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American-History

1885

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume 1


Ulysses S. Grant - 1885
    This is the simple soldier who, all untaught by the silken phrasemakers, linked words together with an art surpassing the art of the schools and put into them something which will bring to American ears, as long as America shall last, the roll of his vanished drums and the tread of his marching hosts.' -Mark Twain

War of the Rebellion Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies


U.S. Department of War - 1885
    Each of the 128 volumes is published in full, including the Index, and all are heavily bound in buckram for long and continued use. (This 1985 edition was reprinted by Historical Times, Inc.)Printed on acid-free paper.