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Excerpt from Life and Public Services of General Ulysses S. Grant: From His Boyhood to the Present Time; And a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Schuyler Colfax In answer to the question which may be asked, "Why write another Life of Grant?" the author would say, that he has endeavored to prepare a biography of the Man, Ulysses S. Grant, from his boyhood to the present time, differing in some respects from others which have fallen under his observation; showing how, from a Western boy with no special advantages, he has come to be the foremost man of his time. He has not attempted to give a history of the late civil war, nor a military criticism upon its campaigns, nor a passive narration of battle-scenes, but to portray the character of Gen. Grant as boy, cadet, lieutenant in the army, business-man, general, secretary of war, and his actions in each period of his career. While the author has no desire to conceal his deep sympathy with the principles of freedom which warred with the Rebellion, and whose final triumph is involved in the approaching presidential election, yet he has sought to avoid a partisan harangue. He has availed himself of all reliable sources of information; and special care has been taken to verify statements of fact from official sources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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