for his own policies: "I can well believe he would have approved all that the Republic has so recently done in joining other nations in lifting the burdens of armament." (9)

Harding also addressed a Grant Night Dinner of New York's Republican Middlesex Club on April 9, 1916; the text of this address is reprinted in the Harding Star, V, 4 (April 1, 1970), 1, 3, 5.

[Harrison, Frank], comp., Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Gen'l U. S. Grant, Compiled by an Old Soldier (New York: N. Y. Cheap Publishing Co., 1885). 32 pp., paper.

Harrison ( - ), a compiler of joke books and author of works such as "How to Have a Good Time in and About New York" (1885), chose from newspapers and other sources "new and interesting historical facts which show his character as a man, as a soldier and as a public official--his greatness." (1)

Hartson, C[hancellor], A Tribute to Our Dead Hero and Memorial Day Address ... Petition to President Arthur on the Chinese Question (Napa, Cal.: Napa Journal Print, 1886). 16 pp., paper.

Hartson ( - ), in this memorial address given at Sonoma, Cal. on Aug. 8, 1885, concludes that "no other man, in ancient or modern times, has accomplished so much and claimed so little as the heroic Grant." (6) Hartson's eulogy (1-6) is printed here with other materials.

[Harvey, George Wilbur], comp., Ulysses S. Grant, the Citizen, the Soldier, the Statesman. A Memorial of his Life and his Services to His Country, from Boyhood to the Exalted Position of Chief Magistrate of the American People; together with a Full and Complete List of the Honors and Souvenirs Bestowed upon him by Other Nations of the World. Also, Extracts from Speeches, Letters and Reviews, etc., etc., Carefully Selected and Verified (Chicago: Thomas H. Bush and Company, 1885). 48 pp., paper, illus. Contents include: "Early Life," 5-8; "In the Field," 9-19; "The White House," 20-22; "Around the World," 23-28; "Souvenirs," 29-31; "Extracts from Speeches and Messages," 32-34; "Personal and Press Opinion," 35-41; "Closing Scenes," 44-48.

This thin volume contains a compilation of materials on Grant from various sources; the best section is probably "Personal and Press Opinion." (35-41).

Haverhill, Mass., Memorial Services in City Hall Park, Haverhill, Mass., Saturday, August 8, 1885... ([Haverhill, Mass.]: n.p., [1885]). 2 pp.

Headley, J[oel] T., Grant and Sherman; Their Campaigns and Generals. Comprising an Authentic Account of Battles and Sieges, Adventures and Incidents, Including Biographies of the Prominent Generals Who Brought to a Triumphant Close the Great Rebellion of 1861-1865 (New York: E. B. Treat & Co.; Chicago: C. W. Lilley; St. Louis: I. S. Brainerd; Cleveland: J. J. Wilson & Co.; Detroit: B. C. Baker; Cincinnati: Geo. B. Fessenden; Boston: Talbot & Shute, 1865). 608 pp., illus., maps.

Headley (1813-97), older brother of Phineas Camp, left the ministry and turned to writing because of ill health. His early works described his travels to European health spas, but he gave much later attention to historical subjects.

Grant and Sherman follows the pattern of Headley's Napoleon and his Marshals (2 vols., 1846) and Washington and his Generals (2 vols., 1847) in devoting primary attention to biography: in addition to lengthy sections on Grant and Sherman, separate chapters are devoted to the lives of twenty other Union generals.

Another edition: 1866.

Headley, J[oel] T., Grant und Sherman, ihre Feldzüge und Generäle... (New York: E. B. Treat & Co., 1866). 606 pp.

Headley, J[oel] T., [Grant and Sherman] retitled Heroes and Battles of the War 1861-65 (New York: E. B. Treat, 5 Cooper Union, Patriotic Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1891). 637 pp.

Text unaltered except for an added chapter on George B. McClellan and a directory of other generals at the end.

Headley, J[oel] T., The Life of Ulysses S. Grant, General in Chief, U. S. A. (New York: E. B. Treat & Co.; Chicago: C. W. Lilley; Pittsburg: A. L. Talcott; Philadelphia: A. H. Hubbard; San Francisco: A. Roman & Co., 1868). 458 pp., illus., map.

For The Life of Ulysses S. Grant, Headley expanded what he had written in Grant and Sherman, to "fill up that outline" and furnish to the reader the materials for obtaining a correct estimate of his character as a man." (iii) A portion of the book, on "Grant's Character," appeared in Thoughts for the Occasion, Patriotic and Secular, J. Sanderson, ed. (New York: E. B. Treat and Company, 1905), pp. 376-79.

Other editions:

1. New York: E. B. Treat & Co.; Chicago: C. W. Lilley; Pittsburg: A. L. Talcott; San Francisco: E. E. Shear; Philadelphia: A. H. Hubbard.
2. The Life of Ulysses S. Grant, Ex-President of the United States and General of the United States Army, Comprising his Early Training, Military Career, Presidential Administrations, Travels Round the World, Sufferings and Death. New York: E. B. Treat; Chicago: R. C. Treat, 1885. 656 pp.
3. ...Travels Round the World, Private Life, and Sufferings. Minneapolis: Standard Publishing Company, 1885.
4. New York and St. Louis: n.d. Thompson & Co., 1885.
5. Heroes of History series. New York: The Perkins Book Company, [1885]. 590 pp. Date is that of copyright; printing made sometime after the completion of Grant's tomb (photograph included). Omits an appendix of miscellaneous matter included in earlier editions.
6. The Life of Ulysses S. Grant. The Home Library series. New York: A. L. Burt Company, [1885]. Date is again that of copyright; typography appears to be early twentieth century.
7. New York, Philadelphia: E. B. Treat & Co.; A. H. Hubbard; [etc., etc.], 1885. 458 pp. illus., map.
8. Also see The Life and Travels of Gen. Grant.

Headley, J[oel] T., The Travels of General Grant.... (Philadelphia, Springfield, Mass., Chicago, Cincinnati: Hubbard Bros.; Emporia, Kans.: Thomas Prothero; San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co.; Cleveland, C. C. Wick & Co., Syracuse, N.Y.: Watson Gill, 1879). 620 pp., illus.

Headley's preface indicates he prepared this book because Young's Around the World with General Grant, "got up with so much elegance and taste, was not intended for the great mass of the people, but for the select few who can indulge in such luxuries," (iii) but Headley certainly owed Young a strong debt for the information provided in the Herald columns. He also used this work to provide a travelogue of the places Grant was unable to visit, or could only visit briefly, since "his tour was such a hasty one." (iii)

Other editions:

1. Philadelphia: New World Publishing Co., 1881.
2. 646 pp. Adds a chapter on Grant's 1880 trip to Mexico and the West Indies.
3. Also see The Life and Travels of General Grant.

Headley, J[oel] T., The Life and Travels of General Grant.... (Philadelphia, Springfield, Mass., Chicago, Cincinnati: Hubbard Bros.; Emporia, Kans.: Thomas Prothero; San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co.; Boston: W. H. Thompson & Co., 1879). 251, 544 pp., illus.

Headley's publishers missed no opportunity to capitalize on their author's popularity: here they offered a combined version of two other works. The "Life" portion is much condensed and slightly rewritten from the earlier work; the "Travel" section slightly condenses material that would, later, again be printed separately (see The Travels of General Grant), and ends here with Grant's decision to leave Japan.

Other editions:

1. 251, 599 pp. Additional pages cover Grant's reception in San Francisco.
2. 251, 620 pp. Covers Grant's trip across the continent.
3. Philadelphia: Hubbard, 1879. 620 pp., illus.
4. Philadelphia: Quaker City Publishing House, 1879.

Headley, P[hineas] C., Fight It Out on this Line; The Life and Deeds of Gen. U. S. Grant (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1864).

Headley, P[hineas] C., The Hero Boy; or, The Life and Deeds of Lieut.-Gen. Grant, Young Americans History of Modern Heroes series (New York: William H. Appleton, 1864). 340 pp., illus, maps.

The younger Headley (1819-1903), also trained as a minister, likewise spent much of his career as an author. Quite a number of his works were written for boys and, after the fashion of the day, concentrated upon moral message. The Young American series, of which The Hero Boy was the first volume, also included books on Sherman, Sheridan, Farragut, and Ormsby M. Mitchel.

Other editions:

1. 1865.
2. 1866.
3. Fight It Out on this Line, the Illustrated Story Life of General Grant, as Boy--Soldier--President. New York: Geo. A. Leavitt, [1870]. 352 pp. Retitled with minor additions: an appendix gives statistics on the 1868 election, Grant's inaugural address, a glossary of military terms, and other miscellaneous matter.
4. Heroes of the Rebellion series. Fight It Out on this Line: The Life and Deeds of Gen. U. S. Grant. Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1883. 348 pp. Retitled and reset to smaller format; new matter covers Grant's presidency and world tour.
5. Norwood Series. Boston: Lee and Shepard, [1885]. 425 pp. Added text on Grant's illness and death. Or.
6. The Life and Deeds of Gen. U. S. Grant. Another title; George Lowell Austin, co-author; text as in (e).

Headley, P[hineas] C., The Life and Campaigns of Lieut-Gen. U. S. Grant, from His Boyhood to the Surrender of Lee. Including an Accurate Account of Sherman's Great March from Chattanooga to Washington, and the Final Official Reports of Sheridan, Meade, Sherman and Grant (New York: The Derby and Miller Publishing Co., 1866). 720 pp., illus., facsims.

Headley also wrote books for a more mature audience, and specialized in biographies of figures as diverse as Napoleon (1851), Mary Queen of Scots (1857), and Women of the Bible (1850).

This biography, which quotes extensively Grant's official reports and dispatches, features several fine engravings of Grant and his subordinates made from Brady photographs.

Other editions:

1. New York: Derby and Miller, 1868. 736 pp. Additional chapter covers Grant's nomination for the presidency, and contains an introduction by Horace Greeley.
2. New York: Derby & Miller; San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft & Co. 752 pp. Adds further information on the Republican convention and includes a brief sketch of Schuyler Colfax.
3. ... Also, an Account of His Election and Inauguration to the Office of President, the Inaugural Address, the Cabinet, &c., &c. New York: Geo. A. Leavitt, 1869. 757 pp. New material explained by extended title.

Headley, P[hineas] C., Life and Letters of General Grant (Boston: n.p., 1885). 492 pp., illus.

Headley, P[hineas] C., and Austin, George Lowell, The Life and Deeds of Gen. U. S. Grant (Boston: B. B. Russell, 1885). 425 pp., illus.

Healey, David, Sharpshooter (New York: Jove Books, 1999). 321 pp. Fiction.

Heath, H[erman] H., Address of General H. H. Heath at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the Night of the 12th of November, '68, on the Occasion of the Republican Jubilee and Torchlight Procession in Honor of Grant's Election to the Presidency (Santa Fe, N. M.: Manderfield & Tucker, 1869). 10 pp., paper.

Heath was appointed New Mexico's territorial secretary in 1868 and remained an active force in local politics until his death in 1874. This victory speech looks forward to the many blessings to be gained by all Americans under Grant's presidency.

Henderson, Thomas J., Memorial Address by General Thomas J. Henderson Delivered at a Memorial Service Held in Apollo Hall, Princeton, Ill., August 8th, 1885, the day of General U. S. Grant's Funeral in New York City (Princeton, Ill.: Record Job Print, n.d.). 28 pp., paper.

Henderson (1824-1911), active in state and local politics in Ill. before the Civil War, entered the army as colonel in 1862 and was brevetted brigadier general in 1865. He resumed the practice of law after the war, and again engaged in politics, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for ten terms (1875-95).

Henderson saw no need for monuments to Grant's memory; rather he "would have his memory live in the hearts and affections of our people--a people he has so faithfully and unselfishly served." (28)

[Henkels, Stan V.], Gen'l Grant's Original Autograph Dispatches, signed, ... Preserved by his Aide-de-Camp, Major George Keller Leet to be sold Friday afternoon, June 8th, 1917,... (Philadelphia: Stan V. Henkels, 1917). 93 pp., paper.

Heroes of the Great Republic. Lives of General Grant, General Lee, Abraham Lincoln, President Garfield, Lloyd Garrison (London: Walter Scott Limited, [1887?]). 488 pp., illus., notes.

This highly laudatory work for young boys includes a forty-one page life of Grant (447-88). The author, otherwise unidentified, is described as the author of "Livingstone" and "Stanley."

Hertwig, John George, General Grant and the Presidency. He Is not the Right Man for the Office (St. Louis: A. R. Fleming, 1880). 8 pp., paper.

Hertwig, unidentified save as a St. Louisan, also wrote pamphlets on the silver question, Sunday laws, and women's suffrage. Hertwig concludes that Grant, "exclusively a product of our late civil war," (4) cannot satisfy the needs of the American people.

Hesseltine, William B., Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Frederich Ungar, 1935).

Other editions:

1. ... Politician, American Political Leaders series, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935. 480 pp., illus., facsims., notes, bib. (pp. 453-60), index.
2. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1957.

[Hicks, W. H.], General Grant's Tour Around the World; with a Sketch of His Life (Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1879). 288 pp., paper, illus., map.

This derivative description of Grant's travels characterizes his world tour as a "third term of office" for which "the world at large had elected him representative of the American nation, and proposed to do him honor accordingly." (preface)

Hill, Frederick Trevor, On the Trail of Grant and Lee: A Narrative History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Two Great Americans, Based upon Their Own Writings, Official Records, and Other Authoritative Information, National Holiday Series (New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1911). 305 pp., illus., maps, facsims., bib. (p. 305).

Hill (1866-1930) found success in many fields: as a lawyer, he became an acknowledged expert on estate and business law and the author of professional books. As an officer during World War I he was often decorated for meritorious service. As a novelist he wrote several successful works with legal backgrounds, and, as a historian, he turned his training to an examination of Lincoln, the Lawyer (1906).

Hill went On the Trail of Grant and Lee not in search of heroes, but to tell "a very human story ... illustrating a high development of those traits that make for manhood and national greatness." (ix) Though Hill's attempts at finding parallels in the lives of the two men often fail, he as frequently succeeds at portraying the characters of both. The book includes six original colored illustrations by Arthur E. Becher.

Other editions:

1. 1912.
2. 1914.
3. 1925.
4. 1930. Series title dropped.
5. 1932.
6. 1936.
7. 1938.
8. 1942.

[Hill Military Academy], Honoring General U. S. Grant, Stationed at Columbia Barracks, Vancouver, Washington. 1853. (Portland, Ore: Hill Military Academy, [1927?]). [11] pp., paper, illus.

This booklet records the proceedings at the placing of a plaque near the location of Columbia Barracks. Brief addresses given on the occasion discuss Grant's service in the Northwest.

[Hills, Lucius Perry], Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Entertainment. Central Music Hall, Monday Evening, April 29, 1901 ([Chicago?: Rogers & Wells, 1901]). [15] pp., paper, illus.

Hills, described by himself in the list of participants as a "poet and humorist," wrote several poems for the occasion and assembled the talents of opera singers, various musicians, and a "reader and impersonator." A tableau rounded out the evening's entertainment.

Hinton, John W., In Memoriam, Ulysses S. Grant Pamphlets in American History Series Civil War; CW 714, ([U.S.: s.n., 1885]). 1 sheet.

The Historic Grant Farm: General Grant's Old Homestead, Saint Louis County, Missouri ([St. Louis: Henry Stark, Jr., 1905]). [50] pp., illus.

Another edition: ... August A. Busch's Country Home [St. Louis?: A. A. Busch?, 1915, 1917]. [51] pp., illus.

Hitt, Adrian, The Grant Poem, Containing Grant's Public Career and Private Life from the Cradle to the Grave. General Grant, What a Volume in a Name, an Army in a Man (New York: Nassau Publishing Co., 1886). 381 pp., illus.

Hitt, utterly undistinguished as a poet, merits some respect as a writer for his courage in admitting on the title page that "the reason why I wrote this book was to get money!" (He redeems his virtue by going on to explain his plans for a new American expedition to discover the North Pole.)

The poem is a detailed recital of Grant's life, particularly during the war years, and of the ceremonies at his death.

Hoar, George F., The Charge Against President Grant and Attorney General Hoar of Packing the Supreme Court of the United States, to Secure the Reversal of the Legal Tender Decision, by the Appointment of Judges Bradley and Strong, Refuted. Letter to the Boston Herald (Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, [1896?]). 45 pp., paper.

Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts lawyer, politician, U.S. Representative (1869-77) and Senator (1877-1904), attempted here to clear his brother, Grant's Attorney General (March 1869-June 1870) Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1816-95), of charges of attempting to pack the Supreme Court to obtain a reversal of the Hepburn v. Griswold ruling.

Another edition: 1896.

Hobbs, Richard Gear, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Man, Soldier, Statesman: A Galena Appreciation (Galena, Ill.: Gazette Print, 1940). 118 pp., paper, illus.

Hobbs offers his readers a brief account of some of the major moments of Grant's life and repeats many familiar anecdotes, but provides disappointingly little information on Grant's life in Galena.

Hokubei Renpo Zen Daitoryo Gurando-shi Seisekiki: Tsuketari Shozo (Tokyo: Narutodo, 1879). 26 pp., illus.

Holden, William W., and Miles, Nelson A., Speeches of Gov. Wm. W. Holden, and Gen. Nelson A. Miles, in Raleigh, N. C., November 6, 1868, at the Grant & Colfax Celebration (New York: C. A. Alvord, 1869). 11 pp., paper.

Holden (1818-92), a political journalist who served as North Carolina's governor from 1868 until his impeachment in 1870, shared the platform for this Grant victory celebration with Miles (1839-1925), a Union general whose many wounds had been exceeded only by the number of his promotions. Both later wrote memoirs: Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles (1896) and Serving the Republic (1911), and Memoirs of W. W. Holden (1911), edited by W. K. Boyd.

Holstein, Charles L., At the Marquette Club, Chicago, April 27, 1895. Anniversary of Grant's Birthday. Toast: "The Volunteer Soldier." Response by Charles L. Holstein ([Chicago?]: n.p., [1895?]. 6 pp., paper.

Holstein (1843-1901) served as sgt. maj. and adjt., 6th Ind. (April-July 1861) and later as adjt. U.S. Army (Aug.-Nov. 1862). In the late 1870s he practiced law in Indianapolis. In his speech given in honor of Grant's birthday, Holstein paid tribute to the valor of the common soldier and mentioned Grant only obliquely.

Holton, Bil, From Battlefield to Bottom Line: The Leadership Lessons of Ulysses S. Grant (Novato, Cal.: Presidio, 1995). 153 pp., bib., index.

Another edition: Leadership Lessons of Ulysses S. Grant: Tips, Tactics, and Strategies for Leaders and Managers, New York: Gramercy Books, 2000.

Hooper, J[ohn] W., The Nation's Hero and the People's Choice. A Poem ([Lake View, Illinois, 1880]. 7 pp., paper.

Hooper's poem explains why Grant should be elected for a third term: "And now again, we need our Grant,/With all his strength and wisdom,/To silence all that rebel cant,/And give us peaceful freedom."

[A Hoosier], Why Grant Should not be Nominated ([Indianapolis: n.p., 1880]). 4 pp., paper.

The unidentified Hoosier offers several reasons why Grant should not have a third term as president and concludes that "his nomination would be the humiliating acknowledgement that the once great Republican party had become so poverty-stricken in brains, intelligence, and statesmen, that it has but one man fit, or whom they can elect President."

House of Representatives, H.R. 1529 - 3 October 1989 - Establishing U. S. Grant Nat'l. Historic Site - George H. W. Bush, President (Washington: n.p., 1989).

Howe, Julia Ward and M. J. Savage, City of Boston: Memorial Services in Honor of Ulysses S. Grant, at Tremont temple, Thursday, October 22, 1885 Ode by Howe, American Song by Savage (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill Printers, 1885). [4] pp.

Howland, Edward, Grant as a Soldier and Statesman: Being a Succinct History of His Military and Civil Career (Hartford: J. B. Burr & Company, 1868). 631 pp., illus.

Howland (1832-1890), believing that "the history of a nation's great men is a history of the nation itself," (11) sought in this biography to prove why Grant "is the fittest man among us to express in action the spirit of the nineteenth century." (465).

Other editions:

1. 639 pp. Additional text covers Grant's nomination.
2. London: Sampson Low & Co.

How the Tribune Renominated General Grant. Horace Greeley's Gubernatorial Aspirations. A Chapter of Secret Political History ([New York: National Republican Headquarters, 1872]). 4 pp., paper.

Past statements from his own paper haunted Horace Greeley many times through the 1872 campaign. In this case, the Republicans reprinted a letter to the Tribune of Aug. 17, 1870, in which General Hiram Walbridge, described in the introduction as Greeley's "old friend and long-time political adviser," urged the reelection of Grant, since "the country cannot afford to change its administration" (3).

Hudnut, James M., pub., Commanders of the Army of the Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, James B. McPherson, Oliver O. Howard, John A. Logan (New York: James M. Hudnut, 1884). 6 l., illus.

Hudnut (1844- ) wrote or published books on the Civil War and life insurance, including similar volumes (also published in 1884) on the commanders of the armies of the Cumberland and the Potomac.

For this volume Hudnut assembled fine steel engravings of each general and added a paragraph biography of each.

Hughes, Charles E., Address of Charles E. Hughes, Gov. of New York, Memorial Day, Gen'l Grant's Tomb, Monday, May 31st, 1909, By Request of U.S. Grant Post, 327 ([New York: U.S. Grant Post No. 327, 1909]). 12 pp.

Hughes, Robert W., Ulysses S. Grant: The Boy, the Man, the Soldier, the Statesman ([s.l.: s.n., Lynchburg Evening Press, 1872). 16 pp.

Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs, Jr., The Battle of Belmont: Grant Strikes South (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991). 310 pp.

Humphreys, Charles A., In Memoriam. Ulysses S. Grant. A Discourse Preached at First Parish Church, Framingham, Mass., Sunday, Aug. 9, 1885 (Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 1885). 14 pp., paper.

[Hunt, Louis J.], The Comic Life of General Grant (New York: American News Company, 1872). 16 pp., illus.

A satire, written in verse, on the life of Grant, with illustrations.

[Huntington, Randolph], History in Brief of "Leopard" and "Linden," General Grant's Arabian Stallions, Presented to Him by the sultan of Turkey in 1879. Also Their Sons "General Beale," "Hegira," and "Islam," Bred by Randolph Huntington. Also Reference to the Celebrated Stallion "Henry Clay" ([Philadelphia]: Printed for the Author by J. B. Lippincott Company, 1885). 66 pp., illus.

Among the many gifts presented to Grant during his world tour were two fine Arabian stallions given by the Sultan of Turkey. Huntington, himself a breeder of some note and owner of a few of the then-rare Arabians, was permitted to breed his mares to Grant's stallions. This book, dedicated to Grant and his love for horses, is an eloquent tribute to "Leopard," "Linden," their descendants, and the Arabian breed in general, illustrated with fine engravings of several of the horses.

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Ikeda, Jirokichi, Ueno Koen Guranto kinenju (The Grant commemorative tree in Ueno Park) (Tokyo: Nihon Shubyo Goshi Kaisha, 1939). 63 pp., illus.

Illinois State Historical Society, Ulysses S. Grant in Perspective: A Conference to be Held at ... DeKalb ([Springfield, Ill.]: Illinois State Historical Society, [1972]).

Illustrated Life, Campaigns and Public Services of Lieut. General Grant. The Hero of Fort Donelson! Vicksburg! Chattanooga! Petersburg! and Richmond! Also, Captor of General Lee's! and General Johnston's! and other Rebel Armies (Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, [1865]). 271 pp., illus.

The Civil War made many heroes, and brought success to the authors and publishers quickest in producing books on their lives. Peterson's, self-advertised as the "Cheapest Book House in the World," had published The Life and Services as a Soldier of Major-General Grant (listed separately) in 1864, and here elaborated the facts and fictions about Grant that had emerged during the intervening year. The text is primarily a compilation of newspaper pieces, official correspondence, and whatever other material Peterson's could find to illustrate the life of the Union's greatest hero.

For similar works published at about the same time, see Willett, The Life of Ulysses Sydney[!] Grant. Peterson's also published campaign biographies as The Lives of General U. S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax, and ... Henry Wilson (both listed separately).

Inauguration Reception, Grant, Colfax, March 4, 1869 (Washington: Philip & Solomons, 1869). Notes: Invitation to the Inaugural Reception, 1 card, illus.

Ingersoll, Robert G., Col. Ingersoll's Memorial Oration on Roscoe Conkling. Mr. Conkling's Career. Conkling as an Orator. Mr. Depew's Oration at the Grant Anniversary ([New York]: M. J. Ivers & Co., 1888). 24 pp.

Ingersoll, Robert G., The Grant Banquet at the Palmer House, Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 13th, 1879. Twelfth Toast: The Volunteer Soldiers of the Union, Whose Valor and Patriotism Saved the World "a government of the people, by the people, and for the people." Response (n.p.: n.p., [1879]). 2 pp., paper.

Colonel Ingersoll (1833-99), himself a veteran of Shiloh and Corinth, joined the Society of the Army of the Tennessee for its thirteenth annual meeting. Grant was an honored guest at the affair, and joined such speakers as Sherman, Sheridan, and Mark Twain. Ingersoll's toast, one of fifteen, is an eloquent tribute to the men of Grant's command.

The toast is reprinted in the Dresden Edition of The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll (New York: The Dresden Publishing Co., 1900), XII, 81-84; the full record of the event is in the Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, XIII, 309-486 (Ingersoll's speech at 447-49).

Inghram, Richard B., Grant and Sherman: Development of a Strategic Relationship USAWC Military Studies Program paper, (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U. S. Army War College, 1991). 23 pp., bib. (p. 23).

In Memoriam: Official Programme and Line of March [of Funeral Procession of U. S. Grant] Containing the Names of Each Organization in the Line ([n.p.: n.p., n.d.]). 2 pp.

In Memoriam of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Addresses and other Exercises in the M. E. Church, Ionia, Mich., on Sunday, August 2, 1885 (Ionia, Mich.: Sentinel Printing Company, 1885). 25 pp.

... In Memoriam, U. S. Grant, Supplement to the Oregon State Journal, Eugene, Oregon (San Francisco: Bancroft, 1885).

In Memoriam U. S. Grant. Service at the Drexel Cottage, Mount McGregor, On Tuesday, August 4th, 1885. 10:30 A. M. ([New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1885]). 4 pp., paper.

Grant's funeral at Mount McGregor was a relatively quiet affair in comparison to the events in New York on Aug. 8. Family members and visiting dignitaries met at a simple ceremony that began with a reading of the 90th Psalm and included an address by the Rev. Dr. John P. Newman on the text "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of the Lord." According to the New York Times of Aug. 5, the ceremonies, for which this booklet is a program, concluded at about noon; the funeral train departed for Albany on its way to New York at mid-afternoon.

In Memoriam U. S. Grant, Service at the Drexel Cottage, Mount McGregor, On Tuesday August 4th 1885. 10:30 A. M. (New York: William McDonald & Co., 1885). 3 pp., paper. A printed program of the memorial services.

In Memoriam: Ulysses S. Grant, Patriot! Soldier! Statesman!: Memorial Exercises at Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, Saturday August 8, A. D. 1885 (San Francisco: n.p., 1885). [4] pp.

In Memory of General Grant (n.p.: n.p., [1885]). 15 pp.

In Memory of U. S. Grant (Chicago: Vandercook & Co., [1885?]). 13 pp., paper, illus.

Contains poetic tributes published by various newspapers after Grant's death.

