Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses Grant
18th President of the United States
In office March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
Vice President	Schuyler Colfax (1869–1873) Henry Wilson (1873–1875) None (1875–1877)
Preceded by	Andrew Johnson
Succeeded by	Rutherford B. Hayes
Commanding General of the United States Army
In office March 9, 1864 – March 4, 1869
President	Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson
Preceded by	Henry W. Halleck
Succeeded by	William Tecumseh Sherman
Personal details
Born	Hiram Ulysses Grant (1822-04-27)April 27, 1822 Point Pleasant, Ohio
Died	Wilton, New York
Resting place	General Grant National Memorial Upper Manhattan, New York
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Julia Dent
Children	Frederick, Ulysses Jr., Nellie, Jesse
Alma mater	United States Military Academy
Profession	Soldier
Religion	Methodism
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1839–1854 1861–1869
Rank	General of the Army
Commands	21st Illinois Infantry Regiment Army of the Tennessee Military Division of the Mississippi United States Army
Battles/wars	Mexican-American War American Civil War

Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States (1869–1877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military; the war, and secession, ended with the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox Court House. As president, Grant led the Radical Republicans in their effort to eliminate vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery, protect African American citizenship, and defeat the Ku Klux Klan. In foreign policy, Grant sought to increase American trade and influence, while remaining at peace with the world. Although his Republican Party split in 1872 as reformers denounced him, Grant was easily reelected. During his second term the country's economy was devastated by the Panic of 1873, while investigations exposed corruption scandals in the administration. The conservative white Southerners regained control of Southern state governments and Democrats took control of the federal House of Representatives. By the time Grant left the White House in 1877, his Reconstruction policies were being undone. After leaving office, Grant embarked on a two-year world tour that included many enthusiastic receptions. In 1880, he made an unsuccessful bid for a third presidential term. However, his memoirs, written as he was dying, were a critical and popular success, and his death prompted an outpouring of national mourning. Historical assessements of the Grant Administration have traditionally been critical; Grant's presidency having been ranked among the lowest by historians. Grant's reputation was marred by his defense of corrupt appointees and by his conservative deflationary policy during the Panic of 1873. While still below average, his reputation among scholars has significantly improved in recent years because of greater appreciation for his commitment to civil rights, moral courage in his prosecution of the Ku Klux Klan, and enforcement of voting rights.

There are ubundant historial material resources on Grant and his role during the Civil War. However, there have been few historical scholarly studies, mostly negative, on his presidency. Analysis of Grant's presidency by some modern scholars, including Grant biographers Jean Edward Smith (2001) and H.W. Brands (2012), have generally been more positive and less critical of Grant. Enclycopedic presidential summary biographies of Grant rely heavily on secondary sources and tend to offer non scholarly negative views of Grant. According to one bibliographical source, to obtain a more complete assessment of Grant and his presidency during Reconstruction both contemporary, primary, and scholarly accounts of Grant, his Inaugural Addresses, including his communications and annual messages to Congress are recommended readings. In May 2012, on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation, Mississippi State University was selected as the permanent location for Ulysses S. Grant's Presidential Library. Historian John Simon edited Grant's letters into a 32-volume scholarly edition published by Southern Illinois University Press.

Biographical and political

• Burr, Frank, 1885. Life and Deeds of General Ulysses S. Grant, National Publishing, Philadelphia
• Cadwallader, Sylvanus, 1955 Three years with Grant, as recalled by war correspondent Sylvanus Cadwallader Knopf Publishers, New York
• Carpenter, John A. 1970, Ulysses S. Grant, Twayne Publishers, New York.
• Church, William Conant, 1897. Ulysses S. Grant and the period of national preservation and reconstruction, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. e'Book
• Coolidge, Louis, 1924. Ulysses S. Grant, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, New York
• Edmonds, Franklin Spencer, 1915, Ulysses S. Grant, George W. Jacobs, Publishers, Philadelphia
• King, Charles, 1914, The True Ulysses S. Grant, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, London
• ; Pulitzer Prize
• Woodward, William E. (1931). Meet General Grant, Garden Publishing Company, (Original from University of Virginia Press), 524 pages

Military

• Foote, Shelby. The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Vol. 1958-1974), comprehensive story of all the war's major campaigns and battles.
• Kantor, MacKinlay, 2007. Lee and Grant at Appomattox, Sterling Publishing Company, ISBN 978-1-402-7512-40
• ; received negative reviews
• Nevins, Allan. The War for the Union (4 vol 1959-71), comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the war.

Primary sources

Inaugural Addresses

• 1869 Inaugural Address – Ulysses S. Grant
• 1873 Inaugural Address – Ulysses S. Grant

State of the Union Addresses

• 1869 State of the Union Message – Ulysses S. Grant
• 1870 State of the Union Message – Ulysses S. Grant
• 1871 State of the Union Message – Ulysses S. Grant
• 1872 State of the Union Message – Ulysses S. Grant
• 1873 State of the Union Message – Ulysses S. Grant
• 1874 State of the Union Message – Ulysses S. Grant
• 1875 State of the Union Message – Ulysses S. Grant
• 1876 State of the Union Message – Ulysses S. Grant

Executive orders

• Executive Orders 1869 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Executive Orders 1870 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Executive Orders 1871 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Executive Orders 1872 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Executive Orders 1873 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Executive Orders 1874 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Executive Orders 1875 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Executive Orders 1876 - Ulysses S. Grant

Proclamations

• Proclamations 1869 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Proclamations 1870 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Proclamations 1871 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Proclamations 1872 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Proclamations 1873 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Proclamations 1874 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Proclamations 1875 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Proclamations 1876 - Ulysses S. Grant
• Proclamations 1877 - Ulysses S. Grant

Special Messages

• The American Presidency Project Document Archive Option 1: Search

1. President Ulysses S. Grant

2. Dates: March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877

3. Document Category: Written Messages - To Congress

Civil Service Commission

• Ulysses S. Grant Executive Order April 16, 1872

Veto Messages

• The American Presidency Project Document Archive Option 1: Search

1. President Ulysses S. Grant

2. Dates: March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877

3. Document Category: Veto Messages - To Congress

Treaty of Washington 1871

• Treaty of Washington 1871 from Archive.org

Indian Appropriations Act 1871

• An Act making Appropriations for the current and contingent Expenses of the Indian Department, and for fullfilling Treaty Stipulations with Various Indian Tribes, for the Year ending June 30, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other Purposes March 3, 1871

Memoirs

• ; many editions in paper and online; ends in 1865

Historiography

• for commentary