Chronicles the life of Ulysses S. Grant, the Ohioan who became the leader of the Union Army and later the president.

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Crowds and families -- Cadetship and courtship -- The Mexican War -- A soldier between wars -- Galena -- Escaping from the ordinary -- Warriors -- Battles -- Shiloh -- Vicksburg -- Chattanooga -- Washington and the Wilderness -- Petersburg -- Peace -- "On the Mexico" -- After the war -- The rising man -- The president and his cabinet -- Original occupants of this land -- A Friday and a friend -- England and Santo Domingo -- Democracy -- Greatness -- Wedding and whiskey -- Waifs -- Around the world -- Grant & Ward -- To write a book: to be a man.