[CHAPTER XL.] FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON—GENERAL ROSECRANS—COMMANDING MILITARY DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI—ANDREW JOHNSON'S ADDRESS—ARRIVAL AT CHATTANOOGA.
[CHAPTER XLI.] ASSUMING THE COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA—OPENING A LINE OF SUPPLIES—BATTLE OF WAUHATCHIE—ON THE PICKET LINE.
[CHAPTER XLII.] CONDITION OF THE ARMY—REBUILDING THE RAILROAD—GENERAL BURNSIDE'S SITUATION—ORDERS FOR BATTLE—PLANS FOR THE ATTACK—HOOKER'S POSITION—SHERMAN'S MOVEMENTS.
[CHAPTER XLIII.] PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE—THOMAS CARRIES THE FIRST LINE OF THE ENEMY—SHERMAN CARRIES MISSIONARY RIDGE—BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN—GENERAL HOOKER'S FIGHT.
[CHAPTER XLIV.] BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA—A GALLANT CHARGE—COMPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY—PURSUIT OF THE CONFEDERATES—GENERAL BRAGG—REMARKS ON CHATTANOOGA.
[CHAPTER XLV.] THE RELIEF OF KNOXVILLE—HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO NASHVILLE—VISITING KNOXVILLE—CIPHER DISPATCHES—WITHHOLDING ORDERS.
[CHAPTER XLVI.] OPERATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI—LONGSTREET IN EAST TENNESSEE—COMMISSIONED LIEUTENANT-GENERAL—COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES—FIRST INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
[CHAPTER XLVII.] THE MILITARY SITUATION—PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN—SHERIDAN ASSIGNED TO COMMAND OF THE CAVALRY—FLANK MOVEMENTS—FORREST AT FORT PILLOW—GENERAL BANKS'S EXPEDITION—COLONEL MOSBY—AN INCIDENT OF THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN.
[CHAPTER XLVIII.] COMMENCEMENT OF THE GRAND CAMPAIGN—GENERAL BUTLER'S POSITION—SHERIDAN'S FIRST RAID.
[CHAPTER XLIX.] SHERMAN S CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA—SIEGE OF ATLANTA—DEATH OF GENERAL MCPHERSON—ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE ANDERSONVILLE—CAPTURE OF ATLANTA.
[CHAPTER L.] GRAND MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC—CROSSING THE RAPIDAN—ENTERING THE WILDERNESS—BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS.
[CHAPTER LI.] AFTER THE BATTLE—TELEGRAPH AND SIGNAL SERVICE—MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK.
[CHAPTER LII.] BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA—HANCOCK'S POSITION—ASSAULT OF WARREN'S AND WRIGHT'S CORPS—UPTON PROMOTED ON THE FIELD—GOOD NEWS FROM BUTLER AND SHERIDAN.
[CHAPTER LIII.] HANCOCK'S ASSAULT—LOSSES OF THE CONFEDERATES—PROMOTIONS RECOMMENDED—DISCOMFITURE OF THE ENEMY—EWELL'S ATTACK—REDUCING THE ARTILLERY.
[CHAPTER LIV.] MOVEMENT BY THE LEFT FLANK—BATTLE OF NORTH ANNA—AN INCIDENT OF THE MARCH—MOVING ON RICHMOND—SOUTH OF THE PAMUNKEY—POSITION OF THE NATIONAL ARMY.
[CHAPTER LV.] ADVANCE ON COLD HARBOR—AN ANECDOTE OF THE WAR—BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR—CORRESPONDENCE WITH LEE RETROSPECTIVE.
[CHAPTER LVI.] LEFT FLANK MOVEMENT ACROSS THE CHICKAHOMINY AND JAMES—GENERAL LEE—VISIT TO BUTLER—THE MOVEMENT ON PETERSBURG—THE INVESTMENT OF PETERSBURG.
[CHAPTER LVII.] RAID ON THE VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD—RAID ON THE WELDON RAILROAD—EARLY'S MOVEMENT UPON WASHINGTON—MINING THE WORKS BEFORE PETERSBURG—EXPLOSION OF THE MINE BEFORE PETERSBURG —CAMPAIGN IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY—CAPTURE OF THE WELDON RAILROAD.
