Campaigning with Grant Book

From April 1864 to the end of the war, Horace Porter served on Ulysses S. Grant's staff. He was with Grant during the Battle of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and during the Petersburg Campaign and was present at McLean's House during the final surrender by Robert E. Lee. During the whole time, Porter kept extensive notes regarding Grant's conversations and activities supplemented by his own observations. Porter brings to his recollections not only a soldier's practiced eye, but a writer's intelligence as well. His portrait of Grant is incisive, readable and among the best records that have survived the war. The reader catches a glimpse of Grant as soldier and hears in his own words the tactical evaluations taht led to many of the war's most crucial decisions. Porter's accounts are stirring, down-to-earth and bring to life many events during our country's most memorable conflict.Read More