[International Steamship Company], Letters and Proposals of the International Steamship Company to His Excellency President Grant, Relative to Iron Ship-Building Yards ([Washington]: n.p., [1870]). 10 pp., paper.

Collection of letters to Grant, containing the proposal for, and specifications of a Naval shipyard to be built on the shore of the Delaware river.

Irish, Stelle, [Scrap Book of New York Times Clippings, July 1885-December 1886] ([New York: Privately Assembled, 1885, 1886). 1 vol., (unpaged), illus.

[Irvine, L. C.], Endowment Fund Souvenir of Grant Cabin Association (St. Louis: Patriot Press, 1900?). 20 l., paper, illus.

The Grant Cabin Association, of which Irvine was secretary, offered this booklet of colored plates and poetry to anyone contributing a dollar or more to the Association.

Irvine, Leigh H., History of Humboldt County (Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., 1915).

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Jackson, John Collins, Grant's Strategy and Other Addresses (Westerville, Ohio: The American Issue Publishing Company, [1910]). 165 pp.

Jackson (1848-1909), a Methodist minister, served in his later years as editor of The American Issue, the official organ of the Anti-Saloon League, His essay on "Grant's Strategy at Chattanooga" (9-38) discusses the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.

[Jackson, Doctor], The Life of General Grant. This book is the people's guide. Written and gotten up by the old war horse of the Mexican War and the Late Rebellion, Doctor Jackson (Pittsburgh: Evening Mail Job Office, [1858]). 12 pp; implausible date.

Jackson, Ronald Vern, Ulysses Simpson Grant and Julia Boggs Dent Ancestry (Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1980). ca. 150 l.

Jamieson, Margaret, Ulysses S. Grant: Born to Serve His Nation: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of His Birth in Point Pleasant, Ohio (Batavia, Ohio: Clermont Publishing Company, 1972). 32 pp., illus., published as a special supplement to the Clermont Courier.

Jewell, [Marshall], The Presidential Campaign. Speech of Governor Jewell of Connecticut, Delivered at Cooper Institute, September 11th, 1872 (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood, & Brainard, 1872). 24 pp., paper.

Jewell (1825-83), like Grant, was reared in a father's tanyard, but differed in maintaining an involvement in the leather industry through his life; Jewell also had substantial holdings in insurance, railroads, and other industries. He entered Connecticut politics in 1867, served three terms as governor (1869-73), and was appointed by Grant as minister to St. Petersburg (1873-74) and as postmaster-general (1874-76).

Jewell's speech, delivered to the Republican committee of the state of New York, sought "to defend our candidates from some of the false aspersions which have been hurled against them." (5)

Jewett, W. Cornell, National Letter No. 2 (n.p., n.d.). 3 pp., paper.

Letter to Grant of Oct. 5, 1872, regarding the 1872 election. Mentioned, PUSG, 24, 400-1.

[Johnson, Andrew], Message of the President of the United States, Communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, information in relation to the States of the Union lately in rebellion, accompanied by a report of Carl Schurz on the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; also a report of Lieutenant General Grant, on the same subject ([Washington: Government Printing Office, 1865]). 108 pp., paper.

Johnson, Crisfield, Sumner vs. Grant. A Careful Review of the Massachusetts Senator's Attack on the President ([Buffalo: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 1872]). 16 pp.

[Johnston, John P.], Imperium: A Satire ([Millvale Borough, Pa.?: 1880]). 40 pp., paper.

Johnston ( - ), author of Galileo, and Other Poems (1878), composed this lengthy poem in opposition to a third term for Grant. Imperium finds aims of empire in Grant's 1880 bid: "This soulless dolt, by fortune's aid alone,/Has made a land the footstool of his throne." (16)

Jones, Evan Rowland, Lincoln, Stanton and Grant. Historical Sketches (London: Frederick Warne and Co.; New York: Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, [1875]). 342 pp., illus.

Jones (1840-1920), American consul at Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the time this book was written, described his Civil War experiences in Four Years in the Army of the Potomac (1881). He also wrote a handbook for immigrants and a volume on Heroes of Industry (1886).

In this book Jones sought to answer the criticisms of pro-Southern Englishmen; woven through the biographical sketches of the three men are comments on "the political questions and differences which led to our unhappy conflict." (vii) The section on Grant (149-310) relies heavily upon other sources.

Jones, Frank H., An Address Delivered ... Before the Chicago Historical Society at the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of General Ulysses S. Grant ([Chicago: Printed by R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company, at the Lakeside Press, 1922]). 32 pp., facsims.

Jones (1854-1931), a prominent lawyer in Springfield and Chicago, Illinois, was instrumental in organizing the rural free mail system while serving as President Cleveland's postmaster general (1893-97), and was for a time the president of the league of Democratic clubs in Illinois. But Jones, a widower, enters the Grant story through his marriage in 1912 to Nellie Grant Sartoris.

Jones mentions that he had only met his father-in-law once, but is able to give a personal touch to his address through incidents mentioned to him by Nellie or her brothers; the speech is a rambling account of various events in Grant's life chosen to best illustrate Grant's character.

Jones, Ted, Grant's War (Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1992). Novel.

Jones, Thomas Goode, Grandeur of General Grant's Character: Address of Hon. Thomas Goode Jones, U. S. District Judge, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, at Grant's Tomb, New York City, Memorial Day, May 30, 1902, Under the Auspices of U. S. Grant Post No. 327, Grand Army of the Republic ([n.p.: n.p., 1902]). 12 l.

Another edition: [S. l.: s.n., ?, 1900, 1985]. 15 pp.

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[Kaler, James Otis], With Grant at Vicksburg, a Boy's Story of the Siege of Vicksburg. By James Otis (New York: A. L. Burt Co., [1910]). 382 pp., illus.

Kaler (1848-1912), a reporter for the Boston Journal until 1880, wrote nearly one hundred books for boys during the next three decades. As in many of his historical novels, With Grant at Vicksburg takes an imaginary boy through a real event.

Kaltman, Al, Cigars, Whiskey & Winning: Leadership Lessons from General Ulysses S. Grant (Paramus, N. J.: Prentice Hall Press, 1998). 322 pp., illus.

Kantor, MacKinlay, Lee and Grant at Appomattox, Landmark Books series (New York: Random House, [1950]). 175 pp., illus.

Kantor (1904-1977), popular author of many juvenile and adult books on historical subjects, or novels with an historical setting, here turned his pen to the last days of the Civil War. Certain fictional embellishments tend to detract from the natural drama of history in Kantor's account of Lee's surrender written for teenagers. An excerpt from the book appeared as "Appomattox" in Coronet, XXIX, 6 (April 1951), 66-82.

Keating, John M., With General Grant in the East (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1879). 227 pp., illus., map.

Keating (1852-93) showed promise of a brilliant career as doctor and medical author until tuberculosis cut short his life. He joined Grant and his party in Paris in early 1879; his account of travels through the Orient complements Young's Around the World with General Grant.

Keller, Robert H., Jr., American Protestantism and United States Indian Policy, 1869-82 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983). 375 pp.

Kennett, Teresa, Presidents Are Also People (Richmond, Calif.: Brombacher Books, [1976]). 157 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Kent, Zachary, Ulysses S. Grant: Eighteenth President of the United States, Encyclopedia of Presidents series (Chicago: Childrens Press, 1989). 98 pp., illus., index. Juvenile.

Kerouac, Jack, An Imaginary Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant/Edgar Allen Poe (New York: Portents, 1967). 2 l., illus.

Keyes, E[rasmus] D[arwin], Fifty Years' Observations of Men and Events (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884).

Keyes (1810-1895), a USMA graduate (1833) and former aide to Gen. Winfield Scott, retired from the army in 1864; he wrote several books about his military experiences.

Kimball, G. F., Supplement to the Belleville Democrat: An Address to the Readers of the Belleville Advocate ([Belleville, Ill.: Belleville Democrat, 1872). [1] l.

King, Charles, Jr., The True Ulysses S. Grant, The "True" Biographies and Histories series (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1914). 400 pp., illus., map, index.

King (1844-1933), a USMA graduate (1866) and veteran of the Indian and Spanish-American wars, was a prolific writer of military history and of novels with a military background.

His own experiences are apparent in this biography even down to a familiarity with military slang or in descriptions of West Point or garrison life. While such effects give the book an "inside" air lacking in many other biographies, King's work is weakened by a too great reliance upon latter day reminiscences of the war. Some other problems and successes of the book are discussed by Arthur L. Conger in the American Historical Review, XX, 3 (April 1915), 675-76.

Another edition: [1914].

King, David C., Ulysses S. Grant (Woodbridge, Conn.: Blackbirch Press, 2001). 104 pp., illus., maps. Juvenile.

King, Moses, pub., King's Views of Grant's Tomb, New York City, Dedication, 27-April 1897 (New York and Boston: Moses King, 1897). 16 pp., paper, illus.

King (1853-1909), publisher of numerous photographic guidebooks, issued this large-format booklet shortly after the dedication of Grant's tomb. Though the cover advertises sixty photos for only ten cents, most of those are, in fact, oval miniatures of attending dignitaries or endless shots of the naval parade on the Hudson River.

King, W[illiam] C., and Derby, W[illiam] P., Camp-Fire Sketches and Battle-Field Echoes (Springfield, Mass.: W. C. King & Co., Publishers, 1887).

Knox, Thomas W., Boys' Life of General Grant (New York: The Merriam Company, [1895]). 420 pp., illus.

Knox (1835-96), one of the most widely-traveled Americans of his day, described his various excursions in nearly forty books for boys. During his life he also served as teacher, inventor, and as Civil War reporter for the New York Herald (during which time, at Sherman's instigation, he was court-martialed for disobedience of orders and excluded from Grant's command).

Knox certainly bore no grudge: this biography is an admiring portrayal of Grant as man and military leader.

Other editions:

1. Boy's Life of General Grant. Akron, Ohio, New York, Chicago: The Werner Company, 1899.
2. The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1907.

Köllner, A. F., Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant: Their Character and Constitution Scientifically Explained, with Engravings ([San Francisco]: A. T. Röllner, Practical Phrenologist, 1864). 15 pp., paper, illus.

Köllner, a "practical phrenologist" in San Francisco, prepared one of the most unusual of the many books written about either of the two men. A sample statement on Grant can serve to indicate the tenor of the pamphlet: "Your head being whole and fully developed around the ears, indicate large destructiveness, combativeness and executiveness." (11) UC-B.

Korda, Michael, Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero (New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004). 161 pp.

Korn, Jerry, War on the Mississippi: Grant's Vicksburg Campaign, Civil War series (Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1983). 178 pp.

Another edition: 1985. 175 pp., illus., index, bib. (p. 170-171).

Kremm, Thomas W., and Temple, Wayne C., First Steps to Victory: Grant's March to Naples, July 3-6, 1861 ([Springfield, Ill.: n.p., 1977]). 16 pp., map, illus., notes. Prepared in connection with a reenactment of the march.

Kruell, Gustav, The Portfolio of National Portraits; Eight Portriats of Historic Americans Engraved on Wood by Gustav Kruell (New York: R. H. Russell, 1899). Illus.

Includes Grant, Lee, Lincoln, and Sherman.

Kuegler, Dietmar, General U. S. Grant: Militarische Biographie, Nord und Sud series (Wyk auf Foehr, West Germany: Verlag fur Amerikanistik, 1990). 64 pp., illus., maps.

Kune, Julian, Reminiscences of an Octogenarian Hungarian Exile (Chicago: published by the author, [1911]). 216 pp., plates, ports., map, facsims.

The writer came to America in May 1852, and went to Chicago in 1855. The election of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and General Grant are discussed.

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Lang, H. Jack, comp., Letters of the Presidents (Los Angeles: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, [1964]). 39 pp., illus.

Larke, Julian K., General Grant and His Campaigns ... (New York: J. C. Derby & N. C. Miller, 1864). 469, 40 pp., illus.

The flood of materials from the presses in 1864 and 1865 indicates the enormous popular demand for information about the North's new heroes. Larke, along with other biographers of the moment, faced the problem that very little was actually known about Grant, and so turned for solution to compiling newspaper pieces, popular anecdotes, and printing at length from military dispatches. The book is padded, to be sure, but it also provided its readers a wealth of information on Grant's conduct of the war through early 1864. An appendix contains additional documents.

Other editions:

1. 473, 40 pp. Additional chapter describes Grant's commissioning as lieutenant general.
2. The Life, Campaigns and Battles of General Ulysses S. Grant Comprising a Full and Authentic Account of the Famous Soldier, from his Earliest Boyhood to the Present Time. Benson J. Lossing, intro. New York: Ledyard Bill, 1868. 502 pp. Published anonymously. A reprint with minor changes and additional text covering Grant's activities through the war's end. Lossing's introduction (i-iv) describes how "great events reveal, if not create, great men."
3. New York: Ledyard Bill; Chicago: Charles Bill.
4. General U. S. Grant: His Early Life and Military Career, with a Brief Account of his Presidential Administration and Tour Around the World. New York: W. J. Johnston, [1879]. 512 pp. Adds a short chapter.
5. New York: Thomas Kelly, 1885. Reprint of (4).
6. and J. Harris Patton. 572 pp. Drops "Brief" from title and adds maps and illustrations. The added text extends the information on Grant's world tour and adds material on his sickness and death.
7. Deposit, N.Y.: Phillips & Burrows, [1885].

Larkin, Tanya, What Was Cooking in Julia Grant's White House? (New York: PowerKids Press, 2000). 24 pp., illus. Juvenile.

"Lasset uns Frieden haben." Das Leben und die öffentlichen Dienst des General U. S. Grant und des Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Sprecher des Repräsentantenhausen (Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1868). 24 pp., paper.

A campaign life of Grant and Colfax for immigrants from Germany.

Last Days of Gen'l Grant. The Only Reliable, Authorized, Full and Correct History of Gen. Grant's Closing Life ... (Philadelphia: Old Franklin Publishing House, [c1885]). 80 pp., paper, illus. Separate pamphlets bound together: Fiske, A. S., Our Dead Hero. A Discourse by Rev. A. S. Fiske. Ithaca New York, Sunday July 26, 1885; Lyman, P. W., The Career and Character of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. An Address Delivered by Rev. P. W. Lyman, in the Cong'l Church Belchertown ...; Woodworth, C. L., A Commemorative Discourse on the Work and Character of Ulysses Simpson Grant, Delivered before the Citizens of Watertown, Aug. 8, 1885; Wright, A. O., General Grant's Military Services; [ ], Last Days of General Grant.

This pamphlet by an unknown author purports to be the only reliable account of the last days of Grant. Written in diary form, this pamphlet details the last three months of Grant's life. The illustrations are captioned in German and English.

Lawrence, W. H., Story of a Broken [Ring of] 306 (Rutland, [Vt.]: The Tuttle Co., Printers, 1884). 88 pp.

The story in verse of the 306 stalwarts who supported Grant at the 1880 Republican National convention.

[Lawrence, Mass. Citizens], Memorial Services. Gen. U. S. Grant. Lawrence, Mass., August 8, 1885 (Lawrence, Mass.: The American Electric Print, 1885). 27 pp., paper.

Includes accounts of civic action and the eulogy delivered by Reverend Charles Parkhurst.

Leavitt, Samuel, Dictator Grant; or, the Overthrow of the Republic in 1880 (New York: n.p., 1879). 70 pp.

Lee, Alfred E., What Was Grant? A Memorial (Columbus, Ohio: A. H. Smythe, 1885). 16 pp., paper.

Lee (1838-?), an Ohio newspaperman, served in the Union army during most of the Civil War. He was consul-general at Frankfort (1877-81) and a California orange grower in his later years. Among his writings are a book on the battle of Gettysburg (1888) and European Days and Ways (1890).

Le Général Grant: Ses Actes Officiels Comme Homme d'Etat, Sa Politique à L'égard Des Émigrants et des Travailleurs: Son Attitude Envers Les Anciens Soldats Confédérés, et les Populations du Sud: Extraits des Messages Annuels du Président et d'Autres Pièces Officielles (Washington: le Comité Républicain Congressionnel, 1872). 8 pp.

Lengyel, Cornel Adam, Presidents of the United States, rev. ed. (New York: Golden Press, [1977]). 108 pp., illus., index. Brief biographical sketches describing family life, social background, political careers, and administrations of the presidents.

Letters to President Grant Recommending the Appointment of E. Delafield Smith to the Office of District Attorney at New York Held by Him During the Four Years of President Lincoln's Administration ([n.p.: n.p., 1870]). 29 pp., paper.

Someone--most likely Smith himself--compiled various letters written to Grant and others in support of Smith, a New York lawyer and Republican politician (see his 1868 speech in support of Grant's candidacy). The district attorney's office went to someone else, but Smith became New York City's corporate counsel in 1872.

"Let Us Have Peace." The Lives and Public Services of General U. S. Grant, U. S. A. and of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives (Philadelphia: n.p., 1868). 24 pp., paper, illus.

After discussing several anecdotes of Grant's life indicative of his character, the anonymous author of this pamphlet concluded that "the strongest characteristics of General Grant's mind and heart are those which eminently fit him to be a ruler of men." (17)

Lewis, Lloyd, Captain Sam Grant (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950). 512 pp., illus., notes, bib. (pp. 473-84), index.

Another edition: 1991. 1st pbk. ed.

Lewis, Lloyd, Letters from Lloyd Lewis: Showing Steps in the Research for His Biography of U. S. Grant, Robert Maynard Hutchins, intro. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950). 83 pp.

Lewis, Thomas S. W., "To Do, To Be, To Suffer" The Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, The Edwin W. Moseley Faculty Research Lecture (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Skidmore College, 1985). 22 pp., illus., bib. (p. 22).

Lewis, William S., Reminiscences of Delia B. Sheffield (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1924). 16 pp.

The reminiscences include aspects of USG's life on the Pacific coast.

[Library of Congress], Index to the Ulysses S. Grant Papers (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965). 83 pp. A printed index to the correspondents in the Grant papers.

Life and Memoirs of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ([New York: Munro's Publishing House, 1885]). 16 pp., illus.

The Life and Public Services of Ulysses S. Grant, Republican Candidate for President of the United States, for the Second Term, and of Hon. Henry Wilson, Candidate for Vice-President; with a Record of the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention, and Platform of the Party. Also, a Complete Vindication of Grant and His Administration, History of the Republican Party and the Strange Record of Greeley and Brown (Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans and New York: Goodspeed's Empire Publishing House, 1872). 105 pp., paper, illus.

A compilation of materials from various sources on the several topics mentioned in the title.

The Life and Services of General U. S. Grant... (Washington: Philp and Solomans, 1868). 160 pp., bib.

The Life and Services as a Soldier of Major General Grant. The Hero of Fort Donelson! Vicksburg! and Chattanooga! Commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi; and Captor of 472 Cannon and Over Ninety Thousand Rebel Prisoners (Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Bros., [1864]). 66 pp., illus.

A hastily-compiled selection of facts and fiction on Grant's life and an account of the course of the war through 1864. Also see Peterson's 1865 Illustrated Life, Campaigns and Public Services ... and their Lives of Grant and Colfax and Grant and Wilson.

Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Farragut, An Account of the Gift, the Erection and the Dedication of the Bronze Statues Given by Charles H. Hackley to the city of Muskegon, Michigan: Unveiled in Hackley Square, Memorial Day, 1900 (Muskegon, Mich.: Chronicle Presses, 1900). 59 pp., illus.

[Lincoln Republicans], Principles Not Men. Thoughts For The People. Sixteen Reasons Why Our Republican Party Should Not Run General Grant for President in 1868 (n.p.: n.p., 1866). 1 p., paper.

A political broadside aimed at Grant's 1868 presidential campaign, contains the notation "Please post this up."

Lincoln's Treatment of Gen. Grant ([New York: n.p., 1864]). 8 pp., paper.

This Democratic campaign "Document No. 12" contrasts the free hand given Grant with Lincoln's interference in McClellan's conduct of the war, intimating that Lincoln was to blame for the lack of decisive victories in the East. Included are Lincoln's letter to Grant of April 30, 1864, and Grant's reply of May 1.

Linney, Romulus, Democracy: A Comedy Based on Two Novels by Henry Adams and the Administration of Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1976). 65 pp., illus., music.

[Linton, William James], The American Odyssey: Adventures of Ulysses (So much as may interest the present time) Exposed, in Modest Hudibrastic Measure, by Abel Reid and A. N. Broome.... To Which is Appended an Allegory of King Augeas (Washington: n.p., 1876). 24 pp.

Linton (1812-97), an English wood-engraver and poet, active in political reform, emigrated to the U.S. in 1866. His satirical poem on Grant, heavy-handed at times, elliptical at others, attacks corruption in government.

Little, Kimberly Scott, Ulysses S. Grant's White Haven: A Place Where Extraordinary People Came to Live Ordinary Lives, 1796-1885; Historic Resource Study, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Missouri (St. Louis: [Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, National Park Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior], 1993). 334 pp., illus., bib, (p. 309-326), index.

The Lives of General U. S. Grant, and Henry Wilson. This Work Is a Complete History of the Lives of General Ulysses S. Grant, and of the Hon. Henry Wilson, from Their Birth up to the Present Time (Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, [1872]). 373 pp., illus.

Peterson's dusted off their plates in 1872 and prepared yet another "Campaign Edition." The Grant text was extended to 346 pages to cover the first term, but few other textual changes were made.

The Lives of General U. S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax. This Work Is a Complete History of the Lives of General Ulysses S. Grant, and of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, from Their Birth up to the Present Time (Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1868). 362 pp., illus.

Some books, like Topsy, just "grow'd." Peterson's first published The Life and Services as a Soldier of Major-General Grant in 1864, which was lengthened the following year as the Illustrated Life, Campaigns and Public Services of Lieut. General Grant, and which was extended to 334 pages on Grant for this volume. The book, sometimes identified as "Grant and Colfax--Campaign Edition," was intended for mass distribution: the paper cover edition could be had for $37.50 per hundred (individual copies sold for seventy-five cents or a dollar for hard cover bindings).

The Lives and Services as a Soldier of Major-General Grant. The Hero of Fort Donelson! Vicksburg! and Chattanooga! Commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi; and Captor of 472 Cannon and Over Ninety Thousand Rebel Prisoners (Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, [1864]). 66 pp., illus.

Lives of Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax, Candidates of the National Republican Party for President and Vice President of the United States. Illustrated with Portraits. Containing, also, a Correct Genealogical Summary of the Grant Family, Now First Published (Cincinnati: Padrick & Co., 1868), 104 pp., paper, illus.

No "Life of Grant" would have been complete without a description of his ancestors; this volume goes one step further in providing a genealogical summary (which is not, unfortunately, as "correct" as the title indicates). Otherwise, this "People's Edition for the Campaign" resembles similar books in its extractive biographies of Grant and Colfax (79-103).

Livingston, Frederick W., In Memoriam. General Grant. A Poem (n.p.: n.p., [1885]). [7] pp., paper.

Livingston, a member of the local G.A.R. post, read his poem at memorial services held in Aledo, Illinois, on Aug. 8, 1885. Also printed here are Livingston's lyric for "An Ode" to be sung to the tune of "America."

[Locke, David R.], The Impendin Crisis uv the Dimocracy, Bein a Breef and Concise Statement uv the Past Experience, Present Condishun and Fucher Hopes uv the Dimokratic Party: Incloodin the Most Prominent Reesons why Evry Dimokrat who Loves his Party Shood Vote for Seemore and Blare, and agin Grant and Colfax. By Petroleum V. Nasby (Toledo, Ohio: Miller, Locke & Co., 1868). 23 pp., paper.

Locke (1833-88), one of the most powerful political satirists of his day, achieved fame during the Civil War writing as Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby. Locke used a negative technique by having Nasby, an ignorant, illiterate, drunken liar, support (and thus discredit) all the causes Locke opposed. Nasby, as caricatured by Thomas Nast in some volumes collected from Locke's letters in the Toledo Blade and other papers, is the image of the Copperhead, but Locke also used his creation in opposition to Johnson, the Democratic Party, and, in Locke's later years, the liquor trade. Several volumes of Locke's Nasby pieces were published during and after his life. Useful biographies include James C. Austin, Petroleum V. Nasby (New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1965), and John M. Harrison, The Man Who Made Nasby, David Ross Locke (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1969).

A staunch admirer of Grant from the Civil War on, Locke was a powerful propagandist during Grant's presidential campaigns. The Impendin Crisis, by satirically supporting the Democratic Party and Seymour, was a powerful weapon in the 1868 campaign. Several Nasby letters in the Blade lent support to Grant; some of these are reprinted in various volumes of Locke's writings and discussed in the biographies mentioned above. A previously unpublished "letter" to Grant is discussed and printed by Austin as "Petroleum V. Nasby to Gen Ulissis S. Grant," The Yale University Library Gazette, XXXIX, 1 (July 1964), 46-50.

Logan, John A., Oration at the Tomb of General U. S. Grant, Riverside Park, N. Y. May 31st, 1886 (Washington: Gibson Brothers, 1886). 15 pp., paper.

Logan, in the first Memorial Day observance at Grant's tomb, explained the commemorative purposes of the day and offered a flowery tribute to Grant's memory.

Logan, John A., Speech of Hon. John A. Logan, of Illinois, in the Senate of the United States, June 3, 1872; In Reply to Senator Sumner's Attack on the Administration of President Grant ([Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1872]). 16 pp., paper.

General Logan (1826-86) during his first term in the Senate (1871-77) defended Grant against Sumner's attack of May 31 (listed separately). Logan's eloquent speech, reprinted from the Congressional Globe (42nd Cong., 2nd sess., 1872, 45, 6: 522-30) also appears in Orations from Homer to William McKinley, ed. Mayo W. Hazeltine (New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1902), 21: 8821, and in Library of Oratory, Ancient and Modern, ed. Chauncey M. Depew (New York: International Society, 1902) 11: 62-81. See Matthew H. Carpenter and The Senatorial Triumvirate for related material.

Another edition: Vindication of the President. Extract from the Speech ... Delivered in the Senate of the United States, June 3, 1872, in Reply to Senator Sumner's Attack on President Grant's Administration ([Washington?: Union Republican Congressional Committee?, 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

Logan, John A., Speech of Major-General John A. Logan, On Return to Illinois, after Capture of Vicksburg (Cincinnati: Caleb Clark, Printer, 1863). 32 pp., paper.

London (England), [The Menu and the Plan of Seating Arrangement for a Banquet Honoring General U. S. Grant, at the Presentation of the Freedom of the City, June 15th, 1877 (London: n.p., 1877). 2 pieces in portfolio.

Long, Armistead L., The Civil War in the Words of Its Greatest Commanders: Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Memoirs of Robert E. Lee (San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2002). 400 pp.

Longfellow, Levi, comp., Program of Exercise for Use in the Schools of the United States Upon the One Hundredth Birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant April 27, 1922 (n.p.: n.p., [1922]). 7 pp., paper, illus.

Longfellow, national patriotic instructor of the G.A.R., suggested a program of exercises for the observance, prepared a brief sketch of Grant's life, and reprinted selections from a eulogy by Charles Henry Fowler (listed separately).

Lossing, Benton J., The Life and Battles of General Ulysses S. Grant comprising A Full and Authentic Account of the Famous Soldier, From His Earliest Boyhood to the Present Time ... (New York: Ledyard Bill, 1868). 502 pp., illus.

[Louisville, Ky. Citizens], The Sixty-Third Birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant. April 27th 1885 (Louisville: [Kentucky Lith. & Printing Co., 1885]). [42] l.

