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Campaigning With Grant

Gelesen von David Wales

(4,727 Sterne; 22 Bewertungen)

In the last year of the American Civil War, Horace Porter served as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant, then commander of all the armies of the North. This lively 1897 memoir was written from the extensive notes he took during that time. It is highly regarded by later historians. Porter continued in that position with Grant to 1869. From 1869 to 1872 he served Grant as personal secretary in the White House. He was U.S. ambassador to France from 1897-1905. ( David Wales) (15 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Preface

1:48

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My First Meeting With General Grant, etc

30:06

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A Higher Grade Created For Grant, etc

32:53

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Preparations For A General Advance, etc

38:59

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Grant’s Preparations For The Second Day In The Wilderness, etc

32:55

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Grant’s Third Day In The Wilderness, etc

34:17

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Communicating With Burnside, etc

35:39

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Grant and Meade, etc

23:45

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Attempt To Turn The Union Right, etc

25:23

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Grant Crosses The North Anna, etc

23:19

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Grant Crosses The Pamunkey, etc

31:48

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Strength Of Lee’s Position At Cold Harbor, etc

20:36

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Grant Decides To Cross The James, etc

22:54

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The Start For The James, etc

19:51

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Petersburg, etc

21:22

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Lincoln’s First Visit To Grant’s Camp, etc

34:03

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A Disappointed Band-Master, etc

45:06

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Preparing The Petersburg Mine, etc

33:52

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The Storming Of New Market heights, etc

38:25

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Grant Visits Sherman, etc

23:15

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Grant’s Narrow Escape At Hatcher’s Run, etc

22:54

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Grant Suggests A Plan For Voting In The Field, etc

29:59

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Planning The First Fort Fisher Expedition, etc

33:58

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Senator Nesmith Visits Grant, etc

23:20

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Capture Of Fort Fisher, etc

36:13

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Grant Plans The Spring Campaigns, etc

27:02

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Grant Draws The Net Tighter Around The Enemy, etc

28:22

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Meeting Of Grant And Sherman At City Point, etc

30:27

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The Movement Against Five Forks, etc

28:22

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Grant Enters Petersburg, etc

30:10

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Grant’s Ride To Appomattox, etc

33:19

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After The Surrender, etc

33:42

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Sherman’s Terms To Joseph E. Johnston, etc

26:42

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Bewertungen

A Classic, Well Read

(5 Sterne)

I have had a paper copy of Porter's book for some time, and next to Grant's own excellent memoirs, it stands as a classic study of Grant in the Civil War's last year by a man who was there. Well-written, full of colorful and trenchant observations of Grant, his officers and army, it is also well-read by the narrator, though I found it flowed best at a slightly faster speed setting than the original reading. If you are a history buff, Grant fan, or student of the Civil War, this work is worth your while.

(5 Sterne)

Very clean and well written perhaps not best as a first or second Civil War book but excellent for those who know some of the history and politics of the conflict. Extremely well read as is everything by David Wales.