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Book two of this series on General Grant's life in the West and the Mississippi Valley Campaigns is twenty-three chapters originally published in The Midland Monthly from September to December, 1897. This book covers Grant's retirement from the army after the Mexican War, his life as a farmer and business man in Missouri, the origins of the stories of Grant's alcoholism and his life as a citizen, and the beginnings of his career in the Army during the Civil War after Abraham Lincoln's election. Illustrations of Grant, the people and places Grant encountered throughout this period of his life and career, and documents pertaining to his career are included throughout. Other pages of stories from the Midland Monthly appear throughout as this Grant history progresses over multiple issues.
Publication Date
9-1-1897
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Publisher
The Midland Monthly Magazine
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Keywords
Ulysses S. Grant; United States Civil War; Mississippi Valley Campaign; General Grant
Object Type
text
Format (original)
photocopy
Format (digital)
Digital ID
MFM_USG_1896_Grant-MS-Valley-Campaigns-Book-2
Source
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Grant's Life In the West and His Mississippi Valley Campaigns: A History, Book II
Repository
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
Recommended Citation
Grant's Life In the West and His Mississippi Valley Campaigns: A History, Book II, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University Libraries