Hiram Ulysses Grant, who is commonly known as Ulysses S. Grant, wrote his memoirs about his time in army in California during the Mexican American War, as a General During the U.S. Civil War and as a U.S. President. While writing his memoirs Grant developed a friendship with Mark Twain who promised him better royalties than another publisher that he was originally working with. Hiram Ulysses Grant finished his personal memoirs on July 14, 1885; which was about twenty years after the American Civil War ended. Grant was very ill, during the course of his writing, and he passed away a week after he completed his memoir. Therefore, Grant did not live in time to see his work published.
During Grant’s funeral in New York City, about a million and a half individuals attended. There were so many people some had to be turned away.
Author’s Note:
President Grant wrote his memoirs so that his wife Julia Grant would be able to claim the royalties of his work after his passing. Grant didn’t consider himself to be a good writer, so he was hesitant to write his own memoir.
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