Description: Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point rather against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed by the governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment, quickly rising to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. ISBN for Volume 2 is 9781582188942
Review Quotes:
Written frantically while in a race with death, these recollections rank with the best of the Civil War period. Civil War Books A Critical Bibliography LSU Press 1969 V2 page 59