Ulysses S. Grant, commander in chief of the Union forces during the
final years of the Civil War and eighteenth president of the United
States, was born on April 27, 1822, and died on July 23, 1885, less
than one week after completing work on this book.
Caleb Carr is the bestselling author of the novels The Alienist and
The Angel of Darkness, as well as a critically acclaimed biography
of an American mercenary, The Devil Soldier. He writes frequently
on military history for The New York Times and MHQ- The Quarterly
Journal of Military History, where he is a contributing editor.
"The best [memoirs] of any general's since Caesar."
--Mark Twain
"A unique expression of the national character....[Grant] has
conveyed the suspense which was felt by himself and his army and by
all who believed in the Union cause. The reader finds himself...on
edge toknow how the Civil War is coming out." --Edmund
Wilson
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