Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Read by Jim Clevenger
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In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds.
(Summary by U. S. Grant) (35 hr 26 min)
Chapters
00: PREFACE | 4:36 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
01: CHAPTER 01 | 25:28 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
02: CHAPTER 02 | 24:45 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
03: CHAPTER 03 | 29:07 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
04: CHAPTER 04 | 22:32 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
05: CHAPTER 05 | 18:19 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
06: CHAPTER 06 | 13:32 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
07: CHAPTER 07 | 27:04 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
08: CHAPTER 08 | 20:03 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
09: CHAPTER 09 | 18:23 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
10: CHAPTER 10 | 21:24 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
11: CHAPTER 11 | 38:53 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
12: CHAPTER 12 | 21:19 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
13: CHAPTER 13 | 28:05 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
14: CHAPTER 14 | 16:47 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
15: CHAPTER 15 | 17:34 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
16: CHAPTER 16 | 37:00 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
17: CHAPTER 17 | 24:12 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
18: CHAPTER 18 | 21:55 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
19: CHAPTER 19 | 27:35 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
20: CHAPTER 20 | 21:43 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
21: CHAPTER 21 | 19:51 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
22: CHAPTER 22 | 37:12 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
23: CHAPTER 23 | 24:36 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
24: CHAPTER 24 | 36:10 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
25: CHAPTER 25 | 32:19 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
26: CHAPTER 26 | 22:58 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
27: CHAPTER 27 | 33:21 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
28: CHAPTER 28 | 16:25 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
29: CHAPTER 29 | 13:53 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
30: CHAPTER 30 | 26:14 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
31: CHAPTER 31 | 32:57 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
32: CHAPTER 32 | 29:10 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
33: CHAPTER 33 | 20:14 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
34: CHAPTER 34 | 23:31 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
35: CHAPTER 35 | 37:07 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
36: CHAPTER 36 | 16:16 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
37: CHAPTER 37 | 23:50 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
38: CHAPTER 38 | 42:49 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
39: CHAPTER 39 | 24:38 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
40: CHAPTER 40 | 22:02 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
41: CHAPTER 41 | 20:29 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
42: CHAPTER 42 | 28:43 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
43: CHAPTER 43 | 21:59 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
44: CHAPTER 44 | 24:17 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
45: CHAPTER 45 | 29:25 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
46: CHAPTER 46 | 30:15 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
47: CHAPTER 47 | 31:08 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
48: CHAPTER 48 | 19:05 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
49: CHAPTER 49 | 28:28 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
50: CHAPTER 50 | 35:58 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
51: CHAPTER 51 | 22:07 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
52: CHAPTER 52 | 18:08 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
53: CHAPTER 53 | 22:09 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
54: CHAPTER 54 | 30:42 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
55: CHAPTER 55 | 25:31 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
56: CHAPTER 56 | 33:30 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
57: CHAPTER 57 | 42:21 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
58: CHAPTER 58 | 29:46 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
59: CHAPTER 59 | 58:56 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
60: CHAPTER 60 | 11:26 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
61: CHAPTER 61 | 21:14 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
62: CHAPTER 62 | 36:13 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
63: CHAPTER 63 | 27:34 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
64: CHAPTER 64 | 30:20 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
65: CHAPTER 65 | 27:01 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
66: CHAPTER 66 | 18:31 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
67: CHAPTER 67 | 25:44 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
68: CHAPTER 68 | 27:09 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
69: CHAPTER 69 | 23:34 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
70: CHAPTER 70 | 27:21 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
71: CONCLUSION | 25:04 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
72: APPENDIX PART 1 OF 4 | 1:00:41 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
73: APPENDIX PART 2 OF 4 | 1:14:42 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
74: APPENDIX PART 3 OF 4 | 1:07:36 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
75: APPENDIX PART 4 OF 4 | 53:55 | Read by Jim Clevenger |
Reviews
Witty memoirs well-read
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NorfolkAJL
Grant has a wry turn of phrase and an eye for the humorous - as well as giving his memories of the Mexican and American Civil Wars. He also has a nice line in self-deprecation. The reader's voice and style are well-suited to the material. As a solo reading this was a major task well performed - thanks to Jim Clevenger
Ulysses Grant's Civil WR memoirs deserve their enduring reputation as an outstanding source of information and insight into the author, his experience as an officer and commanding general in the Civil War, and the times he lived in. Grant's writing is antique, but always clear and accessible as well as informed and interesting. If there's a challenge with this book, it's the inability to examine maps corresponding to place names while listening to it. This liability is more than compensated for by the pleasure of listening to Jim Clevenger's mellifluous delivery - soothing, balanced, and sympathetic at the same time. I bow to both the memory of the author and to the reader. Thank you, Mr. Clevenger; it has been a great pleasure spending time with you these weeks while doing cardio at the gym. Much appreciated!
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Boojum
Amazing!
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Ryan
Mr. Grant’s memoir transports you to the earliest years of the United States of America. You witness through his eyes the Spanish American War, Great Rebellion, and personal memories with Abraham Lincoln that leave you more enchanted with Mr. Lincoln and what could have been had Mr. Lincoln not been assassinated. You walk away from this book feeling as if you know the man, US Grant, and know the people he knew intimately by association included General Sherman, General Sheridan, General Halleck, and Mr. Lincoln himself. Mr. Clevenger affects a very genuine reading of Mr. Grant’s memoirs and you feel as if the voice you hear is exactly that of Mr. Grant. Now that I have finished listening, I feel a sense of sadness that the history and memoir has come to a close.
Old Friends
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Rick Allen
I feel as though General Grant, and the reader, Jim Clevenger, are now old friends who have taught me much about life, humanity, battle skills, leadership, and much more.
Loved it!
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Rick G
Great reader, long facinating book. It's interesting to here the battles that my relatives fought in described. Thanks Jim Clevenger!!
Great book, very well read!
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A LibriVox Listener
Second time listening to it. Hope Grant sounds like you.
Great historical piece and excellent reader!
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Dima
Enjoyed the insights into great historical event through the eyes of intelligent person. His views and opinions seemed very level headed and unbiased. Even though this book is extremely long, I very much enjoyed it because of the level of detail, engaging storytelling and just as important - superb reader skills of Jim Clevenger who took incredible amount of time to nail it all by himself! Thank you!
A great listen
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SteveM
Thank you : sory and narration were first class