[Loyal Publication Society], No. 64. Letters of Loyal Soldiers. What General Grant Says of the Administration. What General Dix Says of the Rebellion. What General Sickles Says of Peace. What General Hooker Says of the Election ([New York: Loyal Publication Society, 1864]). 4 pp., paper.

Love, Robertus, Where Grant Became General (Fenton, Mo.: n.p., n.d.). [10] pp., paper, illus.

Lowry, Don, No Turning Back: The Beginning of the End of the Civil War:... (New York: Hippocrene Books, [1992]). 576 pp.

Lyman, P[ayson] W., The Career and Character of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. An Address Delivered by Rev. P. W. Lyman, in the Cong'l church, Belchertown, at the Grant Memorial Service, Aug. 8, '85 ... (Belchertown, Mass.: John L. Montague, 1885). 24 pp., paper. Separate pamphlets bound together: Fiske, A. S., Our Dead Hero. A Discourse by Rev. A. S. Fiske. Ithaca N. Y. Sunday July 26, 1885; Lyman, P. W., The Career and Character of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. An Address Delivered by Rev. P. W. Lyman, in the Cong'l Church Belchertown....; Woodworth, C. L., A Commemorative Discourse on the Work and Character of Ulysses Simpson Grant, Delivered before the Citizens of Watertown, Aug. 8, 1885; Wright, A. O., General Grant's Military Services; [ ], Last Days of General Grant.

Lyman (1842-1924), a Congregational minister, served churches in Belchertown and Fall River, Mass. He served one term in the state legislature (1888) and was for many years an editorial writer for the Fall River Evening News. Lyman believed that "as a soldier, Gen. Grant combined inventive genius with relentless determination." (15) In Grant's successes he found divine intervention at work as well as a courageous character.

Lyman, Theodore, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomatox, A Bison Book (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994). 371 pp., illus., maps, bib.

Another edition: Meade's Headquarters, 1863-1865; Letters of Colonel Theodore Lyman from the Wilderness to Appomattox (Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922).

Lynch, Daniel J., A Comparison of the Operational Leadership of General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War (Newport, R.I.: Joint Military Operations Department, Naval War College, 1996). 24 pp.

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M. C. P., Miriam Rivers, The Lady Soldier: or, General Grant's Spy (Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 1865). 116 pp., illus.

Macartney, Clarence Edward [Noble], Grant and His Generals (New York: The McBride Company, [1953]). 352 pp., illus., bib. (pp. xii-xiv), index.

Macartney (1879-1957) published his first story while an undergraduate and wrote over forty books in the fields of religion, history, and biography during his busy life as clergyman, lecturer, and director of Westminster and Princeton theological seminaries. His other books on the Civil War include a biography of McClellan and Lincoln and his Generals (1925) which contains a chapter on Lincoln and Grant (203-25).

In this book Macartney examines Grant's relationships with thirteen of his generals and with Lincoln because "one of the best ways to study Grant and penetrate to the heart and mind of this in many ways inscrutable character is to regard him in the light of his personal and military association with the leading officers who labored with him." (x)

Other editions:

1. New York: Publishers Clearance Corp., 1958.
2. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, [1971]. Facsimile reprint.

Macartney, Clarence Edward, Lincoln and His Generals (1925; Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1970).

[McBride, J. C.], Grant Monument Association of Nebraska. An Address! ... (Lincoln, Neb.: n.p., n.d.). 4 pp.

Appeal to raise funds for a monument to be erected at Lincoln, Neb.

[McCabe, James Dabney], The New Administration; Containing Complete and Authentic Biographies of Grant and his Cabinet. By Edward Winslow Martin (New York: George S. Wilcox, 1869). 155 pp., paper.

McCabe (1842-83), a Virginian, wrote over thirty books during his short career. His major work was probably a life of Lee (1866 and later eds.), but among his diverse writings are also found books on Christian martyrs, histories of the Franco-Prussian and Turko-Russian wars, various compilations for the Centennial observance, and biographies of various political figures.

McCabe's reasons for using a pseudonym in writing this book are unclear; the book contains only brief and favorable biographies of Grant (5-34) and the original members of his Cabinet.

McCabe, James D., A Tour Around the World by General Grant. Being a Narrative of the Incidents and Events of His Journey ... Edited and Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources (Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Chicago: Jones Brothers & Co., [1879]). 810 pp., illus.

McCabe, himself the author of several travelogues, found fruitful material in Grant's world tour. Much of the text is borrowed from other sources, and Young's Herald letters form the bulk of the later portions of the book on what McCabe termed "one of the most important events of Modern History." (21) The concluding chapter reproduces almost verbatim the biographical sketch written for The New Administration.

Other editions:

1. Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta: The National Publishing Co.
2. Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati; J. C. McCurdy & Co.
3. Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Chicago: Jones Brothers & Co. [1881?] 862 pp. Adds a chapter on the trip to Cuba and Mexico.
4. Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati: J. C. McCurdy & Co. 906 pp. Adds, preceding the additional chapter in (3), new text on Grant's trip from San Francisco across the continent.
5. Cincinnati, Chicago [etc.]: P. W. Ziegler & Co., 1879. 810 pp., illus.
6. Toledo, Ohio: J. W. Stone, 1879.
7. Philadelphia: J. C. McCurdy, 1879. 862 pp., illus.
8. Odebolt, Iowa: Schuyler, Smith & Co., 1879. 810 pp., illus.
9. Philadelphia: Parmalee & Co., 1879.

McClellan, Carswell, The Personal Memoirs and Military History of U. S. Grant Versus the Record of the Army of the Potomac (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1887). 278 pp., maps, index.

McClellan (1835-92), a topographical engineer on the staff of Gen. A. A. Humphreys until 1864, worked as a railroad construction and civil engineer in later years.

In this book (also bears the spine title "Grant versus the Record from the Rapidan to Appomattox") McClellan takes exception to certain statements in Grant's Memoirs and Badeau's Military History regarding operations of the Army of the Potomac, and offers The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65 (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883) by Humphreys as a more factual alternative.

McClure, J[ames] B., ed., Stories, Sketches and Speeches of General Grant at Home and Abroad, in Peace and in War. Including His Trip Around the World, and All the Interesting Incidents, Anecdotes, and Important Events of His Life (Chicago: Rhodes & Mcclure, 1879). 208 pp., illus.

McClure (1832-95) compiled books of anecdotes on various subjects, anecdotal biographies of Blaine and Garfield, and a number of books on Ingersoll's errors.

In compiling this work McClure borrowed anecdotes from various press and published sources (he mentions Deming, Coppee, Headley, and Larke as well as the more reliable Badeau and Young). Much of the book is devoted to Grant's soon-to-be-completed world tour, and the volume is padded by the addition of nearly forty pages of advertising for a new hearing aid invented by Rhodes.

Another edition: 1880. 216 pp. Additional pages borrow from Young's accounts of conversations with Grant.

McConnell, Thomas G., Conversations with General Grant: An Informal Biography (Annandale, Va.: Walnut Hill Publishing Company, 1990). 236 pp., illus., bib. (pp. 230-231).

McCormick, Robert R., Ulysses S. Grant: The Great Soldier of America (New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, Incorporated, 1934). 343 pp., illus., maps, notes, index.

Colonel McCormick (1880-1955) of Chicago, one of the most controversial figures in twentieth century journalism, saw military service during the first world war and long held a personal interest in military history. He recounts that his readings "impressed upon me the honor due, but grudgingly withheld from, General Grant," (vii) and the book is in large part an attempt to prove Grant's military greatness.

McCormick's book is an enthusiastic tracing of Grant's military career and is well-supplemented by many colored maps. A selection was printed in the Chicago Tribune's Sunday Graphic Section as "Grant's Masterly Campaign Against River Town" (Feb. 14, 1937), 1, 8, 13.

Another edition: New York: Bond Wheelwright, 1950.

McCormick, Robert R., The War Without Grant (New York: The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1950). 245 pp., maps, index.

McCormick's interest in Grant prompted him to write another book on the Civil War. This time, however, Grant seldom appears as McCormick concentrates attention on those battles fought outside Grant's command.

McDonald, John, Secrets of the Great Whiskey Ring, Containing a Complete Exposure of the Illicit Whiskey Frauds Culminating in 1874, and the Connection of Grant, Babcock, Douglass, Chester H. Krum, and Other Administrative Officers, Established by Positive and Unequivocal Documentary Proofs ... (Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1880). 378 pp., illus., facsims.

McDonald (1830-1912), commissioned supervisor of internal revenue for the district embracing Missouri, Arkansas, and other areas in 1869, was convicted in 1875 for his own involvement in the scandal. In telling his own story five years later McDonald denied seeking "personal vindictiveness or political influence," insisting that he only wished "to expose the villainies of an administration the very mention of which should excite a righteous indignation and befoul the atmosphere." (v)

M[acDowell], T[homas] C., An Argument for a Third Presidential Term. By a Pennsylvanian ([n.p.: n.p., 1874]). 8 pp., paper.

The author, identified in the introduction as "a gentleman of large experience, who has spent years in the study of the science of political economy, and has lived in the south, as well as in the North," offers nine reasons why Grant should be elected to a third term in 1876.

MacDuff, Samuel A., Grant's Man (New York: Vantage Press, 1987). 218 pp. Fiction.

A story told from the perspective of a fictitious member of USG's staff.

McElroy, John, Life of Gen. U. S. Grant The National Tribune Library, I, 19 (April 24, 1897) (Washington: The National Tribune, April 24, 1897). 32 pp., paper, illus.

McElroy (1846-1929) served in the ranks during the Civil War until his capture in 1864; he described his imprisonment in Andersonville (1879), wrote the "Sy Clegg" series of novels on the enlisted man's life, and was an active figure in the G.A.R. He had been a printer's devil at ten, and resumed his career in journalism after the war, edited the Toledo Blade (see David Ross Locke) for ten years and was managing editor of the National Tribune in Washington (1884-1929).

The National Tribune Library, for which this brief biography was prepared, provided its subscribers weekly offerings of biography and fiction.

McFeely, William S., Grant: A Biography (New York: Norton, 1981, 1982). 592 pp.

Another edition: Norwalk: Easton Press, 1981, 1987.

McFeely, William S., Ulysses S. Grant: An Album (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004). 144 pp.

McKane, Elizabeth, The Story of Grant, Instructor Literature Series (Dansville, N.Y.: F. A. Owen Publishing Company, [1905]). 32 pp., paper, illus.

McKane ( - ) wrote a few other booklets with the similar intention of offering a brief and concise introduction to a person or a topic, including a life of Robert E. Lee published in the same series.

McLernon, Carol March, Overlooking Stoneybrook (Lake Geneva, Wis.: C. M. McLernon, 1998). 71 pp. Juvenile fiction.

McMaster, John Bach, The Life, Memoirs, Military Career and Death of General U. S. Grant. With War Anecdotes and Freely-Drawn Extracts from His Autobiography (Philadelphia: Barclay & Company, 1884, 1885). 112 pp., paper, illus.

McMaster (1852-1932) became interested in the study of history while working as a civil engineer, and deserted his work to write The History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War (8 vols., 1883-1913). He became professor of American history at the University of Pennsylvania (1883-1920), wrote many more books and texts, and served as president of the American Historical Association (1905-06).

McMaster's book on Grant is, unfortunately, one of his lesser efforts. He drew heavily from various anecdotal sources in an attempt to portray the character of Grant.

[McPherson, John D.] [Senex], The Evolution of Myth as Exemplified in General Grant's History of the Plot of President Polk and Secretary Marcy to Sacrifice Two American Armies in the Mexican War of 1846-48 (Washington: William H. Morrison, 1890). 54 pp., paper.

McPherson objects to the statement in Grant's Personal Memoirs that the Polk administration intrigued against General Scott and General Taylor because they belonged to the Whig Party, and contends that the supply problems of the armies were not the result of political jealousy. The volume is attributed to McPherson on the basis of an inscribed copy found in the Library of Congress.

McWhiney, Grady, Battle in the Wilderness: Grant Meets Lee (Fort Worth: Ryan Place Publishers, 1995). 132 pp.

McWhiney, Grady, ed., Grant, Lee, Lincoln and the Radicals: Essays on Civil War Leadership ([Evanston, Ill.]: Northwestern University Press, 1964). 117 pp., notes.

McWhiney (1928- ), former professor of history at Texas Christian University, was chairman of a Civil War centennial symposium while serving as assistant professor at Northwestern University. The participants, Bruce Catton, Charles P. Roland, David Donald, and T. Harry Williams, discussed issues on Civil War leadership; Catton presented a paper on "The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant." (3-30)

Other editions:

1. New York: Harper & Row. [1966]. Paper.
2. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.

Macy, R. H., & Co., Memorial Souvenir. April 27, 1897. 4 pp. Paper.

Magwire, John, Letter to President Grant, Explaining the Plans and Purposes of the National Labor Union, written ... (By request of Wm. H. Sylvis, Esq., President National Labor Union.) Washington City, Feb. 17, 1869 (Washington: Joseph L. Pearson, 1869). 30 pp., paper.

Magwire's letter attempted to explain the objectives of the National Labor Union, particularly with regard to the currency question, in the hope of gaining Grant's support.

Magwire, John, Letter to President Grant, Explaining the Plans and Purposes of the National Labor Union (Tamaqua, Pa.: Steam Job Printers, 1969, 1971). 24 pp. Text is a reproduction of the letter written Feb. 17, 1869.

Maihafer, Harry J., The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana (Washington: Brassey's, 1998).

Another edition: 2001.

Malespine, A., Le General Grant: President des Etats-Unis (Paris: Librarie Internationale; Bruxelles: A. Lacroix, Verboeckoven, 1869). [178]-182 pp.

Mann, [William D.], Colonel Mann's Infantry and Cavalry Accoutrements. Patented December 8, 1863. Description with Illustrations. Reports of Army and Navy Boards. Letters from Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, and Other Distinguished Officers (New York: John A. Gray & Green, 1864). 54 [1] pp., paper, illus.

Mann (1839-1920) enjoyed a most diverse career: he enlisted in the cavalry from Michigan shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War and soon devised accoutrements adopted by the United States and Austrian armies. After the war he edited the Mobile Register for a time and became an early producer of cottonseed oil. Then he invented the Mann Boudoir Car, later sold out to the Pullman Company and, finally, founded The Smart Set. Mann's unusual career is described by Andy Logan in The Man Who Robbed the Robber Barons (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1965).

This booklet, a sales brochure of sorts, contains several pages of testimonial letters including one from Grant of Feb. 6, 1864.

Mansfield, Edward D., A Popular and Authentic Life of Ulysses S. Grant (Cincinnati: R. W. Carroll & Co., 1868). 377 pp., illus., maps, notes.

Mansfield (1801-80), though a graduate of West Point and trained in law, soon found writing more to his liking. He edited or otherwise served various Cincinnati newspapers, wrote as "Veteran Observer" for the New York Times during the Civil War, and was involved in railroad publications. Among his many books are titles on politics, history, and biography. He described his earlier career in Personal Memories, Social, Political and Literary (Cincinnati: Robert Clarkes & Co., 1879).

This book differs from many similar "popular" biographies in Mansfield's "endeavor simply to give the plain story of what he is and what he has done." (13) The book, based largely upon press accounts and official documents, is a fairly careful study of Grant's wartime career.

Another edition: Popular and Authentic Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax. 425 pp. Adds a biography of Colfax.

Mansfield, Edward D., Ulysses S. Grant und Schuyler Colfax (Cincinnati: R.W. Carroll & Co., 1863). 440 pp., maps.

Mantell, Martin E., Johnson, Grant and the Politics of Reconstruction (New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1973). 209 pp., notes, bib. (pp. 187-200). Based largely on Mantell's 1968 doctoral dissertation at Columbia entitled "The Election of 1868: The Response to Congressional Reconstruction."

Marks, Jeffrey, The Ambush of My Name (Johnson City, Tenn.: Silver Dagger Mysteries, 2001). 183 pp., map. Fiction.

Marrin, Albert, Unconditional Surrender: U.S. Grant and the Civil War (New York: Atheneum; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International, 1994). 200 pp., illus., maps.

Marsh, Carole, Ulysses S. Grant: Unequaled Union General (n.p.: Gallopade Publishing Corp., 1998). Juvenile.

Marsh, Carole, and Stevens, Debbie, Ulysses S. Grant (The Ohio Experience) (n.p.: Gallopade Publishing Corp., 2001). Juvenile.

Marshall, Cornwall James, Grant as Military Commander (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970).

Marshall, Edward Chauncey, The Ancestry of General Grant, and Their Contemporaries (New York: Sheldon & Company, 1869). 186 pp., illus., facsisms, index.

Marshall (1824- ), author of The History of the United States Naval Academy (1862), combined here a narrative record of Grant's genealogy with a brief history of Windsor, Connecticut, the home of Matthew Grant. A short biography of Grant is included (73-84) among sketches of earlier Grants, and Marshall reprinted Grant's inaugural address (175-78).

Marshall's genealogy is best used in conjunction with the more accurate publications of Arthur Hastings Grant or Frank Grant.

Marshall-Cornwall, James, Grant as Military Commander, Military Commanders Series ([London]: B. T. Batsford Ltd.; New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, [1970]). 244 pp., illus., maps, notes, bib. (pp. 235-36), index.

Marshall-Cornwall (1887-1985) saw distinguished service in two world wars and, after World War II, as editor-in-chief for the Foreign Office's publication of the German foreign ministry archives. In his retirement he served as president of the Royal Geographical Society (1954-58) in addition to writing several volumes on military history (including biographies of Napoleon, Foch, and Haig).

Grant as Military Commander is an attempt to trace Grant's development through an analysis of his campaigns, and special attention is given to the effects of geography and personality upon events. The text is supplemented by various illustrations and numerous maps.

Martin, [John] A., Ulysses S. Grant. Memorial Address at Atchison, Kansas, August 8, 1885. By Gov. Jno. A. Martin (Topeka: Kansas Publishing House, 1885). 13 pp., paper.

Martin (1839-89), born in Pennsylvania, moved to Kansas as a boy and bought his own newspaper in Atchison when he was only eighteen. Active in Republican politics throughout his life, he was twice (1884 and 1886) elected governor.

After tracing the lessons to be learned from Grant's life, Martin concluded that "in honoring him, the Nation honors those qualities of manhood upon which its stability, its glory, and its power must forever rest." (13) The eulogy is included in Addresses by John A. Martin (Topeka: Kansas Publishing House, 1888), 84-91.

Martinez, Torre Antonio (Cesar Torre), Ulises S. Grant (Andina: n.p., 1978). 128 pp.

Mary Magdalen, Sister, Cairo Rendezvous: A Nun's Image of General Grant ([South Bend, Ind.: Holy Cross Central School of Nursing, 1960?]). 2 pp., paper, map.

Describes Grant's welcoming the nursing order to Cairo.

[Matlack, E.], "Come Let Us Reason Together." More Than One Hundred Reasons Why General U. S. Grant Should be Re-Elected President of the United States on November 5th, 1872 (Philadelphia: Wm. Mann, [1872]). 36 pp., paper, illus.

Matlack's campaign booklet is a detailed and often repetitive listing of reasons for Grant's reelection.

Mauck, Jeffrey, The Education of a Soldier: U. S. Grant in the War with Mexico (Carbondale, Ill.: American Kestrel Books, 1996). 28 pp., paper.

Meives, Diane, Ulysses S. Grant: Mistaken Identity (n.p.: n.p. [1994]).

Meserve, Frederick Hill, Grant in the Wilderness (New York: Privately Printed, 1914). 13 pp., paper, illus.

Meserve (1865-1962), a textile manufacturer, spent much of his spare time collecting photographic and other Civil War memorabilia, and published a number of books on Lincoln photographs.

For this booklet, privately printed for members of the Quill Club of New York, Meserve assembled four photographs taken, probably by Brady or one of his assistants, in May 1864. Accompanying text describes the scenes depicted.

[Mexico City. Ayuntamiento], Corona Funebre Dedicada a la Memoria del Gral. Ulises S. Grant. Ayuntamiento Constitucional de la Cuidad de México, 1885 (Mexico [City]: Imprenta y Litografía de Dublan y Ca., 1885). 52 pp., paper, illus.

This detailed description of memorial services held in Mexico City on the night of Aug. 26, 1885, includes the texts of the numerous addresses and poems read that evening.

Meyer, Howard N., Let Us Have Peace: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant, America in the Making series (New York: Collier Books; London: Collier-Macmillan Ltd., [1966]). 244 pp., illus., map.

Meyer, an attorney, has written and edited various books and articles dealing with the Civil War and Reconstruction.

In prefacing this biography for teenagers Meyer admits an early prejudiced view of Grant, but says he soon "learned that this picture is no more accurate than that of the blind man who grasped an elephant's tail and thought he was holding a rope." Meyer portrays Grant as a military man who fought for peace and justice.

[Meyers, John Frederick], President Grant. His Official Record as a Statesman. Extracts from His Annual Messages (Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, [1872]). 12 pp., paper.

Meyers, author of a Synoptical Sketch of the History of the Germans in 1870, prepared several campaign brochures for the Republican Party in 1872. This particular brochure, containing topically-arranged excerpts on various political issues, was, with minor variations, translated for immigrant voters.

Other editions:

1. General Grant. Inledning.--Grants Administration. Invandringen och dess beskydd. President Grants politik &c. Utdray ur President Grants Budskap och andra officiella handlinga. r [New York: Skandinavisk Posts Boktryckeri]. 8 pp.
2. Präsident U. S. Grant. Ein Offizielles Zeugniss seiner Staatsmännischen Befähigung. [Washington: Union Republic Congressional Committee?]. 16 pp. Contains additional material Meyers published as The Republican Party: The Workingman's Friend.

Meyers, J[ohn] Fred[erick], Synopsis of Political Issues, for the Presidential Campaign of 1872. For President, U. S. Grant (Washington: n.p., 1872). 8, 8, 8, 8 pp., paper.

Meyers evidently had this title page prepared for an assembled edition of four pamphlets he prepared for the 1872 election. In addition to President Grant: His Official Record as a Statesman, they are: The Republican Party, the Standard-Bearer of Civilization and National Progress, Issues of the Future: or What May be Accomplished by the Republican Party, and The Republican Party: The Workingman's Friend.

Michael, William H., Address of Ensign William H. Michael ... Cooperation Between General Grant and Foote and Grant and Commodore Foote and Between General Grant and Admiral Porter. Delivered at the Biennial Meeting, Nineteen Hundred and Four, of Crocker's Iowa Brigade (n.p.: n.p., 1904). 29 pp., paper.

Michael (1845-1916) joined the navy after being honorably discharged from the army because of his wounds at Shiloh. He was promoted for gallant conduct in 1864 and after the war became a newspaper editor, lawyer, printing clerk for the U. S. Senate, chief clerk of the Department of State, consul general at Calcutta, and author or editor of various government literature.

[Michigan Central Railroad Company], Ulysses S. Grant ([Chicago: Poole Bros., 1885]). [2] pp., illus.

The Michigan Central printed a special timetable for its trains running from Chicago to New York on Aug. 5 and 6, and offered a special round-trip fare of twenty dollars for uniformed groups of G.A.R. men traveling to Grant's funeral.

[Middlesex Club. Boston], Grant Night. Hotel Brunswick, Boston, April 27, 1904 ([Boston: Printed by the Club, 1904]). [12] pp., paper.

Boston's Republican Middlesex Club held annual dinners honoring Grant, Lincoln, and other party heroes. Records of the proceedings, usually titled as above, later included several speeches by club members and prominent local and national figures. The 1904 booklet has only a menu and lyrics for after-dinner singing.

Printed records from other Grant Night dinners that have been located are: 1919, 35 pp.; 1921, 47 pp.; 1923, 30 pp., including a speech and remarks by club president and Grant biographer Louis A. Coolidge; 1924.

Separately printed speeches from Grant Night dinners are listed under Albert J. Beveridge (1898), Joseph G. Cannon (1910), Louis A. Coolidge (1917), and Robert G. Cousins (1897).

[Middlesex Club. Boston], Grant Night: Middlesex Club, Boston, April 26, 1919. Addresses by Charles Sumner Bird, John W. Weeks, Henry Cabot Lodge [and] James M. Beck ([Boston]: Middlesex Club, 1919). 35 pp.

[Middlesex Club. Boston], Grant Night ... April 27, 1921 ([Boston]: Middlesex Club, [1921]). 47 pp., paper, illus.

[Middlesex Club. Boston], Grant Night, Middlesex Club, Boston, April 27, 1923: Addresses by Hon. William Tyler Page, Capt. Sinclair Weeks, Gov. J. A. O. Preus ([Boston]: Printed by the Club, 1923). 30 pp., paper.

[Middlesex Club. Boston], Grant Night Dinner, Middlesex Club, Boston, April 28, 1924: Addresses of Hon. John Jacob Rogers, M. C., Hon. Ernest W. Gibson, M. C., Rev. McIlyar H. Lichliter ([Boston]: Printed by the Club, 1924). 39 pp., paper.

Miers, Earl Schenck, The Last Campaign: Grant Saves the Union, Great Battles of History series (Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1972]). 213 pp., maps, notes, bib. (pp. 195-202), index. (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1972). 219 pp., maps, Book Club Edition, Great Battle Series.

In The Last Campaign Miers describes the events from the Wilderness through Appomattox, but even more, it is the story of four men--Lincoln and Davis, Grant and Lee--"cast in roles they were incapable of changing." (9) Miers shifts the scene from Washington to Richmond to events in the field in portraying both military and political struggles.

Miers, Earl Schenck, The Web of Victory: Grant at Vicksburg (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955). 320 pp., illus., maps, bib. (pp. 303-06). (Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 1978). 320 pp. Reprint of Knopf edition. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1984). 320 pp. Louisiana Pbk. ed.

Miers (1910-72), director of Rutgers University Press for many years and editor for other publishers, retired in 1953 to devote full time to his historical research and writing. He described his early years in two autobiographies: The Ivy Years (1945) and The Night We Stopped the Trolley (1969).

Miers found an "awakening of greatness" in Grant's campaign against Vicksburg; The Web of Victory describes the influences that shaped Grant's planning and brought success in Pemberton's capitulation.

In an article written shortly after this book Miers discusses Grant's military abilities as expressed in the phrase "when in doubt, fight." "He Reduced War to Four Words: Grant--the Gentle General." The Saturday Review XXXVIII, 28 (July 9, 1955), 7-9, 31-32, reprinted as a selection in The Saturday Review Gallery (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959), 30-39.

Miers, Earl Schenck, We Were There When Grant Met Lee at Appomattox, We Were There Books series (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1960]). 176 pp., illus.

Miers wrote for young readers as well as adults, and contributed several fine juvenile volumes on topics in American history, including books on Lincoln and Washington for the "We Were There" series, and various other books on Civil War themes.

This book, a Young Peoples' Book Club selection, follows the two generals through the final days of the war as Miers describes the strengths and weaknesses of each.

In another juvenile book, America and Its Presidents (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1961), Miers describes "Ulysses S. Grant 'The Uncommon Common Man.'" (113-18)

Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Illinois Commandery, Military Essays and Recollection, 4 vols. Vol. I (Chicago: McClurg, 1891). 548 pp., index; Vol. II (Chicago: McClurg, 1884). 556 pp., index; ; Vol. III (information incomplete); Vol. IV (Chicago: Cozzens & Beaton, 1907). 558 pp., index. Volumes contain numerous references to Grant; refer to index.

[Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Minnesota Commandery], Annual Lincoln Meeting Commemorating the Capture of Fort Donelson and Grant's Relations to Lincoln, the Commandery of Minnesota of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, West Hotel, Minneapolis, Thursday, February 16th, 1911 ([Minneapolis?: n.p., 1911]). 7 l., paper.

