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The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography of American President Ulysses S. Grant. The work focuses on his military career during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. The volumes were written during the last year of Grant’s life, the two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant’s death.Lauded for its crisp and direct prose, Grant’s autobiography offers frank insight into everything from the merits of the war with Mexico to the strategies and tactics employed by Union forces against the Confederacy to the poignancy of Grant’s meeting with General Lee at Appomattox Court House.The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant has been highly regarded by the general public, military historians and literary critics.Beloved and bestselling since its publication in 1885, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is a seminal work of military history and one of the great achievements of American autobiography.