Excerpt from The Life and Campaigns of General U. S, Grant
The personal history of a Nation"s benefactor will always interest the people whom he has signally served. General Grant rose from humble life to the highest position of military power, with no effort to attain it beyond unassuming and unwearied devotion to the Republic, during the period of its greatest peril and trial. Of such a man, the humblest citizen desires to know every detail of his career from his boyhood to his later and more eventful years.
In this volume it has been the endeavor of the author to gratify that natural curiosity, by giving well-authenticated incidents of his life.
For much information the author is indebted to family friends of General Grant; for others, to the writings of Carleton, Richardson, Nichols, and other historians of the war.
It is believed, that what is written is historically correct; indeed, there is no better test than the able and succinct reports of the great captains, - Grant, Sherman, Meade, and Sheridan, - which are included in this volume.
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