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Review: Wonderful - the best book about Grant - I bought the unabridged Audio CD, which is a huge bargain and played great in my car CD player. I read 2 biographies about Grant first and then this autobiography. The biographies were by Chernow (first) and Brands (second). Between those 2, I recommend the Brands book first but the Chernow book is worth reading and has a lot of commentary from people who knew Grant. But I think this autobiography is better because you are hearing Grant's own words. It will show you that Grant was truly a brilliant guy. It's like you are there as it happens. He tells you why it happened, what happened, and what he was thinking. If you want to understand the Civil War (why it happened and how the North almost made a deal with the South to let them keep slavery) and Grant, read this autobiography and the Brands and Chernow biographies. The CD's are excellent for all 3. Grant wrote this book when he was dying with cancer, but you can tell he had a brilliant mind and that he was a very good guy. I read a lot of history and of all the people in American history, I think Grant is my favorite and I have great respect for him. This book gave me a much better understanding of the events and thinking that led to the Civil War, or as Grant called it "the Rebellion". Grant had compassion and during the war, he helped the "Freed Men". After he left the Presidency, Grant was in great financial shape until he was swindled and lost everything ($750,000) - he only had about $100 left. Shortly after that happened, he learned he had incurable throat cancer (probably from the cigars). Can you imagine? Most people would have given up - but not Grant. How could Mrs. Grant avoid poverty? Mark Twain was a friend of Grant's and offered Grant 70% of the profits if he would write an autobiography. Grant forced himself to write it even though he was dying - he died a week after finishing the book. It was a huge success. It made $350,000 for Mrs. Grant - a HUGE amount of money in that day (like $10 million today). Grant died shortly after completing the book. I have a lot of respect for Mark Twain for helping Grant by giving him a MUCH better deal than anyone else would have given Grant. I enjoyed this Autobiography very much and felt like I was listening to Grant. One thing I didn't know was how some of the U.S. cabinet officers were traitors and helped the South. For example, just before the war, Secretary of War Flood moved weapons to the South and left them weakly guarded. When the war started Flood became a Confederate general. Also, I was shocked to learn that the South had better rifles than the North. Grant was an AMAZING guy - brilliant, honest and good in every way. I think he's one of the most important people in US history - definitely Top 10 - with Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, etc. He's a great role model. Grant didn't want to be a general - he wanted to be a math teacher. He was good with numbers and his early experience in the army was as a quartermaster. When the war started, he volunteered because it was his duty. He was promoted because he was smart, organized, brave and a good leader who won battles. His promotions were merit-based, not due to political connections, as happened during the war - for example, General McClernand was a politician who became a general and he was not a good general. 2 of the first victories of the War were Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. It was Grant's idea to take those forts - he saw the opportunity, planned the attack, and managed it. He was opportunistic. It started out to take Fort Henry but he saw an opportunity to also take Fort Donelson, and he did. Vicksburg was the key to the War because it controlled the Mississippi River. It was considered a Fortress that couldn't be captured, but Grant captured it in July 1863. The 1862 elections had gone badly for the Republicans and voluntary enlistments had ceased. When you read the details of the Vicksburg Campaign you will realize that Grant was a military genius - like a chess master, except that the battle was much more complicated and sometimes Grant wasn't aware of where the enemy was or their strength. You will see that the North would NOT have won the Civil War without Grant - at the least the North would have made a deal with the South to allow them to keep slavery, because the voters in the North were getting tired of the War. Without Grant's victories, Lincoln would have probably lost in the 1864 election - Grant's victories gave Americans hope. When you read the Autobiography you will see that Grant was a good, humble, fair, honest, dependable guy and that he was a military genius. He was like a Chess Master and could comprehend what was happening and all the alternative courses of action and their consequences, AND he was aggressive. Most of the other Generals would NOT follow up an advantage - they would stop and rest, giving the Confederates an opportunity to escape or entrench. The 2 top generals before Grant (Halleck and McClellan) were that way - they weren't aggressive and wouldn't seize opportunities - they couldn't see the opportunities that Grant saw. I think if Grant had been in charge, the North would have won the war within one year. I didn't understand the importance of logistics - it's critical because without food and ammunition the North would have lost. Grant writes about it from his actual orders for the various battles and explains the challenges. I like and respect Grant very much. That's why I'm writing this review - Grant deserves more credit than he gets. You will also learn that Sherman, Sheridan and Admiral Porter were critical to winning the War, that Lincoln was a good guy, and that Stanton was a jerk but he saved Chattanooga.
