Excerpt from The Most Complete and Authentic History of the Life and Public Services of General U. S. Grant, "the Napoleon of America" Containing a Full Account of His Early Life, His Record as a Student at the West Point Military Academy, His Gallantry in the Mexican War, His Honorable Career as a Business Man in St. Louis and Galena How he led our brave soldiers to victory on many hard-fought fields, and finally suppressed the Rebellion. How, without solicitation, or any effort on his part, he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States, and triumphantly elected. 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.

"This book differs essentially from the many so-called Lives of Grant now being published, and should not be classed with them. While recording his ... achievements in the field and his career as president of the United States, it is yet personal, rather than political, and free from partisan coloring, depicting not only the exploits of Grant the soldier, but the entire life of Grant the man, his daily habits and conversation, his thoughts and his motives, as evinced by his acts and words, under all the circumstances of his eventful life"--Page 9.