[CHAPTER LVIII.] SHERIDAN'S ADVANCE—VISIT TO SHERIDAN—SHERIDAN'S VICTORY IN THE SHENANDOAH—SHERIDAN'S RIDE TO WINCHESTER—CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE WINTER.
[CHAPTER LIX.] THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA—SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA—WAR ANECDOTES—THE MARCH ON SAVANNAH—INVESTMENT OF SAVANNAH—CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH.
[CHAPTER LX.] THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN—THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE
[CHAPTER LXI.] EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT FISHER—ATTACK ON THE FORT—FAILURE OF THE EXPEDITION—SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST THE FORT—CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER.
[CHAPTER LXII.] SHERMAN'S MARCH NORTH—SHERIDAN ORDERED TO LYNCHBURG—CANBY ORDERED TO MOVE AGAINST MOBILE—MOVEMENTS OF SCHOFIELD AND THOMAS—CAPTURE OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA—SHERMAN IN THE CAROLINAS.
[CHAPTER LXIII.] ARRIVAL OF THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS—LINCOLN AND THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS—AN ANECDOTE OF LINCOLN—THE WINTER BEFORE PETERSBURG—SHERIDAN DESTROYS THE RAILROAD—GORDON CARRIES THE PICKET LINE—PARKE RECAPTURES THE LINE—THE BATTLE OF WHITE OAK ROAD.
[CHAPTER LXIV.] INTERVIEW WITH SHERIDAN—GRAND MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC—SHERIDAN'S ADVANCE ON FIVE FORKS—BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS—PARKE AND WRIGHT STORM THE ENEMY'S LINE—BATTLES BEFORE PETERSBURG.
[CHAPTER LXV.] THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURG—MEETING PRESIDENT LINCOLN IN PETERSBURG—THE CAPTURE OF RICHMOND—PURSUING THE ENEMY—VISIT TO SHERIDAN AND MEADE.
[CHAPTER LXVI.] BATTLE OF SAILOR'S CREEK—ENGAGEMENT AT FARMVILLE—CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL LEE—SHERIDAN INTERCEPTS THE ENEMY.
[CHAPTER LXVII.] NEGOTIATIONS AT APPOMATTOX—INTERVIEW WITH LEE AT MCLEAN'S HOUSE—THE TERMS OF SURRENDER—LEE'S SURRENDER—INTERVIEW WITH LEE AFTER THE SURRENDER.
[CHAPTER LXVIII.] MORALE OF THE TWO ARMIES—RELATIVE CONDITIONS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH—PRESIDENT LINCOLN VISITS RICHMOND—ARRIVAL AT WASHINGTON—PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION—PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S POLICY.
[CHAPTER LXIX.] SHERMAN AND JOHNSTON—JOHNSTON'S SURRENDER TO SHERMAN—CAPTURE OF MOBILE—WILSON'S EXPEDITION—CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS—GENERAL THOMAS'S QUALITIES—ESTIMATE OF GENERAL CANBY.
[CHAPTER LXX.] THE END OF THE WAR—THE MARCH TO WASHINGTON—ONE OF LINCOLN'S ANECDOTES—GRAND REVIEW AT WASHINGTON—CHARACTERISTICS OF LINCOLN AND STANTON—ESTIMATE OF THE DIFFERENT CORPS COMMANDERS.
[CONCLUSION]
[APPENDIX]
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
[BREVET SECOND LIEUTENANT U. S. GRANT AT THE AGE OF 21]
YEARS, FROM AN OLD DAGUERREOTYPE TAKEN AT BETHEL,
CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO, IN 1843. ENGRAVED ON STEEL
BY A. H. RITCHIE, N.A.................... Frontispiece
[FAC-SIMILE OF HANDWRITING]................ Dedication
[BIRTHPLACE AT POINT PLEASANT], CLERMONT COUNTY; OHIO.
