Grant

  invitation to Lincoln to visit City Point suggested by, 477

  Jesse’s attempt to borrow money from, 234

  Jesse’s desire to live with, 92–93

  Johnson’s acquittal applauded by, 612

  lazy eye of, 33, 39, 69, 96, 332

  and Lee’s surrender, 513

  letters to Grant from, 39

  Lincoln’s meeting with, 351–52

  and Mary Lincoln, 482–83, 484, 519, 524, 528, 530

  memoirs of, 32, 931–32

  military strategy understood by, 277

  money matters handled by, 96

  money worries of, 95

  in move to Corinth, 222

  in move to Detroit, 64

  in move to Galena, 113, 114

  parties attended by, 65, 66

  paternalistic attitude toward slavery, 32, 99

  and plan to move to Kentucky, 103

  in postwar visit to Washington, 519

  pregnancies of, 67, 70, 72

  in preparation to leave White House, 851–52, 853

  and proposed third term for Grant, 810–11, 890–91, 900, 902–3

  queasy feelings about Ward, 919

  reading by, 31

  return to White House desired by, 890–91

  in Sackets Harbor, 64–65

  on secession, 121

  on Sherman’s feud with Stanton, 541

  sick wards visited by, 331

  spending by, 92–93, 96

  strength and determination of, 34, 36

  in tour of Richmond, 495

  and transfer of Rosecrans, 226

  at Vicksburg Campaign, 255, 261, 277

  visit to Grant’s parents canceled by, 106

  Washington left by, 523, 524–25

  wedding of, 62

  as White House hostess, 647–48

  White House remodeled by, 646–47

  Grant, Julia Dent (granddaughter), see Cantacuzène, Princess Julia Dent Grant

  Grant, Mary (Orvil’s wife), 116

  Grant, Mary Frances (sister), 7, 129, 177, 222, 226, 641

  on Hannah’s concern for Grant, 52

  Grant, Matthew, 4

  Grant, Noah (ancestor), 4

  Grant, Noah (grandfather), 4–5

  Grant, Orvil Lynch, 7, 25, 78, 113, 177, 615, 804

  corruption of, 897–98

  death of, 899

  father’s store run by, 109, 114, 116, 126, 127

  in Indian Ring, 819–20

  Julia disapproved of by, 116

  Lincoln voted for by, 119, 120

  mental problems of, 899

  Grant, Peter, 5, 16

  Grant, Priscilla, 4

  Grant, Rachel Kelly, 4

  Grant, Samuel, 4

  Grant, Samuel Simpson, 7, 18, 25, 113

  death of, 156

  father’s store run by, 109, 114, 115

  Grant’s hotel bill settled by, 91–92

  Lincoln voted for by, 119

  tuberculosis of, 109, 115–16

  Grant, Solomon, 4

  Grant, Ulysses (grandson), 940

  Grant, Ulysses S.:

  administrative skills lacked by, 104

  affability of, 16, 21–22, 65, 252, 346–47, 360

  on African American education, 894–95

  alleged child of, with Native American woman, 78

  as ambivalent about slavery, 99, 101

  anecdotes of, 34, 61, 118, 352, 363, 521–22

  appearance of, 10–11, 19, 21, 26, 60–61, 77, 83, 89, 92, 102, 116, 130, 134–35, 137, 146, 151, 308, 312–13, 334, 341, 351, 360, 547, 648