Moat, L. S., Frank Leslie's Illustrated Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War (New York: [Frank Leslie], 1896). 544 pp.

Money and Monuments. A Tract for the Times (n.p.: n.p., 1885). 7 pp., paper.

Monjo, F. N., The Vicksburg Veteran (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971). 62 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Written as an account by twelve-year-old Fred Grant on the campaign to capture Vicksburg.

Monroe, James, Financial Policy of President Grant's Administration. Speech of Hon. James Monroe, of Ohio, Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 6, 1872 (Washington: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, 1872). 8 pp., paper.

Monroe (1821-98), a professor at Oberlin College before and after his political career, served five terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio (1871-81).

Monroe's speech (reprinted from the Congressional Globe, 42nd Cong., 2nd sess., 1872, 45, pt. 3: 2231-2233), is a detailed defense of Grant's financial policies.

Moon, Craig, The West Coast Experience of Ulysses Simpson Grant (Arcata, Calif.: n.p., n.d.). [22] pp., bib.

Moran, Philip R., ed., Ulysses S. Grant, 1822 1885: Chronology-Documents-Bibliographical Aids, Oceana Presidential Chronology Series, Vol. 6 (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1968). 114 pp., bib. (pp. 109-12).

Moran's book is a basic research tool prepared for high school students and designed to provide an introduction to Grant's presidency.

Morgan, Edwin D., Grant & Colfax, Griswold & Cornell. Remarks of Edwin D. Morgan, (U. S. Senator of New York,) at a Meeting of Citizens Held under the Joint Auspices of the Union Republican Presidential Campaign Club, the Griswold and Cornell Central Campaign Club, and the Central Grant Club, at Cooper Institute, in the City of New York, on the Evening of Oct. 8, 1868 ([New York?: n.p., 1868]). 12 pp., paper.

Morgan (1811-83), son of a Connecticut farmer, made a fortune in the wholesale grocery business and increased it in banking. He entered politics in 1849 in New York City, held various state offices, and served as chairman of the Republican National Committee (1856-64). He was New York's governor (1859-62) and U.S. Senator (1863-69) and an active force in national party politics for many years.

The address treats various national and local issues of the election campaign, and gives special attention to financial matters.

Morgan, George Washington, Speech of Hon. George W. Morgan of Ohio: Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 29, 1871 (Washington: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, 1871). 8 pp.

Morris, Isaac N., Grant: and Why He Should Be Elected President ([Quincy, Ill.?: n.p., 1868]). 17 pp., paper.

Morris (1812-79), a lawyer active in Illinois politics and railroading, served two terms as a Democratic U.S. Representative (1857-61) and was appointed a commissioner for the Union Pacific by Grant in 1869.

In this lengthy address Morris bases many of his comments on long personal acquaintance (he was a native of Bethel, Ohio, where part of Grant's youth had been spent). He had written Grant in late 1863 to inquire whether he might have presidential aspirations; Grant's response of Jan. 20, quoted here, is an emphatic denial: "I am not a politician, never was, and never hope to be." (5) But by 1868 Morris can happily conclude that "I shall cast my vote, Democrat though I have always been, for the incorruptible patriot, the best judge of character, and the best thinker in the United States." (17)

Mosby, C[harles] V., A Little Journey to the Home of Ex-President U. S. Grant ([St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co.], n.d.). 22 pp., paper.

Mosby (1876-1942) was a St. Louis physician. His company published several little visits he wrote (including visits to the homes of Florence Nightingale, Daniel Boone, famous physicians, etc.). The same firm also published several major medical journals.

Mosier, John, Grant (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006). 193 pp.

Municipal Grant Monument Committee, New York, N. Y., Official Programme of the Exercises at the Dedication of the Monument (New York: n.p., 1897). [18] pp., illus.

Murphy, Brian John, Ulysses S. Grant (London: Brassey's, 2004). 128 pp.

Murphy, David A., Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant in Poetry and History (Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, [1912]). 22 pp., illus.

Murphy (1842- ) prepared this unusual collection of poems, anecdotes ("Grantlets"), and other information as a souvenir in Grant's memory.

Murray, James, Grant Memorial Address, Louisburg, Kans. (Paola, Kan.: Miami Republican Power Print, 1885). 8 pp.

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Nagy, Dale A., Joint Operations and the Vicksburg Campaign, 1863 (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army War College, 1996). 23 pp.

Nason, Elias, The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson, Late Vice-President of the United States (Boston: B. B. Russell, 1876).

National Campaign Biographies of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Candidates of the Republican Union Party for President and Vice-President Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources (New York, Chicago and Memphis: J. W. Goodspeed & Co., [1868]). 120 pp., illus. (New York: Goodspeed, 1872). 129 pp.

Goodspeed's biography for Grant's first presidential campaign was compiled from various press and other sources.

Another edition: Paper.

The National Finances. $411,255,477.60 Spent in the First Fiscal Year of Grant's Administration!... Imbecility and Extravagance of the Long Branch Administration! (Washington: Democratic Resident Executive Committee, 1870). 16 pp., paper.

The Democrats issued this critical pamphlet as an answer to one issued by the Republicans earlier in the year.

Neillands, Robin H., Grant: The Man Who Won the Civil War (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Press, 2004). 221 pp.

Nevins, Allan, Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration, John Bassett Moore, intro. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936). 932 pp., illus., notes, index.

Other editions:

1. 1937.
2. 1946.
3. American Classics Series, New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., [1957]. 2 vol., 932 pp., illus., notes.
4. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1967. 2 vols., 932 pp., illus., notes, index. Revised Edition.

[New Brunswick, New Jersey. Citizens], Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Ulysses S. Grant, Delivered in the Opera House, New Brunswick, N. J., Tuesday, August 4, 1885 (New Brunswick, N.J.: J. Heidingsfeld, 1885). 28 pp., paper.

[New London, Connecticut. First Church of Christ], In Memory of General U. S. Grant. The Service at the Time of His Burial Held in the First Church of Christ by Soldiers and Sailors of the Grand Army of the Republic and Citizens of New London, Connecticut. Saturday, August 8th, 1885, at Four O'Clock in the Afternoon (New London, Conn.: First Church of Christ?, 1885]). [4] pp., paper.

This program for New London's services indicates addresses were given by local ministers in behalf of the citizens, the surviving national soldiers, and the Confederate soldiers.

Newman, Ralph, Grant's Memoirs: the General's Greatest Victory (Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1989). 29 pp., illus.

The New-Orleans Riot. Its Official History. "It was no Riot--It was an Absolute Massacre by the Police--A Murder Perpetrated by the Major." The Dispatches of Gens. Sheridan, Grant, and Baird--the President Answered, The Tribune Tracts.--No. 1 ([New York: New York Tribune, 1866]). 23 pp., paper.

This campaign tract reprints various press articles critical of Johnson and contains some of the official correspondence relating to the riots in New Orleans, including Grant's telegram to Sheridan, Aug. 3, 1866, ordering him to "continue to enforce martial law, so far as may be necessary to preserve the peace." (6)

Another edition: Identical, but printed without series note.

[New York. Citizens], Gratitude to Gen. Grant. Mass Assemblage of Loyal Citizens of New-York in Honor of Lieutenant-General Grant, and to Celebrate the Triumphs of the Union Armies, Union Square, June 4, 1864 (New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., 1864). 23 pp., paper.

[New York. Citizens], National Celebration of Union Victories. Grand Military and Civic Procession. Mass Meeting at Union Square, New-York: March 6th, 1865 (New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., 1865). 72 pp., illus.

[New York. Citizens], Public Honors to Lieutenant-General Grant, by the Citizens of New-York. Fifth Avenue Hotel, November 20th, 1865 (New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co. [Printed for the Citizens' Committee], 1865). 39 pp., paper, illus.

Over two thousand New Yorkers attended the reception described in this booklet, and a large crowd filled the streets in hopes of catching a glimpse of Grant. According to the Times (Nov. 21), "citizens of all classes underwent the misery of one of the severest crushes which has ever been known in this city."

[New York. Citizens], Grand Mass Meeting at the Cooper Institute. Nomination of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to the Presidency. Wednesday Dec. 4, 1867 (n.p.: n.p., n.d.).

New York Association, Washington, D.C., Guide Book of the Inauguration of 1873, and Historical Sketch of Previous Inaugurations ([Washington: New York Association, 1873]). 28 pp.

New York Central and Hudson River R. R. (Hudson River Division.) Special Time Table for Funeral Train of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1885 (n.p.: n.p., [1885]). 2 pp., paper.

[New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway], Obsequies of Gen'l U. S. Grant, New-York City, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 6, 7 and 8, 1885. In Memory of the Successful General and Honored Statesman (Buffalo: Matthews, Northrup & Co., [1885]). [4] pp., illus.

The railroad reprinted material from the Buffalo Express with a schedule of special trains running from Albany to New York City.

Nicolay, Helen, The Boys' Life of Ulysses S. Grant (New York: The Century Co., 1909, 1913). 378 pp., illus., facsims.

Nicolay (1866-1954), daughter of Lincoln's private secretary, John G. Nicolay, made her own career as the author of juvenile biographies of famous Americans.

Selections from early chapters of the biography appeared in St. Nicholas as "The Boyhood and Youth of General U. S. Grant," XXXVI (July-Sept. 1909), 822-25, 895-98, 1022-28.

Nixon, John S., Speech of John S. Nixon, Esq., at Lexington, Ky., October 29, 1868 (Covington, Ky.: L. D. Croninger, 1868). 20 pp.

Nolan, Jeannette Covert, The Story of Ulysses S. Grant, Signature Book series (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1952]). 180 pp., illus.

Nolan (1897-1974) followed a successful early career as a reporter with the writing of numerous juvenile and adult books of fiction and biography.

The Story of Ulysses S. Grant, written for children eight through twelve years old, concentrates attention on Grant's youth. The text features several original drawings by Lynd Ward.

[North American Review], [Selected Articles Concerning General Grant] (Boston: North American Review, 1885, 1887). [60] pp., a series of articles from the North American Review bound together, including unpublished letters by Generals Grant and Halleck.

[Northern Pacific Railroad], Memorial of the Board of Direction of the Company. Communications from Lieutenant General Grant, Brevet Major General Meigs, Q. M. G., and Brevet Major General Ingalls, A. Q. M., and Report of the Engineer-in-Chief, November, 1867 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868). 39 pp.

Excerpts from documents relating to Congressional funding of the extension of the Northern Pacific Railroad, including communications to the railroad by Grant endorsing the proposed extension.

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Oakland [Iowa]. Citizens, Grant Obsequies Held in Oakland, Saturday, August 8th, 1885. On Harrison Square ([Oakland, Ia.: n.p., 1885]). 3 pp., paper.

Program for local memorial services.

O'Brien, Steven. Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Chelsea House, 1991). World Leaders Past & Present series, 111 pp., illus.

O'Bright, Alan W., and Marolf, Kristen R., The Farm on the Gravois: Historic Structures Report: Main House, Stone Building, Barn, Other Structures (St. Louis: Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 1999). various pagings, illus., maps.

O'Bright, Alan W., and Marolf, Kristen R., The Farm on the Gravois: Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, Missouri ([Washington: National Park Service], 1999). various pagings, illus., maps.

Odell, Samuel W., The Lives and Campaigns of Grant and Lee: A Comparison and Contrast of the Deeds and Characters of the Two Great Leaders in the Civil War (Chicago: Star Publishing Company, 1895). 602 pp., illus., maps, facsim., index.

Odell (1864-1948), author of books on various subjects, here attempted the difficult task of comparing the two great generals but, after following each through the war, acknowledged that "it is almost impossible to pass a correct opinion, if one be prejudiced, and it is almost impossible to remain unprejudiced where one's principles are those impressed by teachings drawn from the late war." (579) The text features introductory recollections of the two men by Oliver O. Howard (7-10) and John P. Newman's "Personal Recollections of General Grant." (11-18).

Official Souvenir Program, Sesquicentennial Celebration Commemorating the Birth of Ulysses S. Grant, Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822 (n.p.: n.p., 1972). 80 pp., illus.

[Ohio] State Department of Education Bulletin, Grant Centennial Celebration, Thursday April 27, 1922: Suggestions for School Observances in Honor of Ohio's Illustrious Son (n.p.: n.p., [1922]). 4 pp., paper.

A bulletin describing a recommended program for the one hundredth anniversary of Grant's birth, which includes a character sketch by Hugh L. Nichols.

Okie, Howard S., General U. S. Grant: A Defense (New York, Washington, Hollywood: Vantage Press, [1970]). 72 pp., maps.

Okie ( - ), a retired attorney, sought to prove Grant's military genius and to answer some of the charges leveled against Grant.

Olgin, Joseph, Ulysses S. Grant: General and President, Piper Books series (Boston, New York, Atlanta, Geneva, Ill., Dallas, Palo Alto: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1967]). 191 pp., illus., maps.

[Omaha, Nebraska. Citizens.] Commemorative Services at the High School Grounds, at 2 O'Clock P. M., Saturday, August 8th, 1885. Obituary. General U. S. Grant, Died July 23, A. D. 1885 (n.p.: n.p., [1885]). 4 pp.

One Hundred Reasons Why Every Man Who Loves Good Government, Human Rights, Economy, Honesty, Progress, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, Should Vote for the Re-Election of President Grant ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

The One Hundred Reasons are statements on various national issues and problems.

Oregon Dept. of Education, Program of Exercises for Use in the Schools of Oregon Upon the 100th Birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant, April 27, 1922. . . (Salem: Oregon Dept. of Education, 1922). 8 pp.

Osborne, Henry Z., "Ulysses S. Grant as a Soldier." Address of Hon. Henry Z. Osborne of California Delivered at McKeesport, Pa., on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of General Grant, April 27,1922. Reproduced in the Congressional Record at the Request of Hon. Walter F. Lineberger, of California, April 28, 1922 (Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1922). 16 pp., paper.

Osborne (1848-1923) saw service as a private in the last months of the Civil War and later became a successful newspaper editor and publisher. He was active in Republican politics, held minor federal offices, and was elected U.S. Representative (1917-23).

Lineberger (1883-1943), a fellow California Congressman, (1921-27) requested the Congressional Record (67th Cong., 2nd sess., 1922, 62, pt. 6: 6062-6066) reprinting of Osborne's address praising Grant's military abilities.

Osgood, Azalia E., In Memoriam - Gen. U.S. Grant (Portland: G.H. Himes, 1886). 54 pp., in verse.

O'Shei, Tim, Ulysses S. Grant (Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000). Famous Figures of the Civil War Era series.

Otis, James, With Grant at Vicksburg (New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1910). 382 pp., illus.

See Kaler, James Otis.

Our General U. S. Grant, Excelsior Literary Jewels, No. 1 (New York: Olmsted & Welwood, [1868]). 36 pp., paper.

This booklet, designed for "the advancement of the young men of this nation and a recreative review," (3-4) favorably compares "Our General" with famous military leaders of the past and with Confederate foes and Union comrades.

Owens, Kenneth N., Galena, Grant and the Fortunes of War: A History of Galena, Illinois, During the Civil War, Northern Illinois University Research Series (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University, 1963). 67 pp., paper, illus., bib. (pp. 61-67).

Owens (1933- ), a professor of history at California State University, was assistant professor at Northern Illinois University when he wrote this history of Galena during the Civil War era.

Owens traces Galena's decline through the last half of the nineteenth century and describes how "the glory which Grant reflected upon Galena in many ways compensated the community for its declining fortunes during the war and post-war years." (52)

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Packard, J. F., Grant's Tour Around the World; with Incidents of His Journey ... (Philadelphia: H. W. Kelley, 1880). 802 pp., illus.

Packard, otherwise unidentified, is listed on the title page as the author of Stanley in the Wilds of Africa. In writing this book, Packard borrowed extensively from Young's New York Herald letters and added his own information on the places visited.

Other editions:

1. Cincinnati: Forshee & McMakin.
2. Philadelphia: H. W. Kelley. 837 pp. Added text covers Grant's homecoming.
3. Philadelphia: William Flint. 802 pp., illus.
4. Cincinnati: Forshee & McMakin, 1879, 1880. 837 [i.e. 833] pp., illus., page nos. 245-246, 352-353 not used. Paging includes 36 full page illustrations and the blank verso of them.
5. Philadelphia: A. Gordon, 1879, 1880. 893 pp., illus.

[Page, Samuel D.], The Riverside Souvenir, a Memorial Volume Illustrating the Nation's Tribute to General U. S. Grant (New York: J. C. Derby, 1886). [44] l., illus.

Page, the copyright holder, offers forty fine plates of the funeral procession to Riverside Park. The plates, printed from "instantaneous photographs" by lithograph stone, show the catafalque, various military units, and other elements of the procession, and an appendix lists the order of formation.

Paine, Albert Bigelow, Mark Twain: A Biography ... (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912). 1110 pp.

Describes publication of Grant's Memoirs.

[Palmer, Loomis T.], The Life of General U. S. Grant, his Early Life, Military Achievements, and History of his Civil Administration; his Sickness Together with his Tour Around the World, Containing his Speeches, Receptions, and Description of his Travels. Edited by L. T. Remlap (New Haven, Conn.: C. F. Demmer; Detroit: Tyler, 1885). 716 pp., illus.

Palmer merits a dubious distinction among Grant biographers of 1885 by having a book off the presses a few weeks before Grant died. For this volume he combined most of General U. S. Grant's Tour Around the World with new text largely garnished from various printed sources and the press.

Other editions:

1. Kansas City: F. D. Jones & Co.
2. St. Louis: Herbert & Cole Publishing Co.
3. ...Sickness and Death ... New Haven, Conn.: C. F. Demmer. 766 pp. Additional text covers Grant's death.
4. Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Co.
5. Indianapolis: Winters & Stackhouse.
6. Chicago: G. W. Borland Publishing Co. 772 pp. Omits and Death from title; adds text on obsequies.
7. New Haven, Conn.: C. F. Demmer. Title as in (3).
8. Chicago: Fairbanks & Palmer Pup. [!] Co.
9. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Publishing Co.
10. Indianapolis: Union Publishing Co.
11. Marshalltown, Ia.: The Barnes Publishing Co.
12. St. Louis: The John Burns Publishing Co.
13. Chicago: Fairbanks & Palmer Publishing Co., 1887.
14. Ottawa, Kans.: Ottawa Publishing Co.
15. New York, Chicago and Richmond: Loomis National Library Association, 1888.
16. Grant and his Travels. A Descriptive Account of his Tour Around the World. Containing also his Early Life, Military Achievements, and History of his Civil Administration, and his Sickness and Death. New York: Hurst & Company [1885]. 2 vol., 772 pp. Text is identical to other 772 page editions; the volumes bear only the copyright date, but appear to have been printed sometime later.
17. Identical, but printed in one volume in a larger format. The title page for volume two is omitted, but the original title page for volume one appears intact. The binding, bearing the title, Around the World with Grant, appears to be late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
18. Chicago: J. W. Iliff & Co., 1885. 766 pp., illus., maps, facsim.
19. New Haven, Conn.: W. H. Brown, 1885. 772 pp., illus., maps.
20. Pittsburg: National Star Pub. Co.; New Haven, Conn.: C. F. Demmer; Chicago: R. G. Badoux; Indianapolis: Union Publ. Co.; Philadelphia: Press of Abil Printing Co., 1885. 772 pp., illus.
21. Detroit: W. H. Boothroyd, 1885. 715 pp., illus, map, facsism.
22. Detroit: Tyler; Chicago: American Book Co.; San Francisco: A. Roman; Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Co., 1885. 716 pp., illus, map, facsim.
23. Kansas City: F.D. Jones, 1885. 766 pp. illus.
24. Also see O. M. Peterson.

[Palmer, Loomis T.], General U. S. Grant's Tour Around the World, Embracing His Speeches, Receptions, and Description of His Travels. With a Biographical Sketch of His Life. Edited by L. T. Remlap (Chicago: J. Fairbanks & Co.; New York: F. O. Evans & Co.; Fond du Lac, Wis.: G. L. Benjamin; Cleveland: C. C. Wick & Co., [1879]). 325 (i.e., 307) pp., illus.

Palmer (1844- ), compiler of atlases and other books, produced the most widely-published books on Grant. His account of Grant's world tour is yet another rendering of Young's letters. The confusion in pagination resulted from omitting certain page numbers to correct for the many illustrations.

Other editions:

1. 350 (i.e., 332) pp. Covers Grant's return to the United States.
2. Hartford, Conn.: James Betts & Co., 1879.
3. Chicago: J. Fairbanks & Co.; New York: F. O. Evans & Co.; Fond du Lac, Wis.: G. L. Benjamin; Cleveland: C. C. Wick & Co. [1879], 394 (i.e., 360) pp. Further text on the homecoming proceedings.
4. Indianapolis, Ind.: Fred. L. Horton & Co., 1879.
5. Chicago: W. M. Farrar. 487 (i.e., 437) pp. Adds further text and a detailed itinerary.
6. Hartford, Conn.: James Betts & Co.
7. Chicago: J. Fairbanks & Co.; New York: F. O. Evans & Co.; Hartford, Conn.: James, Betts & Co.; Topeka, Kans.: M. A. Runner & Co.: San Francisco: J. B. Hill; Indianapolis, Ind.: Fred. L. Horton & Co., 1880. The title page lists "(Palmer)" under his pseudonym, and indicates this was the "Fifteenth Thousand" printed.
8. General U. S. Grant's Reise um die Welt. Enthaltend seine Reden, sowie eine Beschreibung seiner Reisen und der ihm zu Ehren veranstalteten Empfangsfeierlichkeiten, nebst einer biographischen Skizze seines Lebens. A. Simon, trans. Cincinnati: Forshee & McMakin, 1880. 436 pp.

[Palmer, Loomis T.], Grant and His Travels. A Descriptive Account of His Tour Around the World. Containing Also His Early Life, Military Achievements, and History of His Civil Administration, and His Sickness and Death. by L. T. Remlap (New York: Hurst & Company, [1885]). 2 vol., 772 pp., illus.

Park, Clyde W., That Grant Boy ([Cincinnati: C. J. Krehbiel Company, 1957]). 52 pp., illus.

Park (1880- ), an educator, author of occasional works, and one-time editor of The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, assembled various stories and anecdotes of Grant's boyhood in Clermont and Brown counties in Ohio. The Krehbiel Company, Cincinnati printers and bookbinders, published That Grant Boy as a Christmas gift for 1957.

Parker, Ezra Knight, From the Rapidan to the James under Grant (Providence: The Society, 1909). 38 pp. The Battle of the Wilderness.

Parkhurst, Charles, Memorial Services, Gen. U. S. Grant: Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 8, 1885 (Eulogy by Charles Parkhurst) (Lawrence, Mass.: American Electric Print, 1885). 27 pp.

Parrish, Isaac H., Speech of Isaac H. Parrish before the Grant Club at Grand Rapids [Michigan], March 27, 1868 (n.p.: n.p., 1868). 11 pp., paper.

Parrish (1826-1892) wrote on politics for the Grand Rapids Eagle and served as superior court judge, Grand Rapids, 1881-87. His partisan sentiments are clear in this speech on the many evils wrought by the Democratic Party.

Parry, Richard, That Fateful Lightning: A Novel of Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Ballantine Books, 2000). 368 pp., cloth.

Patrick, Bethane Kelly, Ulysses S. Grant (Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2003). 47 pp. Juvenile.

Peabody Education Fund, Tributes to Samuel Wetmore and General Grant, at the Annual Meeting of the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund, New York, 7 October, 1885 (Cambridge, [Mass.]: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1885). 13 pp., paper.

Grant was one of the original trustees of a fund established by George Peabody (1785-1869) to promote education in the South. A later board honored Grant's memory and had one hundred copies of its proceedings printed for distribution to Mrs. Grant and others.

Peale, R. S., & Co., How to Introduce the Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. Description of the Prospectus ([Chicago]: R. S. Peale & Co., 1885). 37 pp., paper.

Peale and Company, a Chicago bookselling firm, joined Mark Twain and many others in proclaiming that "it goes without saying that the personal memoirs of U. S. Grant are destined to have a larger sale in a given length of time that any work ever before published." (1) In this manual prepared for subscription agents, full instructions are given on the best sales techniques. Agents, armed with a prospectus book (see Grant's Memoirs), should tell their clients "of course, you will want the work, as no American will want to have it said that he has not read General Grant's book" (4) or "remember that in giving an order for this book you are giving a certain amount to General Grant after his death, and for every succeeding year, the work will increase in value. It is better than real estate as an investment." (6)

Peck, George W., Adventures of one Terence McGrant. A Brevet Irish Cousin of President Ulisses S. Grant, who Graduated from a Western Poor-House--Terence Did, not Ulisses--and Who has been Having Considerable Trouble about Getting Properly Settled into a Paying Office, notwithstanding his Relationship, as will be seen by a Careful Perusal of these Pages. Contains Letters from the Seaside, Entertaining Reading for the Fireside, and Invaluable Information for the Suicide (New York: James H. Lambert, 1871). 261 pp., illus.

Peck (1840-1916), a Wisconsin newspaperman, created "Terence McGrant's" Irish dialogue skits in 1868 while publishing the Ripon Representative; this book is a collection of the McGrant articles. He enjoyed later success in Milwaukee with the Sun, as mayor (1890-91), and was elected governor (1891-95), but he is best remembered today as the creator of Peck's Bad Boy.

Peck, a Democrat, uses Terence to satirize nepotism in Grant's administration. Wright American Fiction (microfilm), vol. 2, #1865.

People's Edition for the Campaign. Lives of Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax, Candidate of the National Republican Party for President and Vice President of the United States. Illustrated with Portraits. Containing, also, a Correct Genealogical Summary of the Grant Family, Now First Published (Cincinnati: Padrick & Co., 1868). 104 pp.

Perret, Geoffrey, Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President (New York: Random House, 1997).

Perry, Joseph G., Ulysses S. Grant in Memoir (Keene, New Hampshire: Cheshire Republican Press, 1886). 9 pp., paper.

Perry (1825- ) briefly examined the major events in Grant's life and career.

Perry, Mark, Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship that Changed America (n.p.: Random House, 2004). 336 pp.

Peterson, O. M., Gen. U. S. Grants Liv og Virksomhed. Indeholdende en skildring af hans Ungdom, hans militaere og politiske Løbedane, Reise rundt Jorden, Forretnings-Virksomhed, Sygdom og Død (Chicago: J. Anderson & Co., 1885, 1900). 380 pp., illus.

Peterson, an author and translater of various books, prepared what is primarily an abridgement of Loomis T. Palmer's The Life of General U. S. Grant (listed separately).

Another edition: Chicago: John Unberfon & Co., 1886.

Pfanz, Donald C., Historic Furnishings Report: Grant's Cabin City Point Unit Petersburg National Battlefield Virginia (Harpers Ferry Center: National Park Service, 1989), 55 pp., illus., bib. (p. 27).

Phelps, Charles A., Life and Public Services of General Ulysses S. Grant, From His Boyhood to the Present Time. And a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Schuyler Colfax (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868). 344 pp., illus.

Phelps (1820-1902), a Massachusetts politician, began by asking "why write another life of Grant?" His preface indicates his intention was to write a "people's Edition" to show how, "from a Western boy with no special advantages, he has come to be the foremost man of his time." (iii)

The book aims at describing Grant's character rather than giving another history of the war and, in this, succeeds where many of the campaign biographies fail. A brief life of Colfax (322-41) and the Republican platform follow the life of Grant.

