Frontispiece: Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant taken in Mathew Brady’s studio.
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McFeely, William S.
Grant: a biography
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Grant, Ulysses Simpson, Pres. U.S., 1822–1885. 2. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Campaigns and battles. 3. United States—Politics and government—1869–1877. 4. Presidents—United States—Biography.
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Epigraph for chapter X: Copyright © 1974 by Richard Wilbur, Reprinted from “The Fourth of July” in his volume The Mind-Reader by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Originally published in The New Yorker.