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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

Gelesen von Jim Clevenger

(4,796 Sterne; 81 Bewertungen)

In preparing these volumes for the public, I have entered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not making mention often where special mention is due. There must be many errors of omission in this work, because the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of instances, during the rebellion, of individual, company, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserve special mention and are not here alluded to. The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds.
(Summary by U. S. Grant) (35 hr 26 min)

Chapters

00: PREFACE

4:36

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01: CHAPTER 01

25:28

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02: CHAPTER 02

24:45

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03: CHAPTER 03

29:07

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04: CHAPTER 04

22:32

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05: CHAPTER 05

18:19

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06: CHAPTER 06

13:32

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07: CHAPTER 07

27:04

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08: CHAPTER 08

20:03

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09: CHAPTER 09

18:23

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10: CHAPTER 10

21:24

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11: CHAPTER 11

38:53

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12: CHAPTER 12

21:19

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13: CHAPTER 13

28:05

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14: CHAPTER 14

16:47

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15: CHAPTER 15

17:34

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16: CHAPTER 16

37:00

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17: CHAPTER 17

24:12

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18: CHAPTER 18

21:55

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19: CHAPTER 19

27:35

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20: CHAPTER 20

21:43

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21: CHAPTER 21

19:51

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22: CHAPTER 22

37:12

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23: CHAPTER 23

24:36

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24: CHAPTER 24

36:10

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25: CHAPTER 25

32:19

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26: CHAPTER 26

22:58

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27: CHAPTER 27

33:21

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28: CHAPTER 28

16:25

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29: CHAPTER 29

13:53

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30: CHAPTER 30

26:14

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31: CHAPTER 31

32:57

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32: CHAPTER 32

29:10

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33: CHAPTER 33

20:14

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34: CHAPTER 34

23:31

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35: CHAPTER 35

37:07

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36: CHAPTER 36

16:16

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37: CHAPTER 37

23:50

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38: CHAPTER 38

42:49

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39: CHAPTER 39

24:38

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40: CHAPTER 40

22:02

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41: CHAPTER 41

20:29

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42: CHAPTER 42

28:43

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43: CHAPTER 43

21:59

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44: CHAPTER 44

24:17

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45: CHAPTER 45

29:25

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46: CHAPTER 46

30:15

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47: CHAPTER 47

31:08

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48: CHAPTER 48

19:05

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49: CHAPTER 49

28:28

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50: CHAPTER 50

35:58

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51: CHAPTER 51

22:07

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52: CHAPTER 52

18:08

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53: CHAPTER 53

22:09

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54: CHAPTER 54

30:42

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55: CHAPTER 55

25:31

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56: CHAPTER 56

33:30

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57: CHAPTER 57

42:21

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58: CHAPTER 58

29:46

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59: CHAPTER 59

58:56

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60: CHAPTER 60

11:26

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61: CHAPTER 61

21:14

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62: CHAPTER 62

36:13

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63: CHAPTER 63

27:34

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64: CHAPTER 64

30:20

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65: CHAPTER 65

27:01

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66: CHAPTER 66

18:31

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67: CHAPTER 67

25:44

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68: CHAPTER 68

27:09

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69: CHAPTER 69

23:34

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70: CHAPTER 70

27:21

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71: CONCLUSION

25:04

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72: APPENDIX PART 1 OF 4

1:00:41

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73: APPENDIX PART 2 OF 4

1:14:42

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74: APPENDIX PART 3 OF 4

1:07:36

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75: APPENDIX PART 4 OF 4

53:55

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Bewertungen

Witty memoirs well-read

(5 Sterne)

Grant has a wry turn of phrase and an eye for the humorous - as well as giving his memories of the Mexican and American Civil Wars. He also has a nice line in self-deprecation. The reader's voice and style are well-suited to the material. As a solo reading this was a major task well performed - thanks to Jim Clevenger

Ulysses Grant's Civil WR memoirs deserve their enduring reputation as an outstanding source of information and insight into the author, his experience as an officer and commanding general in the Civil War, and the times he lived in. Grant's writing is antique, but always clear and accessible as well as informed and interesting. If there's a challenge with this book, it's the inability to examine maps corresponding to place names while listening to it. This liability is more than compensated for by the pleasure of listening to Jim Clevenger's mellifluous delivery - soothing, balanced, and sympathetic at the same time. I bow to both the memory of the author and to the reader. Thank you, Mr. Clevenger; it has been a great pleasure spending time with you these weeks while doing cardio at the gym. Much appreciated!

(5 Sterne)

Amazing!

(5 Sterne)

Mr. Grant’s memoir transports you to the earliest years of the United States of America. You witness through his eyes the Spanish American War, Great Rebellion, and personal memories with Abraham Lincoln that leave you more enchanted with Mr. Lincoln and what could have been had Mr. Lincoln not been assassinated. You walk away from this book feeling as if you know the man, US Grant, and know the people he knew intimately by association included General Sherman, General Sheridan, General Halleck, and Mr. Lincoln himself. Mr. Clevenger affects a very genuine reading of Mr. Grant’s memoirs and you feel as if the voice you hear is exactly that of Mr. Grant. Now that I have finished listening, I feel a sense of sadness that the history and memoir has come to a close.

Old Friends

(5 Sterne)

I feel as though General Grant, and the reader, Jim Clevenger, are now old friends who have taught me much about life, humanity, battle skills, leadership, and much more.

Loved it!

(5 Sterne)

Great reader, long facinating book. It's interesting to here the battles that my relatives fought in described. Thanks Jim Clevenger!!

Great book, very well read!

(5 Sterne)

Second time listening to it. Hope Grant sounds like you.

Great historical piece and excellent reader!

(5 Sterne)

Enjoyed the insights into great historical event through the eyes of intelligent person. His views and opinions seemed very level headed and unbiased. Even though this book is extremely long, I very much enjoyed it because of the level of detail, engaging storytelling and just as important - superb reader skills of Jim Clevenger who took incredible amount of time to nail it all by himself! Thank you!

A great listen

(5 Sterne)

Thank you : sory and narration were first class