  army report written by, 561

  as ashamed of fighting in Mexican War, 38, 43

  Asian tour of, 877–81

  assassination plot against, 525–26, 528, 539

  banquets as difficult for, 300–301

  birth of, 3

  Buchanan voted for by, 99–100, 107

  Century articles written by, 929–30

  charity received by, xviii, 925

  childhood fights of, 11–12

  children loved by, 96–97, 116–17

  cigars sent to, 185

  and civil rights bill, 571

  and collapse of Grant & Ward, xvii–xviii, 921–27, 928, 939–40, 950–51

  as confident of northern victory in Civil War, 122, 226

  congressional protection of, 587

  congressional testimony against Johnson by, 590

  at convention of 1880, 899–903

  conversion to Republicanism, 120

  courtship of Julia and, 32–34, 36–37, 39–40

  current events followed by, 12, 105

  cursing disparaged by, 11, 19, 167, 352, 958

  custom house job of, 108–9

  death of, 953–55

  debts of, 98, 109–10, 138, 639, 861

  depression of, 26, 68–69, 76, 82–83, 84–85, 98, 132, 139, 192, 331

  as disconcerted by public speaking, 12, 333

  discussed as political candidate, 537, 546, 574, 580, 599

  East and Midwest toured by, 558–60

  education of, 12, 16–17

  in Egypt, 871–72

  Ellen Dent’s liking of, 35

  as embarrassed by initials, 3, 19, 20

  end of military rule in South desired by, 601–2

  end of tenure as war secretary, 604–5

  European trip of, 861–71, 872–77

  on fact-finding tour of South, 563–66

  farming at White Haven by, 93–94, 98, 99, 100, 101–2, 103, 114

  father asked for loan by, 99

  father’s avoidance of, 98

  father’s store run by, 109–10

  fevers of, 102, 104

  fighting for Union as desire of, 124, 125, 126

  in first meeting with Julia, 29–30, 31, 32

  First Reconstruction Act approved of by, 586

  first romance of, 26, 32

  Frederick Dent’s worries about earnings of, 35–36, 93

  free blacks hired by, 101

  Frémont disliked by, 100

  funeral of, 955–56

  on Garfield, 904, 905, 908–11

  in Garfield campaign, 905–7, 909

  get-rich-quick schemes of, 75, 78–79

  gift of money to, 546–47

  at Grand Review, 540, 541–42

  Guiteau’s stalking of, 910

  on honeymoon, 62–63

  horseback riding of, 13–14, 15, 24, 26–27, 42, 48, 65, 66–67, 96, 172, 302, 649–50

  house raising by, 94–95

  illnesses of, 26, 83, 88, 249, 435–36

  and impeachment of Johnson, 597, 609–11

  as ineligible to vote in 1860, 119

  insulted by Mary Grant, 116

  investments of, xvii–xviii, 88, 451, 776, 868, 874, 885, 892, 915–22

  and Johnson’s acquittal, 612

  in Johnson’s meetings on Reconstruction, 549

  Johnson’s relationship with, 548–49, 552, 569, 576–81, 589, 593–94, 596–97, 599, 602–4, 606–7, 613

  on Johnson’s southern sympathies, 550

  Julia’s doting on, 95–96

  and Julia’s lack of writing, 68–69

  Julia teased by, 32–33, 96

  lawsuit initiated by, 105

  Lee criticized by, 554, 573

  leg injuries of, 197, 200, 204–5, 302–4, 306, 308, 310, 311, 312, 313–14

  leniency sought for Lee by, 550–54, 590

  letter on war to Colonel Dent from, 127

  letter to father on rejoining military, 127–28

 
Lincoln’s death and, 526–27

  low income of, 885–86, 905–6, 912, 914

  math skills of, 12, 16, 23, 27, 28, 29, 107, 172

  in meeting with Johnson on Tenure of Office Act, 602–3, 604–6

  at meeting with members of National Union Convention, 576–77

  Memphis riot investigated by, 572

  Methodism of, 11, 33, 65, 67, 80, 131, 811, 941, 942

  Mexico visited by, 894

  middle initial of, as bureaucratic error, 4, 18, 20

  migraines of, 84, 88, 102, 109, 140, 217, 244, 245, 272, 503, 504

  military history known by, 23, 882

  and mission to Mexico, 582–83

  modesty and shyness of, xvii, 13, 21–22, 23, 42, 94, 117, 172, 229, 252

  money never mastered by, 15, 77, 88–89, 90, 91, 96, 103, 105, 109–10, 115, 138, 352

  and mother’s death, 919

  and mother’s emotional reserve, 6, 7, 10, 19, 26

  move to Kentucky planned by, 103

  in move to Radical Republicans, 506–7, 581, 583–85, 589, 590, 591–92, 596–98, 600

