Ulysses S. Grant: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Grantās memoirs and letters are presented in E.B. Long (ed.), Personal Memoirs (1952, reissued 1962). This collection is supplemented by another 175 letters in Memoirs and Selected Letters, 2 vol. in 1 (1990), covering the period 1839ā65. There have been many editions of the Memoirs alone. One of the most useful versions contains an introduction by James M. McPherson (1999). John Y. Simon (ed.), The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, 22 vol. (1967ā98), compiles an immense number of Grantās lettersāmost never before publishedāand other documents beginning with his West Point days. John F. Marszalek (ed.), with David S. Nolen and Louie P. Gallo, The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (2017), is especially informatively annotated.
An excellent brief biography is Bruce Catton, U.S. Grant and the American Military Tradition (1954). More detailed studies are available in William B. Hesseltine, Ulysses S. Grant, Politician (1935, reissued 1957); Lloyd Lewis, Captain Sam Grant (1950); Bruce Catton, Grant Moves South (1960, reissued 1988), Grant Takes Command (1969), and A Stillness at Appomattox (1953, reissued 1977); William S. McFeely, Grant (1981); and Gene Smith, Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography (1984). Jean Edward Smith, Grant (2001), goes against the grain to present Grant not only as a military mastermind but also as an able administrator and an accomplished writer. Ronald C. White, American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant (2016); and Ron Chernow, Grant (2017), are more full-throated depictions of the capability and decency of Grant.
Analyses of Grant as a soldier include J.F.C. Fuller, The Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, 2nd ed. (1958, reprinted 1977); Allen Nevins, Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration, 2 vol., revised (1957); T. Harry Williams, Lincoln and His Generals (1952, reprinted 1981); Kenneth P. Williams, Lincoln Finds a General, vol. 3ā5 (1952ā59); and the appropriate chapter in John Keegan, The Mask of Command (1987). Brooks D. Simpson, Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861ā1868 (1991), assesses Grantās political development during this period. Four of the latest evaluations are Geoffrey Perret, Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier and President (1997); Harry J. Maihafer, The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana (1998); Frank J. Scaturro, Grant Reconsidered (1998); and Brooks D. Simpson, The Reconstruction Presidents (1998). Julia Dent Grant is the subject of Ishbel Ross, The Generalās Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant (1959). John Y. Simon (ed.), The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant (Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant) (1975, reprinted 1988), is her autobiography, written in the 1890s.
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| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Ulysses S. Grant. | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
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| Add new Web site: Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation - Ulysses S. Grant. | Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Digital Collections - Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). | Nov 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University Press - The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant (PDF). | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - Ulysses S. Grant. | Jul 26, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The First Amendment Encyclopedia - Ulysses S. Grant. | Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library - Ulysses S. Grant. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| Added an interactive timeline of the Grant presidency; media revised. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of the United States Army - Ulysses S. Grant. | May 27, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877). | Oct 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Ulysses S. Grant. | Sep 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - The Celebrity Soldier: Ulysses S. Grant. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Ulysses S. Grant (1822ļæ½1885). | Mar 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - The Odyssey of Ulysses S. Grant. | Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Removed cross-reference and tables. | Apr 17, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 27, 2019 | ||
| Added an overview video of his presidency. | Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jan 12, 2018 | ||
| Noted that Grant became secretly engaged to Julia Dent before he left to serve in the Mexican-American War and married her upon his return. | Jan 12, 2018 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: USA For Kids - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Apr 04, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Jul 15, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Senate - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: USA 4 Kids - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia - Miller Center - Ulysses S. Grant. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Ulysses S. Grant. | Feb 24, 2014 | ||
| Moved photograph from the discussion of the 1868 presidential election to the 1872 election. | Aug 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Archontology.org - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - The Story of Ulysses S. Grant. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Added timeline. | Apr 15, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 15, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 04, 2008 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Mar 26, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Feb 21, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Park Service - Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Ulysses S. Grant Association. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Ulysses S. Grant Association. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Park Service - Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Park Service - General Grant National Memorial. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Park Service - General Grant National Memorial. | Jan 26, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The White House - Biography of Ulysses S. Grant. | Nov 03, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Park Service - General Grant National Memorial. | Oct 05, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: AmericanPresident.org - Ulysses S. Grant - A Life in Brief. | Jun 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 21, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 11, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 22, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |