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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Promotion to first Lieutenant-capture of the City of Mexico -the Army-Mexican soldiers- peace negotiations (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 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 (search)
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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Commencement of the Grand campaign-general Butler 's position-sheridan's first raid (search)
Commencement of the Grand campaign-general Butler's position-sheridan's first raid
The armies w Lee's army.
At midnight they turned back, and Butler by daylight was far up the James River.
He se first step contemplated in my instructions to Butler.
He was to act from here, looking to Richmond ering reinforcements.
On the 16th he attacked Butler with great vigor, and with such success as to f the Potomac, leaving a sufficient force with Butler to man his works, hold securely the footing he osed.
Previous to ordering any troops from Butler I sent my chief engineer, General [John G.] Ba g that the position was like a bottle and that Butler's line of intrenchments across the neck repres im across the neck; and it was therefore as if Butler was in a bottle.
He was perfectly safe agains move on to the James River and draw these from Butler's supplies.
This move took him past the entir ames River below the city, to communicate with Butler and to rest his men and horses as well as to g
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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Left flank movement across the Chickahominy and James -General Lee -visit to Butler-the movement on Petersburg-the investment of Petersburg (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 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 (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Sheridan 's advance-visit to Sheridan -Sheridan 's victory in the Shenandoah-Sheridan 's ride to Winchester-close of the campaign for the winter (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The campaign in Georgia -Sherman 's March to the sea-war anecdotes-the March on Savannah - investment of Savannah-capture of Savannah (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Expedition against Fort Fisher -attack on the Fort-failure of the expedition-second expedition against the Fort-capture of Fort Fisher (search)
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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 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 (search)