Another edition: ... Sketch of Hon. Henry Wilson. 1872. 371 pp. Adds a chapter on Grant's first term and substitutes a sketch of Wilson's life (350-71).

Phillips, Isaac N., Ulysses S. Grant. An Address Delivered ... at Lexington, Ill., August 8th, 1885 ([Bloomington, Ill.?: n.p., 1885]). 7 pp., paper.

Phillips (1845-1912), a frequent speaker on Lincoln, Washington, and others, mourned the loss of one of the world's great men. He praised Grant for being "great as a friend, great as a citizen, great as a statesman, great as a soldier, but greatest of all as a man." (7)

[Pierce, Henry A.], '76 or, The Fall of the Great Republic Through the Third Term Conspiracy. By a Republican. (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874). 45 pp., paper.

Pierce ( - ) offers a lengthy poem on the "conspiracy" seen in a possible bid for a third presidential term, and suggests ways of suppressing the movement.

Pierrepont, Edwards, Speech ... in Favor of the Election of Gen. Grant, Delivered at the Great Meeting of the Grant Democracy, Held at Cooper's Institute, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1868 (New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., 1868). 22 pp., paper.

Pierrepont (1817-92), a prominent New York attorney, left the Democratic Party after the nomination of Seymour and Blair in 1868; here he explains his reasons for supporting Grant. Pierrepont later served in Grant's administration as attorney general (1875-76) and as minister to Great Britain (1876-77).

Pierson, A. V., Lincoln and Grant (n.p.: privately printed, n.d.). [8] pp., paper.

Pierson ( - ) offers views of the two leaders. After briefly discussing Grant's accomplishments Pierson concludes that "his most enduring monument is this great nation, which he saved by the sword." ([8]) Lincoln Memorial U. Micro., r. 12.

Pierson, J[ohnson], In Memoriam. A Poem to Gen. U. S. Grant. Dedicated to the G. A. R. of the U. S. (Burlington, Ia.: Bishop Bros. Printing Co., [1885]). 14 pp., paper, illus.

Pierson (1813-1906), listed here as a professor, indicates in a preface that his poem was prepared for delivery at memorial services held in Burlington on Sept. 8 (Aug. was probably intended), but was not delivered then because the program had already extended beyond the allotted time.

Pioneer Grant Club of Louisiana. Grant Campaign Committee, Pro Bono Publico: Address of the Grant Campaign Committee of Louisiana. 1880. (New Orleans: Geo. Ellis & Brother, 1879). 6 pp.

Pitkin, Thomas M., The Captain Departs: Ulysses S. Grant's Last Campaign, John Y. Simon, foreword (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press; London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Simons, Inc., [1973]). 164 pp., illus., map, notes, bib. (pp. 153-58), index.

Pitkin began a study of the Grant cottage at Mount McGregor for the New York Office of State History and ended by writing a detailed study of the last year of Grant's life. A portion of Pitkin's research appeared as "General Grant Becomes an Author" in The Ulysses S. Grant Association Newsletter IX, 1 (Oct. 1971), 1-5. Further information on the cottage is in O. P. Clarke.

Pitkin, Thomas M., The Grant Cottage at Mount McGregor (June 1969). Facsimile of a manuscript, possibly unpublished.

Pitkin, Thomas M., ed., Grant the Soldier (Washington: Acropolis Books, 1965). 88 pp., illus., map, facsims., bib. (p. 87).

Pitkin (1901-1988) began the study of history after serving in World War I and held the office of Chief Historian for the Office of the Quartermaster General in preparing some of the official volumes in the U. S. Army in World War II. He enjoyed a long career as an historian for the National Park Service and became interested in Grant while serving as Chief Historian for the Service's New York City Region, which includes the General Grant National Monument.

For Grant the Soldier Pitkin selected excerpts from Grant's Memoirs and numerous other sources, along with a wide array of illustrations, "to bring Ulysses S. Grant out of the mists of legend, and to make him appear a little more clearly as a man and a soldier." (x)

Pollard, Josephine, Our Hero: General U. S. Grant. When, Where, and How He Fought. In Words of One Syllable (New York: McLoughlin Brothers, [1885]). 167 pp., illus.

Pollard (1834-92), a prolific author of hymns and books (particularly juveniles) on various subjects, here hyphenated all words by syllables for the ease of her audience of boys aged six to twelve (she indicated in her preface that "it is not a book for girls at all. They will not like it.")

A special feature of Our Hero is the eighty-five etchings by Edwin Forbes (1839-95), Civil War staff artist for Leslie's.

Pontoosuc [Ensign Hosmer Kellogg], The Johnson Protocal and International Good Neighborhood: Two Letters to General Grant (Pittsfield, Mass.: Chickering & Axtell, 1869). 24 pp.

Poore, Ben[jamin] Perley, and Tiffany, O[tis] H., Life of U. S. Grant (Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Kansas City, Atlanta: Hubbard Bros.; San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co., 1885). 142, 594 pp., illus.

Poore (1820-87) ran away from preparatory school to apprentice himself to a printer and thus began a long and successful career as a journalist and, from 1854 on, as "Perley," Washington correspondent for the Boston Journal and other papers. He served as the first editor of the Congressional Journal and wrote numerous books, including biographies of John Sherman, Zachary Taylor, Napoleon, and Ambrose E. Burnside. Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis (Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1886) contains various material on Grant. His coauthor, Washington minister Tiffany (1825-1891), who officiated at Nellie Grant's 1874 wedding, enjoyed some renown as a pulpit orator and also edited two anthologies of poetry and prose.

Poore's biography differs from most written in 1885 in devoting greater attention to Grant's career after the war. The first section (1-142) covers the earlier years and a separately paged section (1-476) discusses Grant's presidency and world tour. Tiffany wrote the final section (479-594) on "General Grant's Later Years."

Other editions:

1. New York: Union Publishing House, 1892.
2. [Cincinnati?]: Edgewood Pub. Co., [1885].
3. Chicago: M. A. Donohue, n.d. Contains only the second portion of the earlier edition, but reprints the complete table of contents. The 1902 edition of Writings on American History (85) indicates publication for that year.
4. Deletes the table of contents for the section not included here. Probably published in 1902 or shortly thereafter.

Poore, Ben[jamin] Perley, ed., Message from the President of the United States to the Two House of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Forty-Third Congress with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873).

Porter, David D., Admiral Porter and President Grant ([New York]: n.p., [1870]). 4 pp., paper.

Porter (1813-91), began his naval career in the Mexican Navy. Commissioned a midshipman in the U.S. Navy in 1829, his career spanned sixty-two years, culminating in his appointment as admiral in 1870. This pamphlet, which is a reprint of an article which appeared in the New York Sun (Dec. 2, 1870?), consists of a letter which Porter wrote to Sec. of the Navy, Welles, in 1865. Porter attacks Grant for taking all the credit for the fall of Vicksburg, and indicates his belief that Grant "would sacrifice his best friend rather than let any odium fall upon Lieut-Gen Grant."

Porter, Horace, Campaigning with Grant (New York: The Century Co., 1897). 546 pp., illus., maps, facsims., index.

Porter (1837-1921), a West Point graduate in 1860, served in various campaigns and was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chickamauga. He joined Grant's staff in April 1864, served as an aide through the last year of the war, then as a military secretary until he resigned in 1872 to become a railroad executive. Porter later served as minister to France (1897-1905) and represented the United States at the Hague Peace Conference in 1907. His long and varied career is described by his daughter, Elsie Porter Mende, and Henry Greenleaf Pearson in An American Soldier and Diplomat (New York: Frederick A. Stockes, 1927).

Campaigning with Grant is a detailed account of Grant during the last year of the war. Porter's position enabled him to provide an eyewitness view of Grant both as military leader and, through careful attention to incident and anecdote, as individual. The book first appeared serially in Century, n. s. XXXI-XXXII (Nov. 1896-Oct. 1897).

Among many articles Porter wrote were several on Grant: (1) "General Grant," The American, [X], 262 (Aug. 5, 1885), 237-38; (2) "Reminiscences of General Grant, by an Officer of his Staff," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, LXXI, 424 (Sept. 1885), 587-98; (3) "Lincoln and Grant," The Century Magazine, XXX, 6 (Oct. 1885), 939-47; (4) "Grant's Last Campaign," The Century Magazine, XXXV, 1 (Nov. 1887), 126-52; (5) "Personal Traits of General Grant," McClure's Magazine, II, 6 (May 1894), 506-14; (6) "Lee's Surrender at Appomattox," The Outlook, LXXXIV (Dec. 22, 1906), 970-76, draws from Campaigning with Grant in providing an eyewitness account of the surrender.

Porter contributed a chapter on Grant (347-96) to The Presidents of the United States, James Grant Wilson, ed. (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894), and "Personal Traits of General Grant" was printed with several accompanying illustrations (37-60) in Human Documents--Portraits and Biographies of Eminent Men (New York: S. S. McClure, 1895).

Porter was a popular banquet speaker at banquets and other occasions. An April 1891 address to the New York Commandery of MOLLUS is in Personal Recollections of the War of the Rebellion, Addresses Delivered before the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 1883-1891, James Grant Wilson and Titus Munson Coan, eds. (New York: Published by the Commandery, 1891), 365-74. Later in the year Porter spoke before the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at their dedication of the Grant equestrian statue in Chicago. The address is in the Society's Proceedings for the twenty-third meeting (504-09), and was reprinted in Modern Eloquence, Thomas B. Reed, ed. (Philadelphia: John D. Morris and Company, 1900), III, 944-49, and in Masterpieces of Modern Oratory, Edwin DuBois Shurter, ed. (Boston: Gibb & Company, 1906), 257-64, 358-60. An 1885 Decoration Day address on "The Soldier's Last Salute" is in Winning Declamations: How to Speak Them, Shurter, ed. (New York: Noble and Noble, 1917), 81-83. Also see Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of New York. U. S. Grant Post, No. 27.

Other editions:

1. 1906.
2. 1907.
3. Civil War Centennial Series. Bloomington: Indiana University Press [1961]. 558 pp. Wayne C. Temple added an introduction (xvii-xxvii) and notes on the text (517-27).
4. New York: Da Capo Press, 1986.
5. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1992.
6. New York: Smithmark, 1992, 1994. Reprint of the c1992 William S. Konecky Associates edition.
7. Secaucus, N.J.: Blue and Grey Press, 1984.
8. Wayne C. Temple, ed., intro., and notes, New York: Bonanza Books, [1961].
9. [Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1981].
10. New York: Mallard Press, 1991.
11. New York: Bantam, 1991. 387 pp., illus., Eyewitness to the Civil War Series.
12. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000.

Porter, Horace, Oration Delivered by Gen. Horace Porter, at the Memorial Service ... (New York: Collins & Sesnon, 1887). 19 pp.

[Porter, Thomas W.], The Providence and the Man; or, Ulysses S. Grant, in the War of the Rebellion. A Compendium (Boston: L. E. Cowles & Co., 1888). 24 pp.

Porter (1820-1896), formerly colonel of the 14th Regiment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, discusses the role providence played in elevating Grant to command all the Union forces.

Post, Ja[me]s L., comp., Reminiscences by Personal Friends of Gen. U. S. Grant and the History of Grant's Log Cabin ([St. Louis: The Author?, 1904]). 146 pp., illus.

Post (1871- ), an employee in the advertising department of the Blanke Tea & Coffee Company of St. Louis, describes the history of "Hardscrabble," and tells how his employer, Cyrus F. Blanke, purchased the cabin and had it removed to the grounds of the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition (Blanke hoped, unsuccessfully, that the city would take over and maintain the cabin after the close of the World's Fair).

Reminiscences printed here include some solicited by Post from persons who knew Grant in St. Louis or elsewhere, and a few items reprinted from newspaper or other sources, including addresses included in the proceedings of the Union League of Philadelphia's commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of Grant's birth.

Powell, William H., Ulysses S. Grant. A Paper Read before the Missouri Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, May 1, 1886 (St. Louis: James Hogan Printing Company, 1886). 15 pp., paper.

Powell (1825-1904), a nail manufacturer in civilian life, was brevetted major general of volunteers during the Civil War. He was active in veteran's organizations in his later years and was elected commander of the Illinois Department of the G. A. R. in 1895.

Powell's address, which briefly describes events in Grant's career, originally appeared in the first volume of the Missouri Commandery's papers (399-415).

Pratt, S[ilas] G., Madison Square Amphitheatre, Saturday, May 2, 1891, Afternoon and Evening, for the Benefit of the Grant Monument Fund Will Be Given a Grand "Allegory of the War in Song" (New York: Press of the Freytag Printing Co., [1891]). 57 pp., illus., paper. A souvenir with many advertisements, pictures and songs.

Pratt (1846-1916) later composed the music for "America the Beautiful."

President Lincoln and General Grant on Peace and War (Wisconsin: The Grant County Herald, 1864). 1 p., paper.

The Presidents and Their Wives: from George Washington to Gerald Rudolph Ford (Washington: National Souvenir Center, 1975). 71 pp., illus.

President U. S. Grant: An Official Testimonial of His Qualifications as Statesman (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 16 pp.

Proceedings at the Unveiling of the Ulysses Simpson Grant Memorial Tablet, Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford, October 4th, 1916: with a Short Account of the Securing and Placing of the Tablet by the Connecticut Division Sons of Veterans, U.S.A. ([Hartford: n.p.], 1916). 9 pp., illus.

Proceedings on the Occasion of the Banquet to Celebrate the Sixty-Eighth Anniversary of the Birth of General U. S. Grant at Delmonico's on Saturday, April 26th, 1890 (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). 16 pp.

Pucci, Idanna, The Trials of Maria Barbella: The True Story of a 19th Century Crime of Passion (New York and London: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996). [....] pp. States the prominent women such as Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant supported Maria Barbella.

Purdy, Stanley K., ed., The Grant Articles, vol. 1 (Georgetown, Ohio: The News Democrat, 1997). 64 pp., illus.

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Rahill, Peter J., The Catholic Indian Missions and Grant's Peace Policy, 1870-1884, Edwin V. O'Hara, foreword, Studies in American Church History, no. 41 (Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 1953). 396 pp., illus., facsim., maps, notes, bib. (pp. 349-60), index.

Rahill (1910-1976), an American Catholic historian, taught at the Catholic University of America (1951-56) and served as historian for the Archdiocese of St. Louis (1956-66).

In his doctoral dissertation, Rahill examines the effects of official policies on the Catholic missions, giving primary attention to the development of the mission system through the title period.

Randall, James G., and David Donald, The Civil War and Reconstruction 2nd ed. (Boston: Heath, 1961).

Rawlins, John A., Speech of Major Gen'l John A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff U. S. A. General Grant's Views in Harmony with Congress. Authentic Exposition of His Principles (Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, [1868]). 16 pp., paper.

Galena attorney Rawlins (1831-69), Grant's chief-of-staff through the war, expressed his views to a hometown audience on June 21, 1867. Rawlins discussed the causes and effects of the war, addressing himself particularly to Constitutional issues, but the speech was immediately recognized as a reflection of Grant's own views, as indicated by the title applied in this publication for the 1868 presidential campaign.

The Galena speech was reprinted as an appendix (470-502; misdated June 14) by James Harrison Wilson in The Life of John A. Rawlins (New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1916); Louis Devon, author of a screenplay based on Grant's life (listed separately), wrote a fictionalized biography entitled Aide to Glory (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1952), and more information is in Emeterio S. Santovenia y Echaide, John A. Rawlins (Academia de la Historia de Cuba, Havana: Imprenta "El Siglo XX," 1931).

Reader's Digest Great Biographies in Large Type: Helen Keller; Lee and Grant (Pleasantville, N.Y.: n.p., 1991). 508 pp., reprint of Lee and Grant, A Dual Biography by Gene Smith.

Reed, Sam[uel] Rockwell, The Vicksburg Campaign, and the Battles About Chattanooga Under the Command of General U. S. Grant, in 1862-63; an Historical Review (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1882). 201 pp.

Reed (1820-1889), author of books on subjects as diverse as the America's Cup races, trial by jury, and The War of 1886, Between the United States and Great Britain (1882), here criticizes Grant's planning in the Vicksburg and Chattanooga campaigns. Taking exception to most books published on the battles (particularly Badeau's Military History), Reed portrays Grant blundering to success, a military faction attempting to prolong the war to its own advantage, and, through it all, the only military ability, heroism, or patriotism Reed could find was that of "the citizen volunteers [who] fought out the war to triumph in spite of blundering generalship." (164)

Reeder, [Russell Potter], Jr., U. S. Grant: Horseman and Fighter. By Colonel Red Reeder, A Discovery Book (Champaign, Ill.: Garrard Publishing Company, [1964]). 80 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Reeder (1902- ), a West Point graduate in 1926, spent much of his military career as assistant athletic director at the Academy. He prepared the army's training manual for Guadalcanal and was wounded shortly after the Normandy invasion. Reeder has written numerous juvenile books on West Point life and an American military history.

In his juvenile biography of Grant Reeder gives special attention to Grant's abilities as a horseman. Other Reeder books on Civil War history with information on Grant are The Northern Generals (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1964) and Heroes and Leaders of West Point (New York: Nelson, 1970).

Reinert, Eric A., Grant's Tomb ([New York]: Eastern National [Park and Monument Association], 1997). 24 pp., illus.

Reitz, Earl Franklin, American Gold Mettle: A Sentient Perspective of Ulysses Grant (Louisa, Va.: Xenolith Press, 1994). 204 pp., first hardbound edition.

The Remarkable History of Ulysses Simpson Grant, General of the Armies of the United States, Boys National Series (Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., [1896]). [18] pp., illus.

The Remarkable History contains a brief biography for very young children, and is particularly noteworthy for its fine illustrations. The cover and four of the pages are printed in full-color process lithography; several other pages contain halftones of watercolor illustrations.

Remsburg, John E[leazer], Sest Historickych Americanu (Chicago: Tiskem a nakladem Aug. Geringera, 1900, 1930). 220 pp.

Remsburg, John E[leazer], Six Historic Americans: Paine, Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Grant, the Fathers and Saviors of Our Republic Freethinkers (New York: The Truth Seeker Company, [1906]). 182, 365 pp., illus.

Remsburg attempts to show that Grant was not a believer in Christianity, but a freethinker, "an unbeliever and a zealous advocate of state secularization." (365)

Renick, Marion [Lewis], Steve Marches with the General (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1962]). 175 pp., illus.

Renick (1904-1983), newspaperwoman, journalism instructor, and author of many children's books, included a pageant on "The Boy who Grew up to be General Grant" in this book along with a narrative of Steve's fictional adventures with various real figures of the Civil War.

Repp, Stephen, Ulysses S. Grant: The Galena Years ([Galena, Ill.]: Stephen Repp, 1985). 95 pp., illus., bib. (pp. 94-95).

Another edition: 1990. 96 pp., illus., bib. (pp. 95-96).

A Reprint of Certain Articles in Illustration of the Life and Services of Gen'l U. S. Grant, Both as Soldier & Statesman, and in His Defence Against the Assaults of His Enemies ([Washington?]: n.p., 1880). 28 pp., paper.

The unknown author, signing himself "Justice," reprints four earlier letters to the editor written in vindication of Grant. The first, from the Washington Chronicle of May 13, 1874, defends the veto of the currency bill. Letters of Nov. 21 and 23, 1876, printed in the National Republican, answer various criticisms of Grant's administration, and the last letter, from the New York Herald of Feb. 22, 1877, advocates a third term.

[Republican], General Grant and the Republican Party. By a Republican (New York: n.p., 1880). 13 pp., paper.

The unidentified author discussed corruption in Grant's administration and argued that a third term would threaten the party's ruin.

[Republican Congressional Committee], Le Général Grant. Ses Actes Officiels Comme Homme d'Etat, Sa Politique a l'Égard des Emigrants et des Travailleurs; Son Attitude Envers les Anciens Soldats Confédérés et les Populations du Sue. Extraits tes Messages Annuels du Président et d'autres Pièces Officielles (New York: Imprimerie du Messager Franco-Americain, [1872?]). 8 pp., paper.

[Republican National Committee and Union Republican Congressional Committee], Life and Services of General U. S. Grant, Conqueror of the Rebellion, and Eighteenth President of the United States (Washington: Philip & Solomons, 1868). 160 pp., paper.

As its title indicates, this "official" biography shows no doubt that Grant would be elected. The material "compiled from the most authentic sources," (t.p.) describes Grant's wartime and post-war activities and stresses those qualities fitting him for election to the presidency.

[Republican National Committee], Our Candidate--Match Him.... The Recorded Opinions of the Republican Candidate, General U. S. Grant ([Washington: n.p., 1868]). 16 pp.

Republican Party National Committee 1868-1872, Life of General Grant (n.p.: n.p., n.d.).

The Republican Party's Fidelity to the Interests of Labor. History of the Eight-Hour Law. Grant and Wilson Its Faithful Supporters ([Washington?: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 4 pp., paper.

Much of the Republican Party's literature prepared for the 1872 campaign was directed toward particular groups or special problems, as is the case of this brochure. The author advises that "the path to victory lies Grantward.... the Republican party seems the proper channel to achieve our own and our children's prosperity." (2)

[Republican State Central Committee}, Mosby's Speech for Grant: The Defeated Confederate Soldier Chooses the Victorious General Rather than a Sutler (San Francisco: Republican State Central Committee, 1872).

Reprint of a letter to "Editors Alta," Aug. 19, 1872.

Die Republikanische Partei Ist der Freund des Arbeiters. Soll der Arbeiter für Grant oder für Greeley Stimmen? An Meine Arbeitsgenossen in den Vereinigten Staaten (n.p.: n.p., 1872). 7 pp., paper.

"The Republican Party is the Friend of Laborers" is similar in content to The Republican Party's Fidelity to the Interests of Labor and to John F. Meyers's The Republican Party: The Workingman's Friend (see his Synopsis of Political Issues).

Review of Prs. Grant's Recent Message to the United States' Congress, Relative to the Canadian Fisheries and the Navigation of the St. Lawrence River ([Ottawa?: n.p., 1870?]). 64 pp., paper.

Rhea, Gordon C., To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13-25, 1864 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000). 505 pp., illus., maps, bib. (p. [447]-473).

Rhode Island, Office of Commissioner of Education, Program of Exercises for use in the Schools of Rhode Island Upon the One Hundredth Birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant April 27, 1922 (n.p.: 1922). [3] pp., Rhode Island education circulars series.

Richardson, Albert D., A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant ... (Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; Newark, N. J.: Bliss and Company; Chicago: G. & C. W. Sherwood; San Francisco: R. J. Trumbull & Co., 1868). 560 pp., illus., maps, facsims.

Richardson (1833-69), correspondent for the New York Daily Tribune, was captured in May 1863, while attempting to run the batteries at Vicksburg; his adventures were described in The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape (1865). Beyond the Mississippi (1867), another popular work, describes his trip to the West (in part with Horace Greeley) in 1859. Richardson's Personal History is one of the better biographies published in 1868. The author's preface indicates a careful study of official records and numerous interviews to satisfy Richardson's object "not to paint the ideal, but to photograph the man--or, rather, to let the man photograph himself." (x) A brief biography of Colfax is included (553-60).

Other editions:

1. 1869.
2. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Co., 1885. 607 pp. Updated and published, according to an addenda slip, shortly after Grant was taken to Mt. McGregor. A handwritten notice on the last page indicates that future editions would be published to contain accounts of Grant's death and funeral.
3. Boston: D. L. Guernsey. 630 pp. Additional material as promised.
4. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1885.
5. M. A. Winter & Hatch.
6. Cincinnati: Forshee & McMakin. Wenzlick.
7. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1886.
8. Old Glory Library series, no. 13. Washington: The National Tribune, 1898. Inexpensive paper edition sold through the mails.
9. Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Co., 1902.
10. Providence: Buker Pub. Co., 1868, 1885. 628 pp., maps, facsims.

Rickarby, Laura Ann, Ulysses S. Grant and the Strategy of Victory (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Silver Burdett Press, 1991). 125 pp., illus, maps, The History of the Civil War Series.

Ridpath, John Clark. The Citizen Soldier: His Part in War and Peace (New York: privately printed, 1891). 78 pp.

Speech given at Amo, Ind., May 30, 1890.

[Riegelsville, Pennsylvania. Citizens], Memorial Service in Honor of Ulysses S. Grant, Held at St. John's Reformed Church, Riegelsville, Pa., August 9, 1885 ([Riegelsville, Pa.?: n.p., 1885]). 18 pp., paper.

Contains the text of addresses delivered at a union memorial service of Lutheran and Reformed congregations of Riegelsville.

Ringwalt, J[ohn] L., Anecdotes of General Ulysses S. Grant, Illustrating His Military and Political Career and His Personal Traits (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1885, 1886). 118 pp., index.

The Riverside Souvenir. A Memorial Volume Illustrating the Nation's Tribute to General U. S. Grant (New York: J. C. Derby, 1886). [56 l.], illus.

Robe, Robert S. Ulysses Simpson Grant: Portrait of an Alcoholic (Cold Spring Harbor: n.p., 1992). 96 pp., illus.

Roberts, B[enjamin] S., Lieut.-General U. S. Grant, His Services and Characteristics, as Sketched and Delivered ... Before the Faculty and Students of Yale College, by Invitation, October, 1865, and Again Read to the Legislature of Connecticut, by Special Invitation, in 1866, at its Session at New Haven, Conn. (New Haven: Printed by Thomas J. Stafford, 1869). 19 pp., paper.

Roberts (1810-75), a West Point graduate, resigned from the army in 1839 to become a railroad engineer, but later rejoined the army and led a storming party at Chapultepec in 1847. He served in the West until the Civil War when he served in various positions and, in 1865, was brevetted major general. His later years were spent at posts in the West, as military science instructor at Yale, and, after his retirement in 1870, as claims lawyer and inventor.

Roberts compared Grant with Napoleon, Wellington, and other military leaders and found "his proportions of greatness and stature as a General have never been surpassed, if attained, since God created man." (13) In tracing Grant's development Roberts told his academic audience that "it is not the school, but the events of life, that energize the brain and expand its powers;" (5) in Grant, he felt, the "powers" reached their highest level.

Roberts, Russell, Presidents and Scandals (San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001). 112 pp., illus. Juvenile.

Roberton, R. S., Addresses of R. S. Robertson at the Grant Memorial Services, Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 8th, 1885 ... (Fort Wayne, Ind.: n.p., 1885). 9 pp.

Robertson, W[illiam] S., Report of W. S. Robertson, Medical Director, Department of Iowa, G. A. R., As a Representative of the Department of Iowa, at the Funeral of General Ulysses S. Grant, on Saturday, August 8th, 1885 (n.p.: n.p., [1885?]). 2 pp., paper.

Robertson (1831-1887), returned from his duty as representative of the Iowa G.A.R. at Grant's funeral and submitted this official description of the services.

Robins, Solon, The Lives of General Ulysses S. Grant ... and Hon. Schuyler Colfax (Philadelphia: Hall & Co., 1868). [16] pp., contains music.

Robinson, H[amline] E., American Ancestry of U. S. Grant, Genealogical Notes--1 (n.p.: privately printed, 1885; [Salem, Mass.: Higginson Genealogical Books], 1987). 17 pp., paper.

Robinson (1845-1907), a compiler of genealogies (including one of the Lincoln, Hanks, and Boone families) and author of books on genealogical research, hoped to correct the many published errors concerning Grant's ancestry. His booklet (first published in the Maryville, Mo. Republican on Aug. 13, 1885) lists the direct line of Grants from Matthew through Ulysses.