Review: Extraordinary detail. Must read for Civil War clarity - Much has been said lately of the Civil War. Grant's Civil War autobiographical has been on my read list for some years, so it seemed timely to visit the place and time after Grant's statue was toppled recently. I do not doubt that Grant's words are NOT on the reading list of this era's MSM and revisionist historical recollections. The book is written for and was a best-seller among veterans and general readers of both sides. It passed muster with the combatants. Grant's narrative is amplified on Kindle, providing easy search of names and places. In several engagements, the place names have changed since the events, and one wonders if they are not perhaps lost in history. Grant pulls no punches clearing up the matter of what the Civil War was about. It was over the slavery period. Grant, in crystal clarity, describes the reason and rationale of ending slavery at that moment in US history. That was the whole of the Civil War. There was no US future as had been demonstrated in the admission of new states under the dual politics of slave vs free. No other reasons cited to this day approximately approach the force of ending slavery, as told by Grant. Revisionist historians claiming the Civil War was not about slavery at all are ignorant, liars or both. If Grant's word had not rung true when this narrative became a global bestseller, it would have never been a bestseller. Grant is never seen to admire rebel generals as hero's. He knew most of them from West Point and the Mexican War. One by one, Grant correctly judges and anticipates his opponents with unnatural canny and defeats them. Every one of these generals was a traitor in Grant's cold accounting. That Northern MSM of the day championed rebel generals, lied about confederate casualties and bemoaned equally erroneous high Union body counts. The MSM hated Lincoln. Grant has a special place for treasonous Northern journalists. Credentialed Northern journalists are cited by name and given Lincoln's permission to accompany and record Grant and his Hdqtrs most important decisions. They systematically and suddenly disappear, freely moving into Confederate lines to divulge the plans, watch the outcome, report the calamity they stoked to simply disappear back into that media establishment. Grant was thoroughly familiar with the MSM of the times fake news and hoax playbook. The Confederacy never had a chance of victory, yet the media kept that silent. How the MSM narrative could be sold and believed in the North to nearly elect the do-nothing McClellan over Lincoln is a said chapter. The Confederate government was rotten to its core. Confederate civilians were not free; they were looted, impressed male ages of 14 to 60 and the women used as thralls to maintain the hopeless war machine. Confederate state citizens were held in a state of violence as virtual prisoners. There was no Confederate 'Bill of Rights". Grant takes the reader on that journey to illustrate precisely why.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #84,102 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Civil War Appomattox History #9 in American Civil War Biographies (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 4,735 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful - the best book about Grant
*by D***. on February 27, 2024*

I bought the unabridged Audio CD, which is a huge bargain and played great in my car CD player. I read 2 biographies about Grant first and then this autobiography. The biographies were by Chernow (first) and Brands (second). Between those 2, I recommend the Brands book first but the Chernow book is worth reading and has a lot of commentary from people who knew Grant. But I think this autobiography is better because you are hearing Grant's own words. It will show you that Grant was truly a brilliant guy. It's like you are there as it happens. He tells you why it happened, what happened, and what he was thinking. If you want to understand the Civil War (why it happened and how the North almost made a deal with the South to let them keep slavery) and Grant, read this autobiography and the Brands and Chernow biographies. The CD's are excellent for all 3. Grant wrote this book when he was dying with cancer, but you can tell he had a brilliant mind and that he was a very good guy. I read a lot of history and of all the people in American history, I think Grant is my favorite and I have great respect for him. This book gave me a much better understanding of the events and thinking that led to the Civil War, or as Grant called it "the Rebellion". Grant had compassion and during the war, he helped the "Freed Men". After he left the Presidency, Grant was in great financial shape until he was swindled and lost everything ($750,000) - he only had about $100 left. Shortly after that happened, he learned he had incurable throat cancer (probably from the cigars). Can you imagine? Most people would have given up - but not Grant. How could Mrs. Grant avoid poverty? Mark Twain was a friend of Grant's and offered Grant 70% of the profits if he would write an