Life of U.S. Grant, Poore & Tiffany, 1885, 1st Edition, "Elegantly Illustrated"

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LIFE
OF
U.S. GRANT.
BY
HON. BEN: PERLEY POORE,
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHER OF THE U.S. CONGRESS, THE EMINENT JOURNALIST AND POPULAR AUTHOR:
FORTY YEARS A RESIDENT AT WASHINGTON, AND
DURING TWENTY YEARS THE INTIMATE
FRIEND OF GENERAL GRANT.
&
REV. O.H. TIFFANY, D.D.
THE CELEBRATED DIVINE AND ELOQUENT PULPIT ORATOR:
PASTOR OF THE GRANT FAMILY IN WASHINGTON,
FAMILIAR WITH THEIR NEW YORK LIFE,
AND THOROUGHLY CONVERSANT
WITH THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY.
______
ELEGANTLY ILLUSTRATED
HUBBARD BROS., PUBLISHERS,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY AND
ATLANTA, GA.
A.L. BANCROFT & CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
1885
FIRST EDITION
This volume is one of several biographies which were released during the year of his death, this particular publication is considered one of the better biographies on Grant's life.
But, to quote from the preface:
"Ulysses S. Grant is dead. He, who for more than twenty years has been America's most prominent citizen and the world's most noted man, has passed away amid a nation's tears and a world's profound regrets.
It is, as yet, too soon to fully estimate the man's uncommon worth. The judgements of History cannot be forced. They mature slowly and irrevocably. Points of character and items of conduct may be comprehended, but time alone combines these details into one living whole...."
This publication is divided into 2 sections, the first is "The Life of General Grant," which consists of 142 pages, followed by "Life of General Grant Since the War," which consists of 594 pages.
This work goes into great detail of the General's Life.
Following are abbreviated descriptions of the titles of the chapters:
Contents.
Part I.
Life of General U.S. Grant
The Grants of Scotland
Grant - An Unwilling Cadet
Lt. Grant Joins His Regiment
March of Scott's Army From Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico
Lt. Grant's Marriage
Breaking Out of the Great Rebellion
The Battle of Belmont
The Surprise at Corinth
The Siege of Vicksburg, the "Gibraltar of the Mississippi"
Accident to General Grant at New Orleans
The Army of the Potomac
Confederate Attack on Washington
The Approaching End of the War
Contents.
Part II.
Life of General U.S. Grant Since the War.
The Close of the War
Meeting of the Thirty-Ninth Congress
The Congressional Action in Opposition to President Johnson
General Grant's Domestic Happiness at Washington
Inauguration of General Grant as President
General Grant in the White House
General Grant's Financial Views
Every State Again Represented
How Grant Conducted His Administration
Grant's Third Annual Message - Ku Klux Outrages
Sumner's Philippic Against Grant
Grant's Fourth Annual Message
New Year's Reception at the White House
Second Inauguration of General Grant
Death of Chief Justice Chase
First Session of the Forty-Third Congress
Marriage of General Grant's Daughter
General Grant's Sixth Annual Message
Meeting of the Forty-Fourth Congress
Secretary Bristow's Reforms
Admission of Colorado
Review of Grant's Presidential Career
Grant Decides to go Abroad
Off to the Continent
Visits the Smaller Cities
In Paris
Off for Egypt
Off for the Nile
On the Vandalia
Welcomed to Rome
Delay in Holland
Hamburg on the Fourth of July
Off to Spain
Off to India
The Palace at Jeypoor
Siam an Unimportant Kingdom
Back to Singapore - On to China
Visit to the Prince Regent
The Great Wall of China
Reception at Tokio
Last Days in Japan
General Grant Again at Home
Welcome Home