For more complete genealogies, including collateral lines, see Arthur Hastings Grant or Frank Grant.

Robun, Kanagaki, Gurando-She-den Yamato-bunsho (n.p.: n.p., [1879]). 3 vols. bound as one in cloth case.

Japanese version of The Life of Gen. U. S. Grant, including a fully illustrated account of Grant's tour of Asia.

Rogers, J[ames] B., War Pictures: Experiences and Observations of a Chaplain in the U. S. Army, in the War of the Southern Rebellion (Chicago: Church & Goodman, 1863). 258 pp.

Several references made to Grant and personal and well-defined reminiscences also given.

Romero, Matías, A Mexican View of America in the 1860's: A Foreign Diplomat Describes the Politics of Civil War and Reconstruction, Thomas D. Schoonover, ed. and trans. (Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1991). 271 pp.

Romero, Matías, Speech of Señor Don Matias Romero, Mexican Minister at Washington, Read on the 65th Anniversary of the Birth of General Ulysses S. Grant, Celebrated at the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, of the City of Washington, on the 25th of April, 1887 (New York: W. Lowery, 1887). 16 pp., paper.

Romero (1837-98), Mexican minister in Washington at varying times through the last half of the nineteenth century, military representative in Washington for Gen. Porfirio Diaz (1863-68), and holder of the treasury and other cabinet portfolios during administrations of presidents Diaz and Gonzalez, first met Grant at City Point, Va., in 1864.

In his address Romero describes his respect for Grant and the friendship that developed through years of official, business, and personal dealings, and provides considerable information on Grant's views of Mexican-American relations.

Ross, Ishbel, The General's Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959). 372 pp., illus., facsims., notes, bib. (pp. 351-55), index.

Ross (1897-1975) emigrated from Scotland and found work as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune in 1919, working for that paper until she resigned in 1933 to devote full-time to writing books. She specialized in the lives of presidential wives such as Mary Todd Lincoln, Varina Howell Davis, and Edith Bolling Wilson.

Few wives of the period stood less in their husband's shadows than Julia Dent Grant, portrayed by Ross as wife and mother first, but also as a woman of spirited will. Ross concentrates on the romantic life of the Grants, and was aided in her research by a glance through Julia Grant's then-unpublished memoirs.

Runnells, John S., Speech ... [In Commemoration of the Seventy-first Anniversary of the Birth of General U. S. Grant, Delivered at Banquet at the "Waldorf" Hotel, April Twenty-seventh, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-three. General Horace Porter Presiding] ([New York: n.p., 1893]). 11 pp., paper.

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[St. Louis, Mo. Citizens], Dedication of the Grant Monument at St. Louis, Mo., October 20th, 1888 (St. Louis: R. P. Studley & Co., 1888). 23 pp., paper.

A printed program of the proceedings at the dedication of the monument, including a list of those organizations who had marched in the parade.

[Salem, Mass. Citizens], [Memorial Services for General Grant, Held at Salem, Mass., Aug. 8, 1885] ([Salem, Mass.: n.p., 1885]).

[Salvador], Errors of American Statesmen; Possible Impeachment of Grant (New York: E. O'Keefe, 1875). 19 pp., paper.

Salvador (pseudonym) accuses Grant of being a dupe of England in the instigation of a religious civil war between American Protestants and Catholics; his conclusion: if war does occur, Grant must be impeached.

Sammon, Paul E., At Home with General U. S. Grant in Galena, Illinois (Stockton, Ill.: Beckmon, 1982). chiefly illus.

Sanborn, John B., Oration Delivered before the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Chicago, Ill., September 9, 1885 (St. Paul: H. M. Smyth Printing Company, 1887). 24 pp., paper. (St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co., 1885).

A lawyer, Civil War general, and Minnesota politician, Sanborn (1826-1904) delivered this address on Sept. 9, 1885, in place of Grant who had died on July 23. He used the opportunity to eulogize Grant's achievements as a general and statesman.

Sanfilippo, Pamela K., Grant Related Sites in St. Louis: A Self-Guided Tour (St. Louis: Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 1998). 40 pp.

Sargent, Horace Binney, Poem.... Written by request for the Funeral Obsequies of General. Grant, in the City of Los Angeles, California (n.p.: n.p., [1885]). 3 pp., paper.

Sargent (1821-1908), col., 1st Mass. Cav. during the Civil War, later a bvt. brig. gen., produced a poem "Grant is Dead!"

Sauers, Victoria, Ulysses S. Grant: Personal Reflections: A Novel (Pittsburgh: Blue Bear Press, 1998). 255 pp. Fiction.

Scaturro, Frank J., President Grant Reconsidered (Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 1999).

Schurz, Carl, Three Years of Grant. Senator Schurz's Speech at St. Louis, July 22, 1872. A Masterly Review of the Administration--Its Failures, Blunders, and Crimes--The Republican Organization Debauched and the Masses of the Party Deluded--An Impressive Picture of the Evils of Personal Government ([New York?: Weekly Tribune?,] 1872). [2] pp.

Scott, Douglas D., Archeological Investigations for the Barn Relocation at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, Missouri (Lincoln: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center, 2002). 26 pp., illus., map.

Scott, Douglas D., Archeological Investigations of the Ice House and the Summer Kitchen/Stone Building at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, Missouri (Lincoln: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Archeological Center, 2002). 66 pp., illus., maps.

Scott, Myron, Ten Generations of Grants (Washington: n.p., 1971). 709 pp., illus.

Seifert, Shirley, Captain Grant: A Novel (Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1946]). 606 pp. (London; New York: S. Paul, 1948). 352 pp., published under new title Uncounted Years.

Seifert (1888-1971), Missouri born author of short stories and historical novels, follows Grant's life from his appointment to West Point to his appointment by Governor Yates to command the 21st Illinois Volunteers.

Selected Poems on General U. S. Grant (Point Pleasant, Ohio: Grant Memorial M. E. Church, 1936). 23 pp.

The Senatorial Triumvirate, whose Self-Appointed Mission seems to Be the Destruction of Public Confidence in President Grant, after Passing through the Entire Gamut of Slander, Finally Culminated by the Introduction of a Resolution in the Senate on the 12th Inst., by Senator Sumner, the Preamble of which Insinuates the Gravest Charges Against the Administration ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

The anonymous author charges Liberal Republicans Charles Sumner and Carl Schurz with attempting "to destroy the confidence of the German Republicans in Gen. Grant's administration" by instigating a Senate investigation into alleged U.S. misconduct in sale of arms to France during the war with Germany. (6)

Shaara, Jeff, The Last Full Measure (New York: Ballantine Books, 2000). 612 pp. Fiction.

Sherman, E[lijah] B., An Address in Memory of Ulysses S. Grant by E. B. Sherman ... Delivered at Waukegan, Ill., August 8, 1885; also Pronounced at Pullman, Ill., August 9, 1885; and before Ulysses S. Grant Post, G. A. R., at Chicago, August 11, 1885. Published by Request ([Chicago?: n.p., 1885?]). 12 pp., paper.

E. B. Sherman (1832-1910), lawyer and Civil War veteran, delivered this eulogy placing Grant with Washington and Lincoln in "Trinity of America's Heroes" on Aug. 8, 9, and 11, 1885, in Waukegan, Pullman, and Chicago, Illinois.

Sherman, [William Tecumseh], Reply of Maj. Gen. Sherman to the Mayor of Atlanta, and Speeches of Maj. Gen. Hooker, Delivered in the Cities of Brooklyn and New York, Sept. 22, 1864. Letter of Lieut. Gen. Grant. Voices from the Army ([n.p.: n.p., 1864]). 6 (i.e., 8) pp., paper.

This pamphlet is a compilation of Union officers' statements in support of the reelection of Lincoln and Johnson; it contains Grant's letter describing the Confederate Army as at "their last man," having "robbed the cradle and the grave equally to get their present force." (6)

[Sherman, William Tecumseh], Two Letters from General William Tecumseh to General Ulysses S. Grant & William T. (sic) McPherson in the Collection of W. K. Bixby of Saint Louis (Boston: Merrymount Press, 1919). 18 pp.

Fifty copies of this book were printed for William K. Bixby (1857-1931), a St. Louis industrialist and collector, by D. B. Updike, introductory note by Bixby.

Sherrill, Clarence O., and Bryan, James William, ed., The Grant Memorial in Washington (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924). 78 pp., plates.

Shields, Robert G. "Ulysses S. Grant: The Architect of the Victory in the U. S. Civil War," USAWC Military Studies Program Paper, U. S. Army War College, 1993, 63 pp., bib.

A Short History of Gen. U. S. Grant (New York: Knapp & Co., 1888). 15 pp. Packed in Duke's Cigarettes as an advertising premium.

Shrady, George F., General Grant's Last Days, By One of His Consulting Surgeons ... with a Short Biographical Sketch of Dr. Shrady (New York: Privately printed [The De Vinne Press], 1908). 74 pp., illus., facsims.

George Frederick Shrady (1837-1907), New York surgeon and medical journalist, was one of Grant's consulting physicians during his fatal illness. Believing that "there is no place in which human nature shows itself so plainly as in the sickroom," Shrady describes Grant in his last days through a series of anecdotes depicting his courteous, considerate, humble and unassertive manner. This article, privately printed by Dr. Shrady's wife (50 copies), also appeared in its entirety as a three part series in The Century Magazine (Vol. LXXVI, Nos. 1-3) May, June and July, 1908, and in an earlier, briefer version containing substantially the same information in The Saturday Evening Post (Vol. 173, Nos. 33 & 34) Feb. 16 and 23, 1901, as "The Last Days of Our Great General." (p. 102 Century Magazine May 1908). See also John H. Douglas. Available online at http://www.lib.siu.edu/projects/usgrant/shrady.html.

Siegel, Charles G., No Backward Step: A Guide to Grant's Campaign in Virginia (Shippensburg, Pa.: Burd Street Press, 2000). 296 pp.

The Silent Soldier on Wheels (New York: [Jameson, Kilburne & Co.], n.d.). 14 pp.

Simon, John Y., Grant and Halleck: Contrasts in Command (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1996).

Simon, John Y., Lincoln and Grant, Historical Bulletin Series, no. 39 (Madison, Wis.: Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 1984), 16 pp., illus.

Simon, John Y., ed., The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, 24 vols. (to date) (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967-).

Simon, John Y., Ulysses S. Grant Chronology, Bruce Catton, intro. ([Columbus: The Ohio Historical Society for Ulysses S. Grant Association and Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963]). 39 pp., illus., notes.

Simpson, Brooks D., Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991). 339 pp.

Simpson, Brooks D., The Reconstruction Presidents (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1998). 276 pp.

Simpson, Brooks D., Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 1822-1865 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000).

Sinclair, Robert, Life of Ulysses S. Grant, President of the U. S. and Commander in Chief of the United States Army (New York: Norman L. Munro, 1872).

Sketch of the Life of General U. S. Grant (New York: Garnett & Whiteman, 1897). [65] pp., illus.

Sketches of the Lives and Services of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, National Republican Candidates for President and Vice President of the United States (Washington: Chronicle Print, [1868]). 8 pp., paper, illus.

This campaign pamphlet suggests that Grant should be elected president as an expression of gratitude for his military successes.

Another edition: Without printer's caption.

Skimin, Robert, Ulysses: A Biographical Novel of U. S. Grant (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994). 448 pp., maps, "A Thomas Dunne Book," first edition.

Another edition: Ulysses S. Grant: A Novel (n.p.: Herodias Press, 1999). 464 pp., paper.

Sloane, James, Speech of Judge James Sloane; Delivered in the Wigwam of the Seventeenth Ward, Cincinnati, August 28, 1868. An Analysis and Estimate of the Character of General Grant, with Respect to His Fitness for the Presidency (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1868). 31 pp., paper.

This 1868 Republican presidential campaign pamphlet, while describing Grant as neither a genius, orator, nor politician, still urges support for him because "... Grant, if elected, can not be other than a safe President." (29)

[Small, George G.], A Presidential Base-Ball Match, Grant against Greeley, for the Championship for Four Years (New York: Published at "Wild Oats" Office, 1872). 31 pp., paper, illus.

In this illustrated satire published under the name of Bricktop, Small depicts the election of 1872 as a drunk and very disorderly baseball game; in the period from 1872 to 1894, Small published numerous other humorous pieces in which he poked fun at many of the events of the day.

Smith, Ambrose C., General Ulysses S. Grant. An Address ... Upon the Occasion of the Memorial Service in Galena, August 8, 1885 (Galena, Ill.: Published at the Request of the U. S. Grant Post No. 502, G. A. R., [1885]). 32 pp., paper.

Rev. Smith's memorial address, based on Adam Badeau's Military History, primarily praises Grant's military genius; Grant's administration is, however, credited with three great achievements: the veto of the Inflation bill, the Treaty of Washington, and the first humane Indian policy.

Smith, E[dward] Delafield, Speech of the Hon. E. Delafield Smith for Grant and the Republican Cause, Delivered at Cooper Institute, New York, Friday Evening, October 30, 1868 (New York: The Sun Job Print, 1868). 8 pp., paper.

In his speech, Smith (1826-1878), New York lawyer, warned that Americans "cannot trust the democratic party," the party which had "assailed the constitution"; instead, they must vote for the Republican candidates because the party had "saved the nation from the incendiaries of the South." (7, 4, 8)

Smith, Francis H., reporter, Presidential Election, 1872. Proceedings of the National Union Republican Convention Held at Philadelphia, June 5 and 6, 1872, which Nominated for President and Vice-President Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (Washington: Gibson Brothers, 1872). 56, 60 pp.

Smith, Gene, Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. New York: New American Library, 1985. New York: Penguin, 1985. Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 1987. New York: Promontory Press, 1988, 1991). 412 pp., illus., bib. (p. 371-377).

Smith George Barnett, Heroes of the Nineteenth Century: Wellington, Garibaldi, Grant, Gordon (London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1899). 352 pp., illus, facsim.

Smith, Jean Edward, Grant (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002). 781 pp., illus., maps.

Smith, John C., Address: Personal Recollections of General Ulysses S. Grant Before U. S. Grant Post, No. 28, G. A. R. Department of Illinois ... February 26, 1903 (n.p.: n.p., [1903]). 22 pp., paper.

In his address to the U. S. Grant Post No. 28 in Chicago, Smith (1832-1910), former Galena resident, post historian and former Illinois Lt. Governor, recalls his experiences with "the greatest soldier the Anglo-Saxon race has ever produced." (1)

Smith, John C., Grant: An Address Delivered at the 23d Annual Reunion of the Old Soldiers' and Sailors' Association of Jo Daviess County, Turner Hall, Galena, August 15, 1905 ([Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., 1905]). 15 pp., paper, illus.

Smith, John C., Personal Recollections of General Ulysses S. Grant before the U. S. Grant Post, No. 28, G. A. R. Department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, U. S. A. February 11, 1904 ([Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., 1904]). 23 pp., paper, illus.

[Smith, Matthew Hale], Caesarism. General Grant for a Third Term (Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, 1873). 36 pp., paper.

In this pamphlet, Smith (1816-1879), clergyman, lawyer, lecturer, and author of numerous books and pamphlets, urged Grant's election to a third term because he was "one of those men that nobody seems to want, and yet a man whom the people cannot do without." (19) Smith published the pamphlet under the pen name of Burleigh, a name he also used in his "Burleigh Letters" as correspondent to the Boston Journal.

Smith, Nicholas, Grant, the Man of Mystery (Milwaukee: The Young Churchman Co., 1909). 381 pp., illus., map.

Col. Smith (1837-1911) was a British born Wisconsin newspaper editor and amateur hymnologist; his other published works included three studies of American music. The "mystery" in the title of his biography of Grant refers to the surprising rise of this "shy, unambitious, unknown man" from "the humblest station in life" to "the summit of human distinction." (1-3)

Smith, Robert Garth, Into the Wilderness with the Army of the Potomac (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985). 236 pp.

Smith, Tamara, The Story of Ulysses S. Grant (Nashville: Candy Cane Press, 2005). Juvenile.

Smith, Truman, Fragment of a Sermon on the Great American Sin of Speaking Evil of Rulers with a Text Having Therein a Precept, an Example, and an Admonition Worthy of the Attention of all Lovers of our Free Institutions (New Haven: O. A. Dorman, 1879). 7 pp., paper.

Smith (1791-1884), Whig U. S. Representative from Conn. (1839-43, 1845-49), U. S. Senator (1849-54), judge of the slave trade court (1862-70), argues that Grant had been successful as president.

Smith, William Farrar, From Chattanooga to Petersburg Under Generals Grant and Butler: A Contribution to the History of the War, and a Personal Vindication (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1893). 201 pp., maps, index.

Smith (1824-1903), engineer of the Chattanooga "cracker-line," known for his imprudent criticism of other officers, after the war sought to redeem his tarnished reputation through his writing; in this book, he alleges that Grant removed him rather than Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler from command of the Army of the James in July 1864 because Butler had threatened to expose Grant's excessive drinking. Smith's comments on Grant, similiar to those in his book, were printed earlier in several issues of The Century Magazine. Two articles, in Nov. 1885 (Vol. XXXI No.1, 146-47) and Feb. 1886 (Vol. XXXI No. 4, 621-23) are Smith's responses to previous Century articles on Grant at Chattanooga; this material also appeared in substantially the same form in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War edited by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel (New York: The Century Co., 1887) Vol. III, 714-717. Two other articles which present basically the same allegation of unjust treatment of Smith by Grant which Smith made in his book also appeared in The Century Magazine in May 1886 (Vol. XXXII, No. 1, 153) and Nov. 1886 (Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, 134). In addition, there was a fifth article by Smith in The Century Magazine in Aug. 1897 (Vol. LIX, No. 4, 636-38) in which he takes issue with previously published articles on Grant by General Horace Porter. Two additional articles by Smith in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (Vol. IV, 206-12 and 221-30) present material on Drury's Bluff and Cold Harbor similar to that which appeared in his book.

Smyth, Clifford, Ulysses S. Grant: Whose Motto Was "Let Us Have Peace," Builders of America series, Vol. 21 )New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1931). 172 pp.

Smyth (1866-1934), newspaperman, editor of the New York Times Book Review (1913-22) and the Literary Digest International Book Review (1922-26), wrote twenty-four volumes of biography in the "Builders of America series." This brief, highly derivative biography which emphasizes Grant's virtues, also includes a four page chronological outline of his life.

[Society of the Army of the Tennessee], Unveiling of the Gen. U. S. Grant Statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago, October 7, 1891 ([Chicago?: n.p., 1891]). 48 pp., paper, illus.

This program for the unveiling ceremony includes toasts, engravings, photographs and a biographical sketch of Grant, and a list of the officers of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee.

Soldiers and Sailors, Look to Your Interests. Grant and Colfax (Washington: Soldiers' and Sailors' National Republican Executive Committee, [1868]). 3 pp., paper.

Republican campaign pamphlet urges Union Army and Navy veterans to support Grant and Colfax saying "That what the confederacy fought for would be won by the election of Seymour and Blair." (1)

Soldiers' and Sailors' State Central Committee, Philadelphia, Addresses to the Soldiers and Sailors of Pennsylvania in Favor of Grant and Colfax (Philadelphia: Sherman and Co., printers, 1868). 24 pp.

Sons of Revolutionary Sires, San Francisco, Headquarters, Sons of Revolutionary Sires, San Francisco, July 28, 1885. It Is Our Painful Duty to Announce to the Society the Death of Our Illustrious and Honored Life-Member General U. S. Grant ... ([San Francisco: Sons of Revolutionary Sires], 1888). [4] pp.

[Sons of Veterans of the U.S.A. Connecticut Division], Proceedings at the Unveiling of the Ulysses Simpson Grant Memorial Tablet. Connecticut State Capitol. Hartford. October 4th, 1916 ... ([Hartford?: n.p., 1916?]). [11] pp., paper.

A commemorative pamphlet describing exercises associated with the unveiling of a plaque honoring Grant's Connecticut ancestors.

Souvenir of Abraham Lincoln (London: H. Gardiner & Co., n.d.). 16 pp. "Printed and published on behalf of the London Branch U. S. Civil War Veterans."

Souvielle, E[liza] M., The Ulyssiad an American Epic (Jacksonville, Fla.: Dacosta Printing and Publishing House, 1896). 53 pp., illus.

Souvielle (born 1848), used verse to tell the story of Grant's life. She also wrote Sequel to The Parliament of Religions (1894) under the pseudonym Eben Malcolm Sutcliffe.

Spangler, Earl, Presidential Tenure and Constitutional Limitation (Washington: University Press of America, 1977). 190 pp. Arguments for and against presidential third terms viewed from historical perspective. Discusses Grant's 1880 attempt to win a third term nomination.

[The Spectator Company], Grant, McClellan, Hancock (New York: The Spectator, 1886). 8 pp., paper.

Argues that, since all three generals died poor, each should have had life insurance of at least $100,000.

Speer, Emory, Lincoln, Lee, Grant and Other Biographical Addresses (New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1909). 269 pp., illus.

Judge Speer (1848-1918), Confederate veteran, Georgia congressman and jurist, delivered an address to the Grant Birthday Association of Galena, Illinois, in 1898. His address praised Grant as the savior of the Union just as Washington was the father of his country.

[Springfield, Ill.], Order of Exercises: Grant Memorial Services, State House, Springfield, Ill., Aug. 8, 1885 (Springfield?: n.p., [1885]).

Stafford, Wendell Phillips, The Spirit of Democracy: An Address Delivered May 30, 1906, at Grant's Tomb ... ([New York]: U.S. Grant Post No. 327, [1906]). 12 pp.

Stansfield, F. W. H., The Life of Gen'l. U. S. Grant, the General in Chief of the United States Army (New York: T. R. Dawley, [1865]). 104 pp., paper.

In dime novel style and format, Grant's career is inaccurately covered to Oct. 1864.

Other editions:

1. New York: T. R. Dawley, 1868. Pages 103-104 reset with reduced leading to allow inclusion of chapter X, which brings life up to summer of 1868.
2. San Francisco: John Stratman, 1868.

Steere, Edward, The Wilderness Campaign (Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Co., 1960. Gaithersbury, Md.: Olde Soldier Books, 1987. Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 1991). 522 pp., maps., bib. (p. 477-511).

Steins, Richard, Lincoln, Johnson, and Grant (Vero Beach, Fla.: Rourke Corp., 1997). 64 pp. Juvenile.

Stevens, Aaron F., Grant and his Administration. Speech of Hon. Aaron F. Stevens, of New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives, February 19, 1870 ([Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1870]). 7 pp., paper.

Stevens (1819-87), a lawyer-politician, served in the Civil War as colonel and bvt. brigadier general. He was later elected as a Republican to the House (1867-71) where he made this speech urging Congressional approval of Grant's programs.

Stevens, Walter B., Grant in Saint Louis: From Letters in the Manuscript Collection of William K. Bixby (St. Louis: The Franklin Club of Saint Louis, 1916). 172 pp., illus., facsim.

Stevens (1848-1939), newspaperman and Missouri historian, served as city editor and later Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In this work, of which only 100 copies were printed, the author gives an anecdotal history based primarily on a series of Grant letters owned by William K. Bixby.

Stevens, William Oliver, The Boys' Life of General Grant, Biographies for Boys and Girls series (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, [1925]). 344 pp., illus., maps.

Stevens (1878-1955), born in Burma, was professor of English at the U.S. Naval Academy and the author of many historical works for children.

Stevenson, Augusta, U. S. Grant: Young Horseman, The Childhood of Famous Americans Series (Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1962]). 200 pp., illus.

Stevenson (1871-1976), did not begin her career as a writer until her retirement from teaching at age sixty. A widely-read author of juvenile works, she founded the "Childhood of Famous Americans" series in 1932.

Stevenson, Augusta, U. S. Grant: Young Horseman, The Childhood of Famous Americans Series (Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1947]). 187 pp., illus.

Stilwell, W. H., Grant. A Poem ([Rogers, Arkansas?: n.p., 1885?]. [4] pp., paper.

Stoakes, Wiliam, General Grant's Death (Philadelphia: n.p., 1885).

Stoddard, Henry L., As I Knew Them: Presidents and Politics from Grant to Coolidge (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1927). 571 pp., illus., index.

Stoddard (1861-1947) served as a Washington and field correspondent for various newspapers, becoming editor of the New York Daily Illustrated Graphic in 1888. In 1897 he became editor of the Evening Mail, in which he later purchased a controlling interest. His chapter on Grant focuses on Grant's final illness, with a sympathetic retrospective look at his presidency.

Stoddard, William O., Ulysses S. Grant, The Lives of the Presidents series (New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1886). 362 pp., illus.

Stoddard (1835-1925), was an early and ardent supporter of Lincoln, whom he served as private secretary. He enlisted briefly in the U.S. Volunteers and in 1864 was appointed U.S. Marshal for Ark. Upon resigning this position in 1866, he became involved in business and began his career as an author, eventually publishing over one hundred works, including this juvenile biography.

Stoddard, William O., Ulysses S. Grant, The Lives of the Presidents series (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1886], 1892). 362 pp., illus.

Stohlman, Robert F., The Powerless Position: The Commanding General of the Army of the United States, 1864-1903 (Manhattan, Kan.: Military Affairs for the American Military Institute, 1975). 151 pp.

Storrs, Emery A., Address of Welcome to General Grant, Calumet Club, Nov. 17, 1879, and Banquet Speech, Society of the Army of the Tennessee, Palmer House, November 13, 1879 (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). [6] 13 pp.

Storrs (1835-85), a Chicago attorney, served as a delegate at the 1868, 1872, and 1880 Republican conventions.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant,... (Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co.; New York: J. D. Denison; Chicago: J. A. Stoddard, 1868). 575 pp., illus.

Stowe (1811-1896), best known for her other works, includes a short, highly derivative chapter on Grant in this collection of biographies. An 1872 retitled edition dropped three individuals and substituted three not found in the original. The later edition contains substantially the same biography of Grant with the addition of a few words concerning his presidency and death.

Other editions:

1. Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co.; New York: J. D. Denison; Chicago: J. A. Sotddard, 1868.
2. Freeport, N.Y.: Essay Index Reprint Series 1868; Books for Libraryies, 1974 (?).
3. The Lives and Deeds of Our Self-Made Men, Hartford: Worthington, Dustin & Co., 1872. 602 pp.
4. Hartford: Worthington, Dustin; Cincinnati: Queen City Publishing Co.; Chicago: M. A. Parker & Co., 1872.
5. New ed. Edited by Rev. Charles E. Stowe. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1872.
6. New ed. Revised and edited by Rev. Charles E. Stowe, contains biographical sketch of the author. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1889. 571 pp.
7. Boston and London: 1890.

For other Stowe works, see Margaret H. Hildreth, Harriet Beecher Stowe A Bibliography (Archon Books: 1976).

Sturdevant, Lafe, Ulysses S. Grant: An Address Delivered before the Alumni of the Central Normal College, Danville, Ind., July 28th, 1897 (n.p.: n.p., [1897?]). 34 pp.

Sturgis, Samuel Davis, The Other Side, as Viewed by Generals Grant, Sherman, and other Distinguished Officers, being a Defence of his Campaign into N. E. Mississippi in the year 1864 (Washington: n.p., 1882). 16 pp.

Suchting, Henry W., Ulysses S. Grant: A Strategic Leader (Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army War College, 1996). 27 pp., bib.

[Summers, Alexander], the Story of General U. S. Grant In Mattoon ([Springfield, Ill.]: Illinois Division of Tourism, n.d.). [4] pp., illus.

A brochure, excerpted from a paper prepared for the Mattoon Historical Society, giving a short, chronological history of Grant's first command.

