Excerpt from Military History of Ulysses S. Grant, Vol. 1: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 The fact that I became a member of General Grant's personal staff, before he assumed command of the armies of the United States, and that I have since remained with him, is the voucher that I offer for the correctness of this history. I have not meant to state one fact, unless it came under my own per sonal observation, or has been told me by the gen eral of the army, or one of his important officers, or unless I know it from official papers. When I deviate from this rule, I make the deviation known. The correspondence, telegraphic and written, of the headquarters of the armies, is accessible to me. I have also been allowed to examine all papers under the control of the Tar Department; and, as many of the rebel archives are now in the posses sion of the government, I have seen the original reports made by the rebel generals, of every battle but two, which I have attempted to describe. 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.