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Top authorsUlysses S. Grant Philip Henry Sheridan William T. Sherman John Marshall John Gregory Bourke Rebecca Warren Brown Calista McCabe Courtenay Elizabeth Bacon Custer George A. Custer Paul Leicester Ford

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete

Ulysses S. Grant

The work is the complete memoir of Ulysses S. Grant, a senior United States general and later president, who…

Cover of The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1
Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War
which Established the Independence of his Country and First
President of the United States

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

The work is a nineteenth‑century biographical study by John Marshall, catalogued under the subjects of United…

Cover of The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2
Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War
which Established the Independence of his Country and First
President of the United States

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

Marshall’s second volume presents a meticulous military biography of George Washington, focusing on the…

Cover of The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5
Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War
which Established the Independence of his Country and First
President of the United States

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

The volume is a scholarly biography of George Washington, written by John Marshall, and it opens with a…

Cover of The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4
Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War
which Established the Independence of his Country and First
President of the United States

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

The work is a multi‑volume biography of George Washington, compiled by John Marshall and organized into a…

George Washington

Calista McCabe Courtenay

This work is a biographical narrative that traces George Washington’s early life from his childhood on the…

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete

William T. Sherman

This work is the autobiographical memoir of General William Tecumseh Sherman, a Union commander whose life…

Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete

Philip Henry Sheridan

The work is the full memoir of Philip Henry Sheridan, a Union general whose life spanned the Irish immigrant…

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee is a sprawling memoir that blends personal correspondence…

On the Border with Crook

John Gregory Bourke

My life on the plains: or, personal experiences with Indians

George A. Custer

The Life of Francis Marion

William Gilmore Simms

Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson); Logan, John Alexander; Sheridan, Philip Henry; Sherman, William T.

The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions

John Marshall

Cover of The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3
Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War
which Established the Independence of his Country and First
President of the United States

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

John Marshall

A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His Brigade

William Dobein James