Sumner, Charles, "He, being Dead, yet Speaketh." Charles Sumner's Explanation in Reply to an Assault. A Speech Prepared for the United States Senate, March, 1871 (Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1878). 29 pp.

Posthumous publication of a speech prepared by Charles Sumner. This publication was in response to USG's interviews with John Russell Young while touring Europe.

Sumner, Charles, The Presidential Election. Greeley or Grant? Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, Intended to be Delivered at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Sept. 3, 1872 (Boston: J. E. Farwell & Company, 1872). 31 pp., paper.

Prevented by illness from delivering this speech, Sumner delivered it to the chairman of the Liberal Republican State Committee, Francis W. Bird, for printing and it is included in The Works of Charles Sumner, XV, 209-54.

Sumner, Charles, Republicanism vs. Grantism. The Presidency a Trust, not a Plaything and Perquisite. Personal Government and Presidential Pretensions. Reform and Purity in Government. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 31, 1872 (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1872). 56 pp., paper.

For the bitter opposition of U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (1811-74) to Grant's reelection, see David Donald, Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970), 523-55. "Republicanism vs. Grantism" appeared in The Works of Charles Sumner (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1870-83), XV, 83-171.

Other editions:

1. New York: The Tribune Association, 1872. 16 pp.
2. Washington: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, 1872. 30 pp.
3. Alexandria, Va.: Weekly Record Book and Job Office, 1872. 31 pp.

Sumners, Hatton W., Ninety-Eighth Anniversary of the Birth of General Grant: Speech ... in the House of Representatives: April 27, 1920 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1920). 14 pp., paper.

Sumners (1875-1962), attorney and Democratic congressman from Texas, praises Grant as the only friend and guarantor of fair treatment to the South after the death of Lincoln.

Sunderland, Byron, A Memorial Sermon on the Death of General Ulysses S. Grant, Delivered by the Pastor ... in the First Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. Sabbath Morning, July 26, 1885 (Washington: Lambert & Pigott, 1885). 11 pp., paper.

Sunderland (1819-1901), paster of the First Presbyterian Church in Washington for over forty-five years, served as chaplain of the Senate for eight years.

Supreme Court of the United States. The State of Georgia ag'st Ulysses S. Grant, George G. Meade, Thomas H. Ruger and Charles F. Rockwell. Bill. J. S. Black, J. M. Carlisle, Montgomery Blair, Solicitors and Counsellors for Plaintiff (New York: J. T. Hallett & Co., Printers, 1868). 28 pp., paper.

Swift, John L., About Grant (Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Charles T. Dillingham, 1880). 206 pp.

Swift (1828-95), a soldier, writes this life of Grant in support of Grant's 1880 campaign.

Swing, James B., Address of Judge James B. Swing at the Grant Memorial Service at Point Pleasant, Ohio: October Second, Nineteen Hundred and Seven ([Point Pleasant, Ohio: n.p.], 1907). 19 pp., with "The Lost Cause" by Thomas H. Hubbard, bound together.

Szabad, Éméric, Le Général Grant, Président de la République Américaine (Paris: C. Pichon-Lamy, Libraire-Éditeur, 1868). 31 pp.

Szabad (1822-1894), Hungarian-born author and soldier came to the U.S. in 1862 to fight and to write about the war. Having previously served in Hungary and Italy, Szabad became a captain in the Union army under General Daniel E. Sickles. He served as assistant collector of the port of Galveston, Texas, after the war. His other publications include histories of Hungary and Europe, an account of his months in Libby Prison, and a book on modern warfare. His pamphlet on Grant, a laudatory description of Grant's successes as a general was previously published in 1867 in the French periodical, Spectateur militaire.

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Tanimura, Kazusuke, Capron Shogun; Grant Daitoryo Raicho No Shinso. [General Capron; a Story of President Grant's Visit to Japan] (Tokyo: Sokichi Egawa, 1937). 250 pp., illus.

Another edition?: Tanimura, Issa, Kepuron Shogun.

[Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.], 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Ulysses Simpson Grant ... ([Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N.Y.: n.p., 1922]). [? pp.]

Tatum, Lawrie, Our Red Brothers and the Peace Policy of President Ulysses S. Grant (Philadelphia: John C. Winston & Co., 1899). 366 pp., illus.

Tatum (1822-1900), an Iowa farmer and a devout Quaker, became agent for the Kiowa and Comanche tribes in 1869 under Grant's policy of allowing the Quakers and, later, other denominations to nominate agents. "Bald Head Agent," as he was known to the Comanche, resigned in frustration in 1873, feeling his own work a failure constantly thwarted by his superiors.

Tatum's descriptions of his work show the successes he achieved and provide a working description of Grant's Indian policies, their aims, and some of the reasons why they failed.

Another edition: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press [1970]. Hardback and paper. A foreword (v-xx) by Richard N. Ellis discusses Indian problems and problems with Indian policies and provides some biographical information on Tatum.

Taussig, William, Personal Recollections of General Grant, a Paper Read before the Society October 15th, 1903 ([St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1903]). 13 pp., paper.

Taussig (1826-1913) studied chemistry in his native Prague before emigrating to the United States and served the city of St. Louis by dispensing medicine during the cholera epidemic of 1849. He became a doctor, then an official in county government remembered in the Grant story for his unfavorable reception of Grant's 1859 application to be county engineer. Taussig recounts the details of that incident, memories of Grant and the Dent family, and tells of a later meeting when Taussig, president of the company then bridging the Mississippi, went to Washington with James B. Eads to discuss their problems with President Grant.

Taussig's address was printed as part of volume 3 in the Missouri Historical Society Publications and was reprinted by James L. Post (listed separately).

Taylor, Frank H., "A Stately Picturesque Dream" ... Scenes of Florida, Cuba, and Mexico in 1880 (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1984). 63 pp.

Taylor, Geo[rge] Lansing, Ulysses S. Grant: Conqueror, Patriot, Hero, an Elegy; and Other Poems (New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1885). 31 pp., paper.

Taylor (1835-1903), a clergyman once known as the "poet of Methodism," held pastorates in eastern New York and was active in the temperance movement. He wrote articles, poems, songs, and sermons on various subject.

This small book, bearing the cover-title Elegy for Grant, contains six poems on different aspects of Grant's life.

Taylor, Joseph Danner, Address of Hon. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, delivered at the Grant memorial services at North Berwick Maine, August 8, 1885 (Biddeford, Maine: Printed at the Journal office, 1885). 16 pp.

Temple, Wayne C., Lincoln-Grant Illinois Militiamen (n.p.: State of Illinois Military and Naval Department, 1981). 34 pp.

Testimonial for George F. Robinson (Washington: n.p. Circular, [1865]).

Thayer, William M., From Tannery to the White House. The Life of Ulysses S. Grant: His Boyhood, Youth, Manhood, Public and Private Life and Services, "Log Cabin to White House" series (Boston: James H. Earle, 1885). 480 pp., illus., facsim.

Thayer (1820-98), a Congregational clergyman, turned to writing in 1858 after throat trouble forced him to give up preaching. He edited a few journals at various times and wrote occasional pieces, but most of his writing was in history and biography for young readers. He published a four-volume Youth's History of the Rebellion (1864-65) and, in the same series as this life of Grant, biographies of Lincoln, Washington, and Garfield.

Thayer's writing is marked by its didactic tone. He relied heavily on incident and anecdote in providing for children an example of "one who cultivated the commonplace virtues of truthfulness, obedience, industry, perseverance, self-reliance, honesty, loyalty, and fidelty." (6)

Other editions:

1. Chicago: A. G. Nettleton & Company.
2. Providence, R.I.: Baker Pub. Co.
3. London, Edinburgh and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons. 400 pp. Reset in smaller type.
4. From the Tan-Yard to the White House. The Story of President's Grant's Life. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 411 pp. A second edition, completing the tenth thousand (British?) printing, according to the title page; no textual changes.
5. [Original title]. Boston: James H. Earle, 1886. 480 pp.
6. 1888.
7. [Original title]. New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1887.
8. [Title as in (4)]. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1889. 411 pp.
9. [Original title]. Boston: James H. Earle, 1890.
10. [Title as in (4)]. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1892. 411 pp. Seventh edition, completing thirty-eighth thousand.
11. New York: Hurst & Company, [1885]. 480 pp. The date on this edition bearing the American title is that of copyright; it appears to have been printed in the early twentieth century.
12. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, [1927].
13. Boston: J. H. Earle, 1885. 98 p. in various pagings, illus., sample copy, "Log Cabin to White House Series." Sample copy collection.

Thayer, William M., Garfvarsonen President. General Ulysses Grants Life (Stockholm: n.p. [1887]). 232 pp.

Thomas, Benjamin P., ed., Three Years with Grant as Recalled by War Correspondent Sylvanus Cadwallader (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956).

Thomas, Henry, Ulysses S. Grant, Lives to Remember Series (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1961]). 192 pp., bib. (p. 189), index.

Thomas (1886-1970), publisher, editor, and author of more than fifty books, wrote juvenile biographies in the same series on Edison, Carver, the Wright brothers, and other famous Americans.

Thomas, writing for a pre-teen audience, relies on anecdote and a strong measure of fate in attempting to show Grant's rise to success against the expectations of family, friends, and enemies.

Thompson, John Rhey, Oration ... at the Tomb of Ulysses S. Grant in Riverside Park, New York City on Decoration Day, 1887 (n.p.: n.p., 1887). 16 pp.

Thomsen, Brian M., ed., The Civil War Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2002). 524 pp.

Thomson, G. Mortimer, President Grant: A Biographical Threnody in Ten Themes (Blooming Valley, Pa.: Clint Rodebush, 1906). 4 pp.

Thulstrup, Thure de, Grant from West Point to Appomattox (Boston: Prang, 1885, 1887). 18 pp.

Tierney, Tom, Ulysses S. Grant and His Family, Paper Dolls (Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Pub., 1995). 16 l. of plates.

Tilton, Theodore, The Philadelphia Failure, a Review of Grant's Renomination (New York: The Golden Age, 1872). 10 pp., paper. Reprinted from "The Golden Age" of June 8, 1872.

Tilton (1835-1907), a young man dedicated to his religion, abolition, and other causes, achieved success as a journalist. He published the sermons of his friend Henry Ward Beecher and was an active member of Plymouth Church until he accused the famous pastor of improper advances toward his wife. The scandal and resulting trial ruined Tilton's career in America; his last years were spent writing novels in Europe.

In the early days of the Beecher-Tilton controversy the young writer edited the short-lived Golden Age and wrote (June 8, 1872) this strong editorial against the renomination of Grant.

To the Union Voters of Madison County ([Edwardsville, Ill.: Daniel Kerr?], 1868). 2-4 pp.

Todd, Helen, A Man Named Grant, Houghton Mifflin Fellowship Books series (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1940). 598 pp., illus., map, index.

Todd (1912-63) managed to carry on a literary career despite being stricken by polio in childhood. She won an award from her publishers for this book, and wrote several novels.

Todd's book combines historical event with fictional dialogue in telling the story of "Ulyss." The narrative begins in 1861, but much of Grant's earlier life is traced through recollections and flashbacks.

Another edition: [1940].

[Trask, George], General Grant and His Cigar! (Fitchburg, Mass.: n.p., n.d.). 4 pp. Anti-tobacco tract addressed to Grant.

Trudeau, Noah Andre, Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May-June 1864 (Boston: Little, Brown, 1989). 350 pp.

Turner, Charles, and Corrigan, Lytle, eds. and comps., Memorial Souvenir Programme: The Dedication of Grant's Monument: New York, April 27th, 1897 ([New York: n.p., 1897]). 40 pp., paper, illus., facsim.

This souvenir booklet contains several photographs and sketches of Grant's life, information on the monument, and other information, as well as advertising for various New York merchants.

Turner, James E., The Passage: A Seaman's Account of Life Aboard the U. S. S. Constitution in 1877 & the U. S. S. Richmond's Cruise around the World from 1878-1881 with Ulysses S. Grant ([United States: D. L. Kilhefner, 1998]). 98 pp.

Twain, Mark, Mark Twain to General Grant: [A Keepsake (Kent, Ohio: Kent State University, 1973). [4] pp., entirely facsim, letter dated March 15, 1881, a note of gratitude for Grant's assistance in preserving the Chinese Educational Mission.

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U. S. Grant: An Appraisal and Six Vignettes, "Civil War Times Illustrated Special Edition" ([United States]: Eastern Acorn Press, 1980, 1983, 1985). 59 pp., illus., maps, compilation of articles about Grant from Civil War Times Illustrated.

U. S. Grant Album ([New York: n.p.], 1886). 22 pp., all illustrated.

U. S. Grant Calendar ([Galena, Ill.: D. Repp, n.d.). Serial.

The U. S. Grant House in Detroit ([Detroit: Michigan Mutual Liability Company, n.d.]). 4 pp., paper, illus., map.

The house where the newlywed Grants lived, now preserved at the Michigan State Fairgrounds, is described and illustrated in this booklet. Included are a few pictures of Grant and other material. The booklet itself has been revised periodically, and the contents have been changed slightly. A few editions are of six pages.

Ulysses S. Grant (Peekskill, N.Y.: The Library of Historical Beliefs, 1976). 48 pp., illus.

Ulysses S. Grant (Staten Island: Word Searches of America, Ltd., n.d.). 24 pp. Word search puzzles relating to aspects of Grant's life.

Ulysses the Great or Funny Scenes at the White House (Philadelphia: Attic Publishing Co., 1875). 38 pp., paper, illus.

This satirical booklet offers humorous views of family life at the White House during Grant's administration. Rosenbach.

Ulysses S. Grant Association, Newsletter of the Ulysses S. Grant Association, 10 vols. (Carbondale, Ill.: Ulysses S. Grant Association, Oct. 1963-July 1973).

Ulysses S. Grant (Peterborough, N. H.: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 1995). 48 pp. Juvenile literature.

A special issue of Cobblestone, the history magazine for young people (v. 16, no. 8, Oct. 1995).

Ulysses S. Grant and the Ku Klux Klan (n.p.: n.p., 1872). 8 pp.

[Ulysses S. Grant:] His Life and Services as a Soldier (Philadelphia: n.p., 1864).

Ulysses S. Grant His Life, Surrender of Lee, Important Events, '56 to '65 ([Buffalo: n.p., [1885]). 8 pp., paper.

The unidentified author of this work gives a summary of Grant's life and a chronological table of the important events "from the rise of the Republican party."

Ulysses S. Grant Re-Union Dinner, "306," the Old Guard, Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, Pa., April 25, 1893 ([Philadelphia: Loughead & Co. Art Press, 1893]). 31 pp.

Survivors of the 306 delegates who had supported Grant's nomination at the 1880 Republican national convention reconvened in 1893 for an evening of reminiscence. This handsome souvenir booklet, bound in soft ivory leather covers with embossed seals on front and back, lists the delegates by their states and contains accounts of the convention. Extracts from George W. Childs's Recollections of General Grant (11-20) and a sketch by John Russell Young (5-10) give biographical data.

Ulysses S. Grant: The Remarkable True-Life Story of the Civil War General and Peacetime President (Skokie, Ill.: Davco Publishers, 1976). 64 pp., illus., glossary, map. A color comic book presentation for grades 3-4 reading level.

Union Campaign Documents. No. 8. Stirring Appeals from Honored Veterans. Democratic Statesmen and Generals to the Loyal Sons of the Union. Views of Gens. Grant, Sherman, Dix, Wool, Butler, Edward Everett, John A. Griswold, and Others (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers, 1864). 14 pp.

[Union Congressional Committee], Reply of Maj. Gen. Sherman to the Mayor of Atlanta, and Speeches of Maj. Gen. Hooker, Delivered in the Cities of Brooklyn and New York, Sept. 22, 1864. Letter of Lieut. Gen. Grant (n.p., [1864]). 8 pp.

[Union League. Chicago], Grant Memorial Services in Battery "D" Armory Under the Auspices of the Union League Club of Chicago, Saturday Ev'g, Aug. 8, 1885 ([Chicago: Brown, Pettibone & Kelly, 1885]). 4 pp., paper.

Program for memorial services.

[Union League. New York, and Grand Army of the Republic. Department of New York. U.S. Grant Post, No. 327], Birthday Banquet by U.S. Grant Post, No. 327, Monday Evening, April 28th, 1890 (New York: George J. Collins & Co., 1890). [9] l., 43 pp.

[Union League. New York, and Grand Army of the Republic. Department of New York. U. S. Grant Post, No. 327], Grant Birthday Banquet ... Commemorating the Eighty-Fourth Birthday of General U. S. Grant, Friday Evening, April Twenty-Seventh [1906] ([New York: n.p., 1906]). [12] pp., illus., facsims.

The U. S. Grant Post held several birthday banquets in Grant's memory (listed separately; see Grand Army of the Republic), and was joined by the Union League in 1906. This booklet records the evening's proceedings.

[Union League. Philadelphia], Resolutions of the Union Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania, Held at Williamsport, June 26, 1867: Addresses of the State Central Committee. Facts for U.S. Bondholders. Protest of Gen. Grant against the Removal of Gen'l. Sheridan (Philadelphia: n.p., [1867]). 16 pp.

Union League. Philadelphia, Banquet in Commemoration of the Seventieth Anniversary of the Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant (Philadelphia: n.p., 1892). 84 pp., illus.

[Union League. Philadelphia], Banquet in Commemoration of the Seventy-First Anniversary of the Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant (Philadelphia: n.p., [1893]). [62] pp. Speakers included James Longstreet, George M. Robeson, and O. O. Howard.

[Union League. Philadelphia], Grant Memorial Banquet, Thursday Evening, April 27th, 1893 (Philadelphia: Bailey, Banks & Biddle, [1893]). [5] pp., paper.

[Union League. Philadelphia], Souvenir of the Banquet at the Union League Philadelphia, Friday, April 27, 1894, in Commemoration of the 72nd Anniversary of the Birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant ([Philadelphia: n.p., 1894]). 9 pp., illus., facsims.

[Union League. Philadelphia], Banquet in Commemoration of the 73rd Birthday of General Grant ... April 27th 1895 ([Philadelphia: Union League?, 1895]). 5 pp., paper, illus.

[Union League. Philadelphia], Banquet Given by Members of the Union League in Commemoration of the 74th Anniversary of the Birth of Genl Ulysses S. Grant, Philadelphia, April 27th ([Philadelphia: Union League?, 1896]). [8] l., paper, illus.

[Union Republican Congressional Committee], How the Tribune Renominated General Grant. Horace Greeley's Gubernatorial Aspirations. A Chapter of Secret Political History ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 4 pp., paper.

[Union Republican Congressional Committee], The Financial Record of President Grant's Administration ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

This campaign document, directed primarily towards the financial community, asks "can you afford to vote for Mr. Greeley?" (7) and provides reasons for a negative response.

[Union Republican Congressional Committee, comp.], National Republican Grant and Wilson Campaign Song-Book (Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872). 96 pp., paper.

This official songbook for the campaign contains new lyrics for familiar tunes and includes a song in German.

[Union Republican Congressional Executive Committee], General Grant. Inledning.--Grants Administration.--Invandringen och dess beskydd. President Grants politik &c. Utdrag ur President Grants Budskap och andra offciella handlingar. Utgifven af Republikanska Nationala Congresskommité i Washington, D. C. (New York: Skandin Visk Posts Boktryckeri, 1872).

[Union Republican Congressional Executive Committee], The Republican Party's Fidelity to the Interests of Labor. History of the Eight-Hour Law. Grant and Wilson Its Faithful Supporters ([Washington?]: n.p., [1872]). 4 pp., paper.

United States, An Act to Provide for the Establishment of the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, and for Other Purposes (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1989). [2] pp.

U. S. Adjutant-General's Office, Organization of the Union Forces operating Against Vicksburg: (Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. Army, commdg.) May 18 to July 4, 1863 (Washington: Adjutant-General's Office, 1860, 1869). 13 pp.

United States Army, Middle Military Division, Head Quarters Middle Military Division Winchester, April 11, 1865 (Winchester, Va.: n.p., 1865). [3] pp., correspondence between Grant and Lee previous to the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, published for the information of the people in the vicinity of the lines.

U. S. Congress, Committee of Arrangements for the Inauguration, 1873, Arrangements for the Inauguration of the President of the United States on the Fourth of March, 1873 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1873). 6 pp.

U. S. Congress, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: Report (to Accompany H.R. 1529) (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1989). 5 pp.

[U. S. Congress], Proceedings in Congress on the Occasion of the Reception and Acceptance of the Statue of General Ulysses S. Grant Presented by the Grand Army of the Republic, May 19, 1900 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901). 135 pp., illus.

The heroic statue of Grant now standing in the Capitol rotunda was executed by Franklin Simmons (1839-1913), an American sculptor resident in Rome, on the commission of the Grand Army. This record of proceedings on its acceptance by Congress contains the addresses of several members of the House and Senate and a report of the Grant Memorial Committee of the G. A. R. indicating that an earlier statue made by Simmons proved to be unacceptable to the Committee on the Library of the Senate and House.

Two addresses given in the House were printed separately; see Marriott Brosius and Jonathan P. Dolliver.

U. S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service, Rules and Regulations, Sequoia and General Grant National Parks in the Giant Forest. 1923 Season from May 24 to October 10 ... (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923). 32 pp., paper, illus.

U. S. Instantaneous Photographic Co., Seven Mile Funeral Cortège of Genl. Grant in New York Aug. 8, 1885 (Boston: Instantaneous Photographic Co., [1886]). 40 l.

The album consists entirely of mounted plates, with photographs of Grant, his family, and the funeral. A circular regarding this book indicates the author as J. T. Lloyd.

U. S. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Index to the Ulysses S. Grant Papers, President's Papers Index Series (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965).

U. S. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Index to the Ulysses S. Grant Papers, Presidents' Papers Index Series (Washington: Government Printing Office, ? 1900 1983). 83 pp.

U. S. National Park Service, The Presidents: From the Inauguration of George Washington to the Inauguration of Jimmy Carter: Historic Places Commemorating the Chief Executives of the United States, rev. ed. (Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1977). 606 pp., illus., bib. (589-90).

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Van Orden, W[illiam] H., Gen. U. S. Grant. A Story of His Life and Military Services, The War Library, Original Stories of Adventure in the War for the Union series (New York: Novelist Publishing Co., 1885). 34 pp., paper, illus.

Van Orden ( - ), biographer of Grant, Sherman, Famous People of All Ages (1885), and author of detective stories, prepared this brief biography as an extra number in the War Library.

Van Orden, William H., Life and Military Services of General U. S. Grant (New York: Street and Smith, 1896), 236 pp.

Van Orden, W. H., Life of General U. S. Grant, Together with His Military Services (New York: Albert Sibley & Co., 1885). 197 pp.

Van Vorst, Hooper C., General Grant, His Services to the Country and His Qualifications for the Presidency of the United States Considered in an Address Delivered by Hon. Hooper C. Van Vorst, Before the National Club of New York City, on the 12th Day of October, 1868 (New York: Published by Direction of the Club, Howard & Stover Printers, 1868). 25 pp., paper.

Van Vorst (1817-88), a prominent New York City attorney, served in later years as a judge on the city and state benches.

In his address, delivered in Oct. 1868, Van Vorst compared the nation's needs at the end of the Revolutionary and Civil War and concluded that Grant, like Washington, should be the unanimous choice of the electorate. He then proceeds to describe reasons why Seymour lacked the necessary qualifications for the presidency, and why "Grant is the man of the present and the future, as well as of the past." (24)

[Van Winkle, E. R.?], The Lively Life of U. S. G., H. U. G. and U. H. G., the Political Triplets, and Somewhat Known to Fame as the Dummy Candidate! Together with a Series of Vigorous Illustrations and a Useful Hint as to How His Friends Ought to Go to Work to Elect Him (New York: n.p., 1868). 24 pp., paper, illus.

Van Winkle copyrighted (but may not have written) The Lively Life, which satirically attempted to show Grant unfitted for the presidency.

Vaughan-Sawyer, [George H.], Grant's Campaign in Virginia, 1864 (The Wilderness Campaign). By Captain Vaughan-Sawyer, Special Campaign Series, No. 8 (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908). 197 pp., maps.

Vaughan-Sawyer (1875-1914), an officer in the Indian army, wrote yet another study guide for the British army's 1908 Military History for Promotion Examination. His text is supplemented by an introduction explaining views of the war's causes and its conduct through the first three years and several fine maps.

For other volumes prepared at the same time, see John H. Anderson, Charles F. Atkinson, and Howard M. E. Brunker.

[Victor, Orville J.], Men of the Time: Being Biographies of Generals Hooker, Rosecrans, Grant, McClernand, Mitchell, Beadle's Dime Series, Men of the Time, No. 3 (New York: Beadle and Company, [Nov. 1862]). 99 pp., portraits.

Victor (1827-1910), a newspaper and magazine editor, joined Beadle and Company as editor in 1861. The chapter on Grant (pp. 67-81), preceded by a mislabeled portrait of someone else, is based on newspapers and borrows freely from James Grant Wilson, Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861 (Chicago: James Barnet, 1862), pp. 12-16.

Vindex, The President Sustained; or, Another Civil War (?: n.p., 1875). 16 pp., paper.

The anonymous author rebukes citizens who are calling for impeachment because of Grant's use of troops in Louisiana.

Viola, Herman J., Ulysses S. Grant, World Leaders Past & Present Series (New York: Chelsea House, 1989). 112 pp., illus, bib.

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Wade, Mary Hazelton [Blanchard], Ulysses Simpson Grant, a Story and a Play, Little Folks' Plays of American Heroes series (Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, [1914]). 84 pp.

Wade (1860-1936), a schoolteacher turned author, wrote many books for children on various topics including history, biography, and the "Little Cousin" books on children in foreign lands.

In this volume Wade offers both a biography of Grant's life and a pageant dramatizing several critical events in his career.

Wadsworth, W[illiam] H., Speech of Hon. W. H. Wadsworth at Flemingsburg, Kentucky, June 13, 1868 (Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, printed at the Great Republic Office, Washington, [1869]). 8 pp.

Wadsworth (1821-1893) served in Congress as a Ky. Unionist (1861-65) and Republican (1885-87); Grant appointed him U.S. commissioner for claims against Mexico.

Wakefield, John F., Battle of Shiloh (Florence, Ala.: Honors Press, 1999). 63 pp., illus., maps.

Waldemer, Donald E., Bear in the Wilderness: The Battle of the Wilderness, May 4, 5, 6, 7, 1864 (St. Louis: Donald E. Waldemer, 2001). 336 pp., illus., maps.

Wallace, Joseph, comp., The U. S. Grant Scrap Book (Springfield, Ill.: n.p, 1903). 89 pp., illus, includes newspaper clippings.

Walsh, George, "Whip the Rebellion": Ulysses S. Grant's Rise to Command (New York: Forge, 2005). 480 pp.

Ward, Andrew, Souvenir History of Gen. U. S. Grant and His Tomb (New York: J. J. Little & Ives, 1907, 1909). 26 pp., 1 illus.

Washburne, E[lihu] B., The Battle of Pittsburg Landing--Major General Grant. Remarks ... in the House of Representatives, May 2, 1862 ([Washington: McGill, Witherow & Co., 1862]). 4 pp., paper.

Galena congressman Washburne (1816-87), a powerful force in the House, friend of Lincoln and sponsor of the rising young general from his hometown, here addressed his colleagues in defense of Grant's actions at Shiloh. Washburne tells a bit about the life of the relatively-unknown Grant, praises his actions at Pittsburg Landing and in earlier battles, and assures the House that Grant "is not candidate for the Presidency." (2)

Washburne's speech was reprinted from the Congressional Globe, 37th Cong., 2nd sess., 1862, 59, pt. 3: 1931-1933.

