About this title: In 1863 Horace Porter, then a captain, met Ulysses S. Grant as Grant commenced the campaign that would break the Confederate siege at Chattanooga. After a brief stint in Washington, Porter rejoined Grant, who was now in command of all Union forces, and served with him as a staff aide until the end of the war. Porter was at Appomattox as a brevet brigadier general, and this work, written from notes taken in the field, is his eyewitness account of the great struggle between Lee and Grant that led to the defeat of the Confederacy. As a close-up observer of Grant in the field, Porter was also ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Mallard Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780792456049ISBN:0792456041
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library, card pocket and normal markings. Pages tight, text clean. Small tear and minor crease to one page. Edges lightly soiled and stamped. Boards have bumps and edge wear, spine slightly tilted. Jacket is clean and... Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 546 p. Contains illustrations. read more
Description: Good. Dust Cover Missing. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William S. Konecky Associates
ISBN-13:9780914427704ISBN:0914427709
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Reprint ed.
Binding: HC
Publisher: The Blue & Grey Press, Secaucus
Date Published: (1985)
Description: Some 30 pages w/ scattered ink underlining, light fore edge soil, else very good in like dj. Facsimile reprint edition. Illustrated. read more
Description: Very Good. 0809442000 clean inside-cover shows minor wear, spine tight books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780306802775ISBN:0306802775
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxv, 546 pp., [33] pp. of plates, illus., index; 21 cm. First published, 1897. Good+. Letter "N" written on foreedge, otherwise tight & clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William S. Konecky Associates
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780914427704ISBN:0914427709
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very Good in Very Good jacket Very good in very good dust jacket. D/J has a sticker inside the front cover. Cover has very minor rubbing to one corner. A creased page corner and very small smudge on block. No other faults. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 560 p. read more
"Horace Porter was an aide to General Grant during the latter part of the war and provides an excellent insight into his commander's mind. It also explains how Grant got to be such a cigar smoker and how the decision was made to have Sherman march to the Sea."
"I really enjoyed this memoir of the Civil War. Horace Porter was an aide to Ulysses Grant, and his account, while almost worshipful of Grant, was highly literate and full of good stories and pacing. Porter went on to become American ambassador to France and played the key role in finding the body of Revolutionary War hero John Paul Jones, who had been buried in a pauper's grave in Paris, and getting it exhumed and transported back to the U.S."
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