Bibliography of works on Ulysses S. Grant

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 and secession, the war ending 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 pursued Reconstruction in the former Confederate states. 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. Although 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.

In May 2012, on the 50th 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 Y. Simon edited Grant's letters into a 32-volume scholarly edition published by Southern Illinois University Press.

For a comprehensive scholarly annotated bibliography covering several thousand books, articles, and archival sources see Marie Ellen Kelsey, ed. Ulysses S. Grant: A Bibliography: A Bibliography (2005). online

Biographical and political

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• Mackowski, Chris, and Scaturro, Frank J., eds. (2023). Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant. El Dorado Hills, California: Savas Beatie. .
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• (reprint edition, 1967, by Johnson Reprint Corp, )

• Woodward, William E. (1931). Meet General Grant, Garden Publishing Company, (Original from University of Virginia Press), 524 pp.

Military

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• Dorsett, Lyle W. "The Problem of Ulysses S. Grant’s Drinking During the Civil War," Hayes Historical Journal vol. 4, no. 2 (1983): 37–49. online

• Kantor, MacKinlay, 2007. Lee and Grant at Appomattox, Sterling Publishing Company,

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• Nevins, Allan. The War for the Union (4 vol 1959–71), comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the war.

• Silkenat, David. Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. .

Grant's memoirs, two-volume work

(Many editions in paper and online; ends in 1865)

Two-volume work

• Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, Vol I,  C.L. Webster, 1885
• Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, Vol II,  C.L. Webster, 1885

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<big>Early biographers</big>&nbsp;&nbsp;(and memoirs of close associates)

Primary sources

<big>Inaugural Addresses</big>

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

<big>State of the Union Addresses</big>

• 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

<big>Executive orders</big>

• 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

<big>Proclamations</big>

• 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

<big>Special Messages</big>

• The American Presidency Project Document Archive Option 1: Search

:1. President Ulysses S. Grant

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

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<big>Civil Service Commission</big>

• Ulysses S. Grant Executive Order April 16, 1872

<big>Civil Rights Act of 1875</big>

• An act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights. Library of Congress Statutes at Large 43rd Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 18, Part 3 pages 335-337

<big>Veto Messages</big>

• 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

<big>Treaty of Washington 1871</big>

• Treaty of Washington 1871 from Archive.org

<big>Indian Appropriations Act 1871</big>

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

<big>Papers of Ulysses S. Grant</big>

<big>Military accounts</big>

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

<big>Grant's world tour</big>

Historiography

• Arnold, Matthew. General Grant by Matthew Arnold with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain. Kent, Ohio, and London: The Kent State University Press, 1995 (on Grant's Memoirs)

• Marszalek, John F.; Nolen, David S.; Gallo, Louie P.; Williams, Frank J. (2019). Hold On With a Bullldog Grip: A Short Study of Ulysses S. Grant. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.

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List of articles for Ulysses S. Grant

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Early life and career of Ulysses S. Grant
• Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War
• Commanding generalship of Ulysses S. Grant
• Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
• 1868 United States presidential election
• 1872 United States presidential election
• 1876 United States presidential election
• Black Friday (1869)
• Scandals of the Ulysses S. Grant administration
• Reforms of the Ulysses S. Grant administration
• General Order No. 11 (1862)
• Post-presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
• World tour of Ulysses S. Grant
• Historical reputation of Ulysses S. Grant
• Cultural depictions of Ulysses S. Grant
• Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
• Grant's Farm
• Grant's Overland Campaign
• Grant's Tomb

See also

• Bibliography of the American Civil War
• Bibliography of the Reconstruction Era
• Bibliography of Abraham Lincoln
• Jesse Root Grant (father of Ulysses S. Grant)
• Jesse Root Grant (politician) (son of Ulysses S. Grant)
• Reconstruction Era

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