Washburne, Mark, A Biography of Elihu Benjamin Washburne: Congressman, Secretary of State, Envoy Extraordinary, 2 vols. ([New Jersey?]: Mark Washburne, 2000).

[Washington, D.C. Grant Memorial Commission], President, Soldier, Citizen Grant. 1822-1922. Program of the Exercises Attending the Dedication of the Memorial to General Ulysses S. Grant, the Mall and First Street, Washington ([Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922]). 8 pp., paper, illus.

An illustrated program booklet.

Waugh, Joan, "Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant: A History of the Union Cause," Frank J. Klement Lecture, no. 12 (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2003). 46 pp. Also published as "Ulysses S. Grant, Historian," in Alice Fahs & Joan Waugh, eds., The Memory of the Civil War in American Culture (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2004), pp. 5-38.

Weihrauch, Carl J., "The Personality, Character, and Foibles of General Ulysses S. Grant," Seminar paper, University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh, 1983. 33 pp.

Welsbacher, Anne, Ulysses S. Grant (Minneapolis: Abdo & Daughters, 2001). 32 pp., illus., maps. Juvenile.

What our Democratic Generals Say ([n.p.: n.p., 1864]). 4 pp., paper.

[Wheeler, M., & Company], The Old Commander. Gen. U. S. Grant. Sketches of His life in Pen and Pencil (Chicago: M. Wheeler & Company, n.d.). 24 pp., illus.

[White, Charles T.], ed. and comp., Grant's Tribute to Lincoln ([Brooklyn, N.Y.: n.p., 1932]). 18 pp., facsim.

Whiting, William, Address of Hon. William Whiting, Before the Boston Highlands Grant Club, August 5, 1868 (Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1868). 44 pp., paper.

Whitney, Henry C., Life on the Circuit with Lincoln. With Sketches of Generals Grant, Sherman and McClellan, Judge Davis, Leonard Swett, and Other Contemporaries (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, [1892]). 601 pp., illus., facsims.

Whitney (1831-1905), a lawyer, enjoyed Lincoln's friendship in Illinois and later became his biographer in several books and numerous speeches and essays.

For this volume Whitney wrote sketches of Lincoln's earlier years and included chapters on the presidency, including one on "Lincoln and Grant" (432-55). That chapter contains very little on the relationship of the two men, however, but repeats various anecdotes on Grant's life and praises his military abilities.

Another edition: Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1940. An inexpensive reprinting dropped the subtitle but preserved the text of the original. Most of the photographs, including several of Grant, were also eliminated.

Whittemore, Henry, History of U.S. Grant Post No. 327, Brooklyn, N.Y., Including Biographical Sketches of Its Members (Detroit: Detroit Free Press Publishing Company, 1885). 162 pp., illus.

Wholesale Merchants' Association of New York, Selected Official List of Hotels and Boarding Houses in New York, with Locations and Prices: Together with a Map of the City, Places of Amusement, etc. (New York: The Association, 1897). 40 pp. Cover title: New York's Tribute to Grant: Dedication Pageant, April 27th, 1897.

Wiggin, Sam Bradley, Grant and Ward, An Address Delivered Before the Chit-Chat Club of San Francisco at its Annual Dinner, Nov. 9th, 1885 ([San Francisco]: n.p., 1885). [20] pp., paper.

Wiggin (1854-1889), a San Francisco attorney and husband of Kate Douglas Wiggin, uses Grant's financial difficulties as the starting point for a rambling discourse on the dangers of unions, socialism, and Wall Street ethics.

Willett, Edward, The Life of Ulysses Sydney [!] Grant, General U. S. Army. Comprising the Story of His Early Years; the Record of His Cadetship and Experiences in the War with Mexico; the Narrative of His "Business Experiences"; and a Full History of His Memorable Services in the War for the Union, Beadle's Dime Series (New York: Beadle and Company, [1865, 1885]). 100 pp., paper.

Willett (1830 or 38-89) practiced law before turning to journalism and served for a time with the armies of the Cumberland and the Tennessee. He later edited newspapers in St. Louis and New York, and contributed several volumes of biography and fiction to Beadle and Adams. A brief biography is in Albert Johannsen, The House of Beadle and Adams (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1950), II: 305-6.

Willett's life of Grant is one of many early attempts to capitalize on Grant's rising fame; unfortunately, the lack of accurate information on Grant's life is as evident in the text as in the title, and Willett frequently resorts to unusual anecdotes and extraordinary tales.

With new paper wrappers, this book reappeared, probably in 1868, as published by Beadle and Company and also The Western News Co., Chicago, Ill.; with the New York News Company, 8 Spruce Street, N.Y.; with A. Williams & Co., Boston, Mass. Johannsen states that this edition was deposited for copyright in 1870. Beadle reissued Willett on April 23, 1877, in its monthly Lives of Great Americans series, and finally in 1885 in a "Memorial Edition."

Williams, C[harles] G., Speech. Delivered at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Reunion, at Aberdeen, by Hon. C. G. Williams, Sept. 16, 1885. On the Life and Character of U. S. Grant (n.p.: n.p., [1885]), 8 pp.

Williams (1829-92) served five terms as Republican Congressman from Wis. (1873-83), then moved to S.D.

Williams, [Francis] Churchill, The Captain (Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, [1903]). 439 pp., illus.

Williams (1869-1945), a reporter, achieved some fame with the success of his first book, J. Devlin--Boss (1901), in exposing corruption in city government. He worked in various editorial and other capacities, served for a time as an associate editor of the Saturday Evening Post, and wrote other books on various themes.

The Captain, a novel with a Civil War theme, draws a thinly-veiled portrait of Grant in the title character. Many events in the story are drawn from Grant's wartime activities, but the author added numerous embellishments.

Williams, Jean Kinney, Ulysses S. Grant (Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2002). Juvenile.

Williams, Kenneth P., Grant Rises in the West: The First Year, 1861-1862 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997).

Williams, Kenneth P., Grant Rises in the West: From Iuka to Vicksburg, 1862-1863 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997). 616 pp., illus., maps.

Williams, T[homas] Harry, Lincoln and His Generals (New York: Knopf, 1952). 363 pp. illus.

Williams, T[homas] Harry, McClellan, Sherman and Grant, Brown and Haley Lectures Series (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, [1962]. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1976). 113 pp., illus., bib. (pp. 111-13). (Chicago: I.R. Dee, 1991). 1st Elephant Paperback ed., 113 pp., illus.

Williams (1909-1979), Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University, wrote widely on the men and events of the Civil War. In his introduction to the three lectures printed here he discusses the difficulties in rating Civil War generals because "there can be no absolute standards by which to determine greatness." (4) Williams's thesis is that "the most vital quality in a general is something all the great commentators on war have called character." (4) He traces the often-indefinite elements of character as they affected the actions of each general; in Grant (79-110) the "final and greatest quality--he had that indefinable force present in all the great battle captains that we call character." (106)

In Lincoln and His Generals (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952) Williams offers insights into the Commander in Chief's relationships with Grant and other generals.

Wilson, Clarence Kirk, comp., Picture Souvenir Booklet of Georgetown, Ohio, the Boyhood Home of General Ulysses Simpson Grant (Georgetown: n.p., 1969). 1 vol., unpaged, illus.

Wilson, David L., The Lloyd Lewis - Bruce Catton Research Notes: An Inventory with Biographical and Bibliographic Notes (Carbondale, Ill.: Ulysses S. Grant Association, 1973). 12 pp.

Wilson, David L., and John Y. Simon, eds., Ulysses S. Grant: Essays and Documents (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982). 145 pp. Chapters include:

• Current, Richard N., "President Grant and the Continuing Civil War."
• Long, E. B., "Ulysses S. Grant for Today."
• Ellington, Charles G., "'We Sail Directly for the Isthmus'."
• Wirtz, Horatio E., "General Ulysses S. Grant: Diplomat Extraordinare."
• Hoffmann, John M., ed., "First Impressions of Three Days' Fighting: Quartermaster General Meigs's 'Journal of the Battle of Chattanooga'."
• Simon, John Y., and Wilson, David, eds., "Samuel Beckwith: 'Grant's Shadow'."

Wilson, [Henry], The Administration Vindicated. Speech of Senator Wilson at the Cooper Institute, New York ([Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872]). 8 pp., paper.

Wilson (1812-75), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Republican leader, and soon to be Grant's running mate, was one of the later speakers at the mass meeting held on April 17, 1872. He spoke on the need to continue Grant in the presidency and advocated unity within the Republican party. His theme is similar to that of an earlier speech, Stand by the Republican Colors! given at Great Falls, New Hampshire, on Feb. 24; both addresses were reprinted as campaign pamphlets.

Biographies of Wilson include Elias Nason and Thomas Russell, The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson (Boston: B. B. Russell, 1876), and the recent and more scholarly Cobbler in Congress by Richard H. Abbott (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1972). Other material is in the various campaign biographies of Grant and Wilson.

Wilson, Henry, Stand by the Republican Colors! Speech ... at Great Falls, New Hampshire, February 24, 1872 (n.p.: n.p., [1872]). 8 pp.

Wilson, James Grant, ed., intro. and notes, General Grant's Letters to a Friend, 1861-1880 (New York and Boston: T. Y. Crowell & Company, 1897). 132 pp., illus., index.

For his second 1897 book on Grant, Wilson edited a collection of fifty letters written by Grant to Congressman Elihu B. Washburne (listed separately). The correspondence, dating from Sept. 3, 1861, to March 25, 1880, provides a capsule view of many of Grant's views on the war and on world events in later years.

Some of the correspondence had already appeared in General Grant and more was used in the article "General Grant's Letters to a Friend, 1862-1880," North American Review, CCCCLXXXVIII (July 1897), 1-10; (Aug., 1887), 129-38.

Another edition: [New York: AMS Press, Inc., 1973]. Facsimile reprint.

Wilson, James Grant, The Life and Campaigns of Ulysses Simpson Grant, General-in-Chief of the United States Army. Comprising a a [!] Full and Authentic Account of the Illustrious Soldier from His Earliest Boyhood to the Present Time (New York: Robert M. DeWitt, [1868]). 100 pp., paper.

Wilson (1832-1914), born in Scotland, emigrated to America as a child; he moved to Chicago as a young man and published and edited various newspapers and magazines. His Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861 (Chicago: James Barnet, 1862) contains the first known notice of Grant in any book in a brief sketch (12-16) accompanied by a woodcut showing Grant with a chest-length beard.

Wilson served through various campaigns in the Mississippi valley during the war and was brevetted brigadier general in 1865. He returned to writing after the war by editing a volume of love letters written by eminent persons (1867). His first book-length work on Grant is an admiring tracing of his military successes.

Another edition: The Life and Public Services of Ulysses Simpson Grant, General of the United States Army, and Twice President of the United States. DeWitt [1885]. 168 pp., illus. facsim., index. An updated revision.

Wilson, James Grant, General Grant, The Great Commanders Series (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897). 390 pp., illus., maps, facsims., index.

In 1897 Wilson published two books that established his reputation as the Grant author and speaker of the day. His contribution to the military history series he also edited is a highly favorable account of Grant's military successes and personal characteristics. Wilson relied heavily on his own acquaintance with Grant and with others who had known Grant in his attempt to write an accurate biography.

Most of Wilson's books and articles on Grant are well-supplemented by facsimile reproductions of Grant's correspondence, and General Grant is no exception to this rule. In an article from the same year, "Grant's Historic Utterances," Wilson reproduces three letters and adds commentary on the situations that gave birth to some of Grant's more famous phrases. The Outlook, 55 [14] (April 3, 1897), 883-90.

Also see Wilson's Washington-Lincoln and Grant.

Another edition: New York & London, 1913.

Wilson, James Grant, General Grant, Makers of American History Series (New York: J.A. Hill, 1904. New York: The University Society, 1905). 390 pp., maps, facsims.

[Wilson, James Grant], Ulysses Simpson Grant (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1890). 8 pp., paper.

Wilson included a laudatory sketch (467-84) on Grant's military genius in Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874), but wrote little else on his military hero during this middle period of his literary career. His major effort at this time, coediting the monumental Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton and Company (6 vols., 1886-89), devotes exceptional space to Grant (II: 709-25).

This particular sketch was written for a new edition of Chamber's Encyclopaedia (1892), and is primarily a brief version of Wilson's entry on Grant in Appleton's Cyclopaedia.

Wilson, James Grant, Washington--Lincoln and Grant. An Address by General James Grant Wilson Delivered before the New York Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, April 6, 1903 ([New York: Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, New York Society, 1903]). 27 pp., paper, facsims.

In this address Wilson discussed several events in Grant's life and compared him to the two other American heroes, "Washington the founder, Lincoln the liberator, and Grant the savior." (7)

The address is, in the main, a reworking of the last chapter of General Grant. Similar material appeared as (1) "Recollections of General Grant," The Criterion, III, 2 (May 1902), 5-9; (2) "Washington, Lincoln, and Grant," The Cornhill Magazine, n. s. XVII (Oct. 1904), 453-66; and in translation as (3) "Der grösste General Amerikas," Deutsche Revue, V (Feb. 1901), 237-45. Another similar, though briefer, address is "Recollections of Lincoln and Grant," Oneida Historical Society Transactions IX (1903), 109-12.

Wilson, James Harrison, The Life of Ulysses S. Grant: General of the Armies of the United States Library of American Civilization Series (Springfield, Mass.: Gurdon Bill & Co.; Cincinnati: H. C. Johnson; Chicago: Charles Bill, 1868). 424 pp.

Wise, John S., Address Delivered at General Grant's Tomb by Hon. John S. Wise, Memorial Day, 1891. Under Auspicess of U. S. Grant Post, No. 327, G. A. R., Brooklyn, N. Y. (New York: J. C. Rankin Co., 1891. New York: Montross & Clarke Co., 1913). 18 pp., paper.

Wise (1846-1913) served as a lieutenant in the Confederate army, later began the practice of law in Virginia, and was elected to the House of Representatives (1883-85) as a Readjustor. After an unsuccessful gubernatorial bid in 1885 he moved to New York and began practicing law there.

His address praises Grant for working to reunite the nation and for providing an example for all the world. Wise included a chapter on Grant in his Recollections of Thirteen Presidents (New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1906).

Another address by Wise is in [Union League. Philadelphia.] Banquet in Commemoration of the Seventieth Anniversary of the Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant, and was also reprinted by James L. Post.

Another edition: New York: Montross & Clarke Co., 1913.

Wister, Owen, Ulysses S. Grant, The Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans series (Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1900). 145 pp., illus., bib. (pp. 141-45).

Wister (1860-1938), an Eastern lawyer who abandoned his career to pursue his literary romance with the West, is best remembered today as the author of The Virginian (1902).

Wister's brief biography shows the ravages of time upon popular images. Grant is still the hero in Wister's eye, but the merits of that heroism are frequently questioned. "None of our public men have a story so strange as this," (2) begins Wister in his story of contrasted periods in Grant's life. He posits the contrasting elements of indolence and will as the controlling factors of Grant's actions, elements that determined Grant's early obscurity, wartime brilliance, and presidential failure.

Other editions:

1. 1901.
2. 1907.
3. 1911.
4. Ulisse S. Grant, Generale-Presidente (1822-1885). M. di Robilant, pref. Americani Illustri series, no. 5. Florence, Milan, Rome, Pisa, Naples and Palermo: R. Bemporad & Figlio [1918]. 79 pp., paper, illus.
5. U. S. Grant and the Seven Ages of Washington. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. 271 pp. A reprinting (1-99) with another of Wister's books in the eleven volume Writings of Owen Wister.
6. Ulysses S. Grant. [New York]: Macmillan, 1930.

Within are the Names of the Guests of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on the Occasion of the Obsequies of General U. S. Grant, August 8th 1885 ([New York]: n.p., [1885]). 16 pp., paper.

Wittenmyer, Mrs. Annie, Under the Guns, A Woman's Reminiscences of the Civil War. Introduction by Mrs. U. S. Grant. (Boston: Stillings, 1895). 272 pp., illus.

Numerous chapters refer to Grant and his personal visits with Wittenmyer along with several references and one fine anecdote.

[Wood, William P.], Notorious Grant-ism ([Washington?: n.p., 1872?]). 8 pp., paper.

Wood, a former Secret Service officer, here denies a newspaper's charges that he was dismissed for robbing the government. He prints letters written to Treasury Secretary Boutwell in an attempt to clear his name, indicates indiscretions committed by various Treasury employees for personal aim or to aid "Grant-ism," and even implies Grant succumbed to the wiles of "one Mrs. Gen. B---" in expending public funds and favors.

Woodward, W[illiam] E., Meet General Grant (New York: Horace Liveright, 1928). 512 pp., illus., facsim., bib. (pp. 503-06), index.

Other editions:

1. [New York]: The Literary Guild of America [Horace Liveright, Inc.], 1928, 1929.
2. New York: Liveright Publishing Corp., 1946. 524 pp., facsim, bib. (503-506), "Black and Gold edition."
3. A Star Book. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., [1928], 1931.
4. New York: The Sun Dial Press, Inc., [1939].
5. A Premier Book. New York: Fawcett World Library, 1957. 288 pp., paper.
6. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1965]. 524 pp., illus., bib. (pp. 503-6).

Woodworth, C[harles] L., A Commemorative Discourse on the Work and Character of Ulysses Simpson Grant, Delivered Before the Citizens of Watertown, August 8, 1885,... (Boston: Beacon Press, 1885). 28 pp., paper. Separate pamphlets bound together: Fiske, A. S., Our Dead Hero. A Discourse by Rev. S. A. Fiske, Ithaca, N. Y. Sunday July 26, 1885; Lyman, P. W., The Career and Character of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: An Address Ddelivered by Rev. P. W. Lyman, in the Cong'l Church Belchertown ...; Woodworth, C. L., A Commemorative Discourse on the Work and Character of Ulysses Simpson Grant, Delivered before the Citizens of Watertown, Aug. 8, 1885; Wright, A. O., General Grant's Military Services; [ ], Last Days of General Grant.

Woodworth (1822-98) felt "we shall miss our way in following to its end the life of General Grant, if we take for our guide the ordinary lights and canons of human history." (11) In Grant's successes he found both human greatness and a divine intervention at work.

Woodworth, Steven E., Grant's Lieutenants: From Cairo to Vicksburg (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001). 262 pp. Chapters include:

• Marszalek, John F., "'A Full Share of All the Credit': Sherman and Grant to the Fall of Vicksburg."
• Woodworth, Steven E., "'Earned on the Field of Battle': William H. L. Wallace."
• Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, "The Reliable First Team: Grant and Charles Ferguson Smith."
• Allen, Stacy D., "'If He Had Less Rank': Lewis Wallace."
• Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, "The Forging of Joint Army-Navy Operations: Andrew Hull Foote and Grant."
• Gordon, Lesley J., "'I Could Not Make Him Do As I Wished': The Failed Relationship of William S. Rosecrans and Grant."
• Winschel, Terrence J., "Fighting Politician: John A. McClernand."
• Smith, Tamara A., "A Matter of Trust: Grant and James B. McPherson."
• Dunnavent, R. Blake, "'We Had Lively Times up the Yazoo': Admiral David Dixon Porter."
• Feis, William B., "The War of Spies and Supplies: Grant and Grenville M. Dodge in the West, 1862-1864."
• Hess, Earl J., "Grant's Ethnic General: Peter J. Osterhaus."

[Woolf, Albert E.], Gen'l U. S. Grant, Bas-Relief ([n.p.: n.p., 1885]). 11 pp., paper, illus.

Woolf (1846-1920), a chemist and inventor, had among his many achievements the first usage of hydrogen peroxide as an antiseptic, the devising of treatment methods to prepare waste for landfill, and the discovery of the cause of Rigg's disease. His bas-relief, described in this booklet along with testimonial letters attesting to its fine likeness, shows a profile view of Grant in uniform.

The World as Seen by General Grant (Chicago: Rice and Raney Publishers, 1879). 91 pp., illus., paper. A short summary of Grant's life precedes a lengthy description of his world tour.

Worthington, T[homas], Shiloh, or the Tennessee Campaign of 1862: Written Especially for the Army of the Tennessee in 1862 and for the Friends and Relatives of Those Patriot Soldiers, Who Sank into Their Graves on Shiloh's Field ... by a Comrade on that Battle-Field and a West-Point Graduate of 1827 (Washington: M'Gill & Witherow, 1872). 164 pp., paper, map, facsim.

Worthington (1807-84), a West Point graduate of 1827, resigned his commission the following year to engage in farming and milling in his native Ohio. He was active in the state militia, served in the war with Mexico, and organized a company of volunteers in 1861. He served as colonel of the 46th Ohio until his court martial and dismissal (later changed to resignation) in late 1862.

The book's cover title, Shiloh: The Only Correct Military History of U. S. Grant and of the Missing Army Records, for Which He Is Alone Responsible, to Conceal His Organized Defeat of the Union Army at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, more correctly identifies the author's purpose in defending his own actions and condemning Grant, Sherman and Halleck. The three generals and an unidentified "Washington cabal" sought to protract the war for their own advantage, according to Worthington, and purposely effected a Union "defeat" at Shiloh by leaving their troops unprepared and unsupplied. The Committee on the Conduct of the War joined the generals in conducting "a cover, not an exposition." (45)

Another edition: A Correct History of Grant at the Battle of Shiloh, Respectfully Dedicated to the Armies of the Ohio and the Tennessee: Their Living and Their Dead. Washington: Thomas McGill & Co., 1880. ? pts. A partial revision and continuation of the earlier work. Ten parts were evidently planned, according to the table of contents in the first, but only four seem to have been printed. The fourth of these, on Grant's conversations with Young on Albert Sidney Johnson's death, was condensed and printed separately (without imprint) as Falsehood of Grant as to General Johnson's Fall ...

Worthington, Thomas, Grant Around the World with Young ([Washington]: n.p., 1880). [83]-90 pp.

Also included is a discussion on the "Falsehood of Grant as to General Johnson's fall..."

Wright, A[lbert] O[rville], General Grant's Military Services. Delivered at the Memorial Services in New Lisbon, Wis., Sunday Aug. 9th, 1885 ([n.p.: n.p., 1885?]). 4 pp., paper.

Wright (1842-1924), a Wisconsin scholar, wrote interpretations of the Wisconsin and United States constitutions. He believed that Grant was a greater commander than Napoleon and the "greatest soldier whom America has produced." (3)

Wright, Silas H., Grant Memorial Address. Delivered at Lancaster, O., August 8th, 1885 ([Lancaster, Ohio?: n.p., 1885?]). [7] pp., paper.

Wright, listed here as a judge, addressed himself to the nation's great loss in Grant's death and described the numerous qualities needed, and found in Grant, to command a great army and to lead a great nation.

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Yates, Richard, U. S. Grant. Speech of Hon. Richard Yates, of Illinois, on the Bill to Revive the Grade of "General of the Army of the United States," Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 18, 1866 (Washington: Chronicle Print, 1866). 16 pp., paper.

Yates (1815-1873), long active in Illinois politics as a Whig and later as a Republican, served as governor (1861-65) during the war years. While serving a term in the U.S. Senate, and five years after tendering Grant his first Civil War commission, Yates enjoyed the privilege of speaking in Grant's honor during the debate on reviving the rank of General of the Army. The speech, actually delivered on July 17, was reprinted from the Congressional Globe, 39th Cong., 1st sess., 1866, 36, 5: 3855-3858.

Biographies of Yates, including material on his relations with Grant, include E. L. Kimball, "Richard Yates: His Record as Civil War Governor of Illinois," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, XXIII, 1 (April 1930), 1-83, and Richard Yates, Civil War Governor, written by Yates's son, Richard, and granddaughter, Catharine Yates Pickering, and edited by John H. Krenkel (Danville, Illinois: The Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc., 1966).

Another edition: General Grant's Military Services. Washington, D.C.: Union Republican Congressional Committee, [1868]. 8 pp. Also misdated.

Yates, Richard, Address on Memorial Day, May 31st, 1920 at the Tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant, Riverside Drive, New York, N. Y. ([n.p.: n.p., 1920?]). 27 pp., paper, illus.

Yates (1860-1936) followed his father's footsteps into politics and into the governor's office (1901-05). He represented Illinois in the House (1919-33) and spent his last years writing a biography of his father and an autobiography, Serving the Republic, edited by John H. Krenkel (Danville, Illinois: The Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc., 1968). In his Memorial Day address Yates praised Grant, the men he led, and the country they served.

Yates, Richard, Ulysses S. Grant, by Richard Yates, Congressman-at-Large: Address at the Unveiling of Tablet to Ulysses S. Grant on Walnut Tree, Riddle Hill, Illinois, July 1, 1927 ([Springfield: Illinois State Historical Society, 1927]). 23 pp., paper, illus.

Congressman Yates joined in ceremonies sponsored by the Springfield chapter of the D. A. R. to mark the spot where Col. Grant and the 21st Illinois camped after their first day's march from Springfield. Yates quotes extensively from the Memoirs in describing Grant's rise to fame and the reasons for his military success.

The address was reprinted from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, XX, 2 (July 1927), 216-36. The same issue contains related articles by Speulda and Benjamin W. Brown (both listed separately).

Young, [Robert William], and Young, Jan[et Randall], Reluctant Warrior: Ulysses S. Grant (New York: Julian Messner, [1971]). 191 pp., bib. (p. 185), index.

The Youngs, writing as Bob (1916-69) and Jan (1919- ) or under the joint pseudonym "Janet Randall," wrote juvenile fiction and several books on biography and American history.

Reluctant Warrior, written for a teenage audience, follows the life of "a brilliant general who loathed war, a two-time President who scorned politics, a seeming failure in life who rose to the pinnacle of success only to have to fight a difficult battle against illness and financial ruin in his later years." (pref.)

Young, John Russell, Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of General U. S. Grant, Ex-President of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. To Which Are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History (New York: Subscription Book Department, The American News Company, [1879]). 2 vols., 1262 pp., illus., maps.

Young (1840-99) became a copy boy for the Philadelphia Press when not yet seventeen; five years later he was made managing editor for his reporting of the battle of Bull Run. By the time he was twenty-six he held the same post on Horace Greeley's Tribune and he later served as European correspondent of the New York Herald. Grant, visiting London in 1877, invited Young to join the world tour and a firm friendship was begun. President Arthur appointed Young minister to China (1882-85) and he later served as Librarian of Congress (1897-99). In Men and Memories: Personal Reminiscences of John Russell Young, edited by May D. Russell Young, are found Young's accounts of many of the men of his day, including Grant (especially 463-84) (New York and London: F. Tennyson Neely, [1901]).

Young's letters to the Herald, from which Around the World was adapted, were widely read by Americans eager for news of the travels of their ex-President. Young provides a detailed, and often imitated, account of the sights and events of the world tour, but Around the World is equally important for its recounting of Grant's candid conversations with Young on the war and other matters.

Other editions:

1. Salesman's copy with sample pages in irregular sequence. Bound at the end are 36 leaves of ruled paper, mostly filled with subscribers' signatures. One leaf bears a recommendation of the work written by Grant on Feb. 14, 1881.
2. Condensed and edited by Michael Fellman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Young, John Russell, Grant (Philadelphia: n.p., 1897). 32 pp. A speech given by Young on the dedication of Grant's Tomb.

Zadra, Dan, Ulysses S. Grant: General and President (1822-1885) We the People Series (Mankato, Minn.: Creative Education, 1988). 30 pp., illus.

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