autobiography. Grant forced himself to write it even though he was dying - he died a week after finishing the book. It was a huge success. It made $350,000 for Mrs. Grant - a HUGE amount of money in that day (like $10 million today). Grant died shortly after completing the book. I have a lot of respect for Mark Twain for helping Grant by giving him a MUCH better deal than anyone else would have given Grant. I enjoyed this Autobiography very much and felt like I was listening to Grant. One thing I didn't know was how some of the U.S. cabinet officers were traitors and helped the South. For example, just before the war, Secretary of War Flood moved weapons to the South and left them weakly guarded. When the war started Flood became a Confederate general. Also, I was shocked to learn that the South had better rifles than the North. Grant was an AMAZING guy - brilliant, honest and good in every way. I think he's one of the most important people in US history - definitely Top 10 - with Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, etc. He's a great role model. Grant didn't want to be a general - he wanted to be a math teacher. He was good with numbers and his early experience in the army was as a quartermaster. When the war started, he volunteered because it was his duty. He was promoted because he was smart, organized, brave and a good leader who won battles. His promotions were merit-based, not due to political connections, as happened during the war - for example, General McClernand was a politician who became a general and he was not a good general. 2 of the first victories of the War were Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. It was Grant's idea to take those forts - he saw the opportunity, planned the attack, and managed it. He was opportunistic. It started out to take Fort Henry but he saw an opportunity to also take Fort Donelson, and he did. Vicksburg was the key to the War because it controlled the Mississippi River. It was considered a Fortress that couldn't be captured, but Grant captured it in July 1863. The 1862 elections had gone badly for the Republicans and voluntary enlistments had ceased. When you read the details of the Vicksburg Campaign you will realize that Grant was a military genius - like a chess master, except that the battle was much more complicated and sometimes Grant wasn't aware of where the enemy was or their strength. You will see that the North would NOT have won the Civil War without Grant - at the least the North would have made a deal with the South to allow them to keep slavery, because the voters in the North were getting tired of the War. Without Grant's victories, Lincoln would have probably lost in the 1864 election - Grant's victories gave Americans hope. When you read the Autobiography you will see that Grant was a good, humble, fair, honest, dependable guy and that he was a military genius. He was like a Chess Master and could comprehend what was happening and all the alternative courses of action and their consequences, AND he was aggressive. Most of the other Generals would NOT follow up an advantage - they would stop and rest, giving the Confederates an opportunity to escape or entrench. The 2 top generals before Grant (Halleck and McClellan) were that way - they weren't aggressive and wouldn't seize opportunities - they couldn't see the opportunities that Grant saw. I think if Grant had been in charge, the North would have won the war within one year. I didn't understand the importance of logistics - it's critical because without food and ammunition the North would have lost. Grant writes about it from his actual orders for the various battles and explains the challenges. I like and respect Grant very much. That's why I'm writing this review - Grant deserves more credit than he gets. You will also learn that Sherman, Sheridan and Admiral Porter were critical to winning the War, that Lincoln was a good guy, and that Stanton was a jerk but he saved Chattanooga.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extraordinary detail. Must read for Civil War clarity
*by S***E on July 10, 2020*

Much has been said lately of the Civil War. Grant's Civil War autobiographical has been on my read list for some years, so it seemed timely to visit the place and time after Grant's statue was toppled recently. I do not doubt that Grant's words are NOT on the reading list of this era's MSM and revisionist historical recollections. The book is written for and was a best-seller among veterans and general readers of both sides. It passed muster with the combatants. Grant's narrative is amplified on Kindle, providing easy search of names and places. In several engagements, the place names have changed since the events, and one wonders if they are not perhaps lost in history. Grant pulls no punches clearing up the matter of what the Civil War was about. It was over the slavery period. Grant, in crystal clarity, describes the reason and rationale of ending slavery at that moment in US history. That was the whole of the Civil War. There was no US future as had been demonstrated in the admission of new states under the