  naming of, 3–4

  on Native Americans, 78, 631–32, 658–60, 738–39, 755

  and New Orleans violence, 575–76, 613–14

  newspapers read by, 100, 121

  New York brownstone purchased by, 914

  in New York society, 561–62

  opiates taken by, xix

  as optimistic about Johnson, 532–33

  and Orvil’s mental problem, 898–99

  in Othello production, 43

  as overpowered by father, 12–13, 17, 67

  patriotism of, 105

  pleurisy of, xvii, 920

  presidential candidacy as viewed by, 296, 328–29, 330, 350, 439–40, 574, 580

  political influence of travel on, 890

  possible New York arrest of, 91

  postwar action against Mexico favored by, 555–57, 582

  postwar fame of, 547–48, 558, 594

  reading by, 12–13, 23, 33, 66, 96, 117

  in real estate partnership, 104, 106–7

  as relaxed father, 67, 68, 69, 116–17

  as repelled by sight of blood, xxi, 11, 15, 205

  Republican extremism feared by, 119–20

  reticence of, xix

  and retirement bill, 938–39

  retirement fund for, 912

  in return from West Coast, 89–90

  rheumatism of, xvii

  in ride around Washington with Mary Lincoln, 519–20

  riding accident of, 302

  salary of, 115

  at San Francisco reception, 883, 884–85

  on secession, 121

  sense of justice of, 67–68, 222

  Sheridan’s removal opposed by, 596

  and Sherman’s surrender terms to Johnston, 534

  short stature of, 19, 21, 22

  slavery opposed by, 45, 99, 101, 106, 139, 222, 229–30, 242–43, 440, 441, 563, 875

  as slovenly, 89, 92, 95, 98, 108–9

  smoking by, xviii, 22, 98, 115, 117, 174, 185, 205, 359–60, 547, 931

  and son’s entrance to West Point, 558, 570

  southern arsenals emptied by, 581

  southern tour of, 894–96

  South pitied by, 215, 536

  speech to Galena volunteers by, 126–27

  Stanton pressed to cut military by, 519

  Stanton’s relationship with, 593

  and Stanton’s restoration as war secretary, 603–4

  as temporary secretary of war, 594–95

  Tenure of Office Act studied by, 602–3, 606

  and Texas annexation, 38

  Texas desired under martial law by, 584–85

  thigh muscle torn by, xvii, 920

  throat and tongue cancer of, xviii, xix, xx, 928–29, 930–31, 933–34, 936, 937, 940, 941–42, 948–50

  on tour of northern states, 577–80

  on tour of West, 885–86

  train excursion of, 919–20

  and trial of Lincoln conspirators, 539

  troops in South desired by, 572–73

  turned down as civil engineer, 107–8

  Washington defended by after Lincoln’s assassination, 529

  Washington left by, 523, 525–28

  wedding of, 62

  Whitman’s praise of, xx

  will of, 930

  women respected by, 6, 11, 33, 78

  writing style of, xviii–xx, 41, 365, 944

  Grant, Ulysses S., drinking by, xx, xxiii, 11, 22, 49, 58, 67, 68, 69, 72–73, 80, 81, 84, 93, 105, 117–18, 130, 136, 168, 193, 225, 244, 333, 360, 368, 435, 581, 649, 671

  as absent from Memoirs, 85, 958–59

  in aftermath of Cold Harbor, 422, 423–24

  Civil War rumors of, 187, 189–90, 194, 209–11, 237, 238, 250–52, 272–77, 282, 293–94, 302–3, 350, 449

  Dana’s spying on, 251–53, 273, 274–75, 276–77

  and election of 1868, 619

  and election of 1872, 749, 750

  in final illness, 946, 950

  Julia and, 70, 86, 87, 97, 166, 211, 244, 277, 464, 546, 619

  Kountz’s accusation of, 164–66

  and leg injury, 302–3

  and Lincoln, 415

  after Lincoln’s assassination, 527

  as possible cause of leaving military, 85–87, 138, 145, 336–37

  Rawlins’s letters to Grant on, 272–73, 318–19

  and run for presidency, 608–9, 619

  on swing around the circle, 578–79

  temperance lodge joined by, xxiii, 69–70

  temperance meeting addressed by, 893

  Walter Camp’s lecture on, 90–91

  and world tour, 878, 884

  Grant, Ulysses S., military career of:

  accused of allowing many casualties, xxi, 267, 290, 326, 395, 407, 408

  accused of being blindsided at Shiloh, 197–98, 208–9, 212

  accused of winning through luck, 516–17

  on adjutant general’s staff in Illinois, 131

  Admiral Porter’s criticism of, 462

  Admiral Porter’s relationship with, 255

  on Albert Sidney Johnston’s death, 203

  alcohol avoided by, 138, 139–40, 149–50

  alcohol for troops limited by, 138, 139–40, 143, 150

  almost captured by William H. Jackson, 217–18

  American occupation of Mexico denounced by, 46

  anecdotes about, 118

  angry at father’s tirade against Governor Tod, 212–13

  Army of the Potomac command resisted by, 295–96

  Army of the Potomac visited by, 344–47

  as Army of the Tennessee commander, 226

  army supplies guaranteed by, 330–31

  in assault on Fort Henry, 172–74, 176, 186

  in assault on San Cosme gate, 55–56

  as assistant quartermaster, 46

  and attempts to capture Fort Fisher, 460–61, 462, 465

  in attempt to restore generals to command, 358

  in battle of Chattanooga, 320–22, 324–25

  in battle of Cold Harbor, 403, 404, 405–7

  in battle of Molino del Rey, 54–55

  in battle of Palo Alto, 44–45

  in battle of Resaca de la Palma, 45

  in battle of Shiloh, 200–201, 202, 203–4, 205–6, 237, 265–66, 383, 701

  in battle of Spotsylvania, 388–89, 390–95, 396–98

  in battle of the Crater, 429–31, 435, 438, 439

  in battle of the Wilderness, 375–85, 393, 404

  and birth of Buck, 77–78


  black adulation of, 299–300, 620–21, 632–33

  black soldiers used by, 280–81, 282–84, 298–99, 303–4, 332, 373, 441, 450

  blind to threats, 196–97

  Boggs’s cursing at, 144–45

  Brady’s photographs of, 350–51, 410

  as brevet first lieutenant, 54

  bridge burning stopped by, 227

  as brigadier general, 142–43

  Bruinsburg landing of, 259–60, 261

  Buchanan’s harassment of, 30, 81, 85–86

  Buell’s army merged with army of, 195, 196, 197, 203

  Buell’s enmity toward, 188

  and burning of Columbia, 472–73

  and Burnside’s plan for mine explosion, 426–29

  business enemies of, 163–64

  Butler fired by, 461

  Butler’s ouster sought by, 372

  camping at Texas border, 38–39

  and capture of Atlanta, 443

  capture of Petersburg desired by, 410–11, 412

  and capture of Port Gibson, 260

  and capture of Richmond, 494

  cavalry assignment desired by, 28

  Charles F. Smith’s defense of, 195–96

  chastised by Rawlins, 151, 272–73, 276, 318–19

  in cholera epidemic in Panama, 73–74

  in City Point strategy session, 483–84, 485–86

  Civil War generals known to, 51

  in clash at Champion’s Hill, 264–66

  as colonel, 136

  Colonel Dent’s anger at, 185

  Confederate attack on boat of, 255–56

  Confederate surrender to, xix–xx, 62, 98, 183, 288, 495, 504–13, 514–15, 529

  congressional thanking of, 327

  considering quitting army, 78–79, 84–85

  contrabands used at Vicksburg by, 229–30, 280, 281

  as cool under fire, 44, 54, 207

  at Corinth, 218–19, 221

  corruption rooted out by, 161

  cotton trade opposed by, 232–34

  daily reports of, 188, 189, 190

  damage to supply lines of, 239–40

  Dana’s criticism of, 420

  Dana’s monitoring of, 251–53, 255, 256, 259, 261, 265, 273, 274–75, 276–77, 290–91

  and defense of Shiloh, 196–97

  defenses sent to Washington by, 418–19, 420–21

  disadvantages in Virginia campaign of, 369

  disillusioned with Rosecrans, 226

  as disorganized, 148

  in dispute with William F. Smith, 421

  District of Southeast Missouri commanded by, 145–46

  Douglass’s praise for, xxii, 230, 746

  and election of 1864, 452–53

  explosion in headquarters of, 434–35

  fantasy of moving out West, 212, 215, 294

  firing of officers recommended by, 358