# Appendix explained — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

> Chapter companion for Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

## What happens

The appendix of Grant's memoirs, containing supplementary material such as official reports, correspondence, and statistical data related to the Civil War campaigns and the final surrender at Appomattox.

## Themes in this chapter

### Reconciliation and Magnanimity

The appendix includes the terms of surrender and correspondence that reflect Grant's magnanimous approach to Lee and the Confederate forces.

### The Horrors and Cost of War

Statistical data on casualties and material losses in the appendix underscore the immense human and economic cost of the conflict.

## Character check-ins

### Ulysses S. Grant

Author of the memoirs; the appendix compiles documents from his command.

### Robert E. Lee

His surrender at Appomattox is a key event documented in the appendix.

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