dual politics of slave vs free. No other reasons cited to this day approximately approach the force of ending slavery, as told by Grant. Revisionist historians claiming the Civil War was not about slavery at all are ignorant, liars or both. If Grant's word had not rung true when this narrative became a global bestseller, it would have never been a bestseller. Grant is never seen to admire rebel generals as hero's. He knew most of them from West Point and the Mexican War. One by one, Grant correctly judges and anticipates his opponents with unnatural canny and defeats them. Every one of these generals was a traitor in Grant's cold accounting. That Northern MSM of the day championed rebel generals, lied about confederate casualties and bemoaned equally erroneous high Union body counts. The MSM hated Lincoln. Grant has a special place for treasonous Northern journalists. Credentialed Northern journalists are cited by name and given Lincoln's permission to accompany and record Grant and his Hdqtrs most important decisions. They systematically and suddenly disappear, freely moving into Confederate lines to divulge the plans, watch the outcome, report the calamity they stoked to simply disappear back into that media establishment. Grant was thoroughly familiar with the MSM of the times fake news and hoax playbook. The Confederacy never had a chance of victory, yet the media kept that silent. How the MSM narrative could be sold and believed in the North to nearly elect the do-nothing McClellan over Lincoln is a said chapter. The Confederate government was rotten to its core. Confederate civilians were not free; they were looted, impressed male ages of 14 to 60 and the women used as thralls to maintain the hopeless war machine. Confederate state citizens were held in a state of violence as virtual prisoners. There was no Confederate 'Bill of Rights". Grant takes the reader on that journey to illustrate precisely why.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Determined And Deterministic
*by D***S on July 6, 2009*

I freely confess to having read this book simply because I one day remembered that it existed and that I hadn't read it. It seemed to me a gaping lacuna in my reading history. Now, having read it, I must say that the writing is competent - as it was edited by Mark Twain, one shouldn't expect less - and these memoirs of the famous General's life from birth to the end of the American Civil War are quite interesting, especially for someone such as myself who, due to my upbringing, knows rather too much about the history of Europe, whilst knowledge of the history of my adopted country remains comparatively scanty. But I must say here that I am not concerned here with the American Civil War as such, but rather with the personality of Grant and the role he played in them. These are, after all, "Personal Memoirs." What a rum fellow Grant seems to me, having finished the book, especially in Volume I. Volume II tends to bog the reader down in tactics, dispatches, skirmishes and engagements with - to me - very odd names for the locations of these set-tos all piled rapidly on top of one another. Grant is a curiously passive figure in his philosophical outlook. He didn't fancy going to Westpoint, was surprised he passed the entrance examination and, whilst there, hoped that a bill pending in Congress to abolish the military academy would pass. It didn't. Early on, during his account of the Mexican War, he lists two separate accidental deaths of superiors who were favourable to the young Grant and the effect that they had on his career, and then comments: "Neither of these speculations is unreasonable, and they are mentioned to show how little men control their own destiny." Throughout the book, proponents of free will or choice will find Grant as dogged an adversary as ever the Confederates did. Again, after being selected as head of all the National armies - The term "Union army" is not to be encountered herein. - Grant states again, "It is men who wait to be selected, and not from those who seek, from whom we may always expect the most efficient service." This determinism rather surprised me coming from an American where the credo is that each man makes his own destiny. Grant seems to have been what pop psychologists of today would denominate a "Type B" personality, through and through. But, once selected, Grant was as tenacious as a pit bull, as the Vicksburg and all subsequent campaigns bear out. He speculates upon this sterling quality (for a commanding officer) in him thusly: "Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine is that in positions of great responsibility everyone should do his duty to the best of his ability where assigned by competent authority, without application or the use of influence to change his position." And Grant carries out his duties, once assigned, with unmatched doggedness. An interesting read, this book, especially Volume I---The bewildering intricacies of Volume II are what leads me to bequeath it four stars - the memoirs of a man both determined and deterministic.

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