ETCHED BY WM. E. MARSHALL
[MAP OF MONTEREY AND ITS APPROACHES]
[MAP OF THE VALLEY OF MEXICO]
[MAP OF THE BATTLE-FIELD NEAR BELMONT]
[MAP SHOWING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF FORT HENRY AND FORT DONELSON]
[MAP OF FORT DONELSON]
[FAC-SIMILE OF GENERAL BUCKNER'S DISPATCH] RELATING TO
TERMS OF CAPITULATION, GENERAL GRANT'S REPLY, " I PROPOSE
TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR WORKS," AND GENERAL BUCKNER'S
ANSWER ACCEPTING THE TERMS FOR THE SURRENDER OF FORT DONELSON,
ALL FROM THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
[MAP OF THE FIELD OF SHILOH]
[MAP OF THE COUNTRY ABOUT CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI]
[MAP OF THE BATTLES OF IUKA AND CORINTH]
[MAP OF THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN]
[MAP OF BRUINSBURG, PORT GIBSON AND GRAND GULF]
[MAP OF THE COUNTRY ABOUT JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI]
[MAP OF THE BATTLE OF CHAMPION'S HILL]
[MAP OF BATTLE-FIELD OF BIG BLACK RIVER BRIDGE]
[MAP OF THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG]
[MAP-LINE OF DEFENCES VICKSBURG TO HAINES' BLUFF AND
BLACK RIVER BRIDGE]
[LIEUTENANT-GENERAL, U S GRANT, ENGRAVED ON STEEL], BY WM. E. MARSHALL Frontpiece (2nd Volume)
[MAP OF KNOXVILLE, NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA]
[MAP OF CHATTANOOGA AND VICINITY]
[MAP OF THE BATTLEFIELD OF CHATTANOOGA]
[MAP OF THE MERIDIAN CAMPAIGN]
[MAP OF BERMUDA HUNDRED]
[MAP OF SHERMAN'S CAMPAIGN, CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA]
[MAP ILLUSTRATING SIEGE OF ATLANTA]
[MAP OF WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN]
[MAP OF THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS]
[MAP OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN THE WILDERNESS AND
SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE]
[MAP OF THE BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA]
[MAP OF THE BATTLE OF NORTH ANNA]
[MAP OF THE OPERATIONS BETWEEN THE PAMUNKEY AND THE JAMES RIVERS]
[MAP OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA]
[MAP OF THE BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR]
[MAP OF RICHMOND]
[MAP OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN]
[MAP OF SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA]
[MAP OF THE NASHVILLE CAMPAIGN SOUTH]
[MAP OF FORT FISHER]
[MAP OF SHERMAN'S MARCH NORTH]
[MAP OF PETERSBURG AND FIVE FORKS]
[MAP OF THE APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN]
[MAP OF JETERSVILLE AND SAILOR'S CREEK]
[MAP OF HIGH BRIDGE AND FARMVILLE]
[MAP OF APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE]
[ETCHING OF MCLEAN'S HOUSE AT APPOMATTOX WHERE
GENERAL LEE'S SURRENDER TOOK PLACE]
[FAC-SIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL TERMS OF LEE'S SURRENDER AS WRITTEN BY GENERAL GRANT]
[MAP OF THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF MOBILE]
[MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR-1861 TO 1865]
CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD.
My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.
Mathew Grant, the founder of the branch in America, of which I am a descendant, reached Dorchester, Massachusetts, in May, 1630. In 1635 he moved to what is now Windsor, Connecticut, and was the surveyor for that colony for more than forty years. He was also, for many years of the time, town clerk. He was a married man when he arrived at Dorchester, but his children were all born in this country. His eldest son, Samuel, took lands on the east side of the Connecticut River, opposite Windsor, which have been held and occupied by descendants of his to this day.
I am of the eighth generation from Mathew Grant, and seventh from Samuel. Mathew Grant's first wife died a few years after their settlement in Windsor, and he soon after married the widow Rockwell, who, with her first husband, had been fellow-passengers with him and his first wife, on the ship Mary and John, from Dorchester, England, in 1630. Mrs. Rockwell had several children by her first marriage, and others by her second. By intermarriage, two or three generations later, I am descended from both the wives of Mathew Grant.