Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Characters
Character guide
Key figures in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses S. Grant
major
Also known as Grant, General Grant, U. S. Grant, Lieutenant General Grant, Ulysses, Lieutenant Grant
The author and narrator, commanding general of the Union armies.
William T. Sherman
major
Also known as Sherman, General Sherman, General W. T. Sherman, Major-General W. T. Sherman, Old Sherman
Union general and close friend of Grant, commanding in the West.
Philip H. Sheridan
major
Also known as Sheridan, General Sheridan, P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Sheridan, Major-General P. H. Sheridan
Union cavalry commander known for aggressive tactics in the Shenandoah Valley.
Robert E. Lee
major
Also known as Lee, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General R. E. Lee, R. E. Lee
Commanding general of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
George G. Meade
supporting
Also known as Meade, General Meade, Major-General Meade, Major-General George G. Meade
Union general commanding the Army of the Potomac before Grant.
Henry W. Halleck
supporting
Also known as Halleck, General Halleck, Major-General H. W. Halleck, Major-General Halleck, General H. W. Halleck
Union general-in-chief and later chief of staff under Grant.
John A. McClernand
supporting
Also known as McClernand, General McClernand, Major-General John A. McClernand, General J. A. McClernand
Union general and political appointee who served under Grant.
James B. McPherson
supporting
Also known as McPherson, General McPherson, Major-General James B. McPherson, General J. B. McPherson
Union general and close friend of Grant, killed at Atlanta.
Ambrose E. Burnside
supporting
Also known as Burnside, General Burnside, Major-General A. E. Burnside
Union general who commanded the Army of the Potomac and later corps.
George H. Thomas
supporting
Also known as Thomas, General Thomas, Major-General George H. Thomas, George H. Thomas, Major-General Thomas
Union general known as the Rock of Chickamauga.
John C. Frémont
minor
Also known as Fremont, General Fremont
Union general and explorer who commanded in the West early in the war.
Don Carlos Buell
supporting
Also known as Buell, General Buell, Brigadier-General Don Carlos Buell
Union general who commanded the Army of the Ohio.
John Pope
minor
Also known as Pope, General Pope, Brigadier-General John Pope
Union general who commanded the Army of Virginia.
Joseph E. Johnston
supporting
Also known as Johnston, General Johnston, General Joseph E. Johnston, Joe Johnston
Confederate general who commanded armies in the West and against Sherman.
John B. Hood
supporting
Also known as Hood, General Hood
Confederate general who succeeded Johnston and led the defense of Atlanta.
Braxton Bragg
supporting
Also known as Bragg, General Bragg
Confederate general commanding the Army of Tennessee.
Simon B. Buckner
minor
Also known as Buckner, General Buckner, S. B. Buckner, General S. B. Buckner
Confederate general who surrendered Fort Donelson to Grant.
John A. Rawlins
supporting
Also known as Rawlins, John, John A. Rawlins
Grant's chief of staff and close confidant.
Edwin M. Stanton
supporting
Also known as Mr. Stanton, Secretary Stanton, Hon. E. M. Stanton
U.S. Secretary of War during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
supporting
Also known as Mr. Lincoln, Lincoln, President Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
supporting
Also known as Jefferson Davis, Mr. Davis, Davis, Mr. Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
minor
Also known as Forrest, Subsequently Forrest
Confederate cavalry commander known for raids and brutality.
John S. Mosby
minor
Also known as Mosby, Colonel Mosby, Colonel John S. Mosby
Confederate partisan ranger who operated in Virginia.
James Longstreet
minor
Also known as Longstreet, General Longstreet
Confederate general and corps commander under Lee.
Jubal Early
minor
Also known as Early, General Early
Confederate general who threatened Washington in 1864.
John Sedgwick
minor
Also known as Sedgwick, General Sedgwick, Major-General John Sedgwick
Union corps commander killed at Spotsylvania.
Winfield Scott
minor
Also known as Scott, General Scott
General-in-chief of the U.S. Army at the start of the Civil War.
Zachary Taylor
minor
Also known as Taylor, General Taylor, General Zachary Taylor
U.S. general and president, Grant's commander in the Mexican War.
John C. Pemberton
minor
Also known as Pemberton, General Pemberton
Confederate general who surrendered Vicksburg to Grant.
David D. Porter
supporting
Also known as Porter, Admiral Porter, Admiral D. D. Porter
Union naval officer who commanded the Mississippi River fleet.
Andrew H. Foote
minor
Also known as Flag-officer Foote
Union naval officer who commanded gunboats on the Mississippi.
Charles F. Smith
minor
Also known as General C. F. Smith, General Smith, C. F. Smith
Union general and early mentor to Grant.
William F. Smith
minor
Also known as General W. F. Smith, Smith, W. F. Smith, General Smith
Union general and engineer who served under Grant.
John A. Logan
minor
Also known as Logan, General Logan
Union general and politician who commanded a corps.
Benjamin F. Butler
minor
Also known as Butler, General Butler, Major-General B. F. Butler, Major-General Butler
Union general and politician, controversial commander in the South.
Nathaniel P. Banks
minor
Also known as Banks, General Banks, General N. P. Banks
Union general and politician who commanded in Louisiana.
Lew Wallace
minor
Also known as Wallace, General Wallace, Lew Wallace, General Lew Wallace
Union general and author of Ben-Hur.
Edward Ord
minor
Also known as Ord, General Ord, Major-General E. O. C. Ord, Major-General Ord
Union general who commanded a corps under Grant.
Gouverneur K. Warren
minor
Also known as Warren, General Warren, Major-General Warren, G. K. Warren
Union general and corps commander at Gettysburg.
Winfield S. Hancock
minor
Also known as Hancock, General Hancock, Major-General Hancock, Generals W. S. Hancock
Union general and corps commander known for his leadership.
Joseph Hooker
minor
Also known as Hooker, General Hooker
Union general who commanded the Army of the Potomac.
John G. Foster
minor
Also known as Foster, General Foster, General J. G. Foster
Union general who served in North Carolina.
Samuel R. Curtis
minor
Also known as Curtis, General Curtis
Union general who won at Pea Ridge.
John M. Schofield
minor
Also known as Schofield, General Schofield, Major-General Schofield, General J. M. Schofield
Union general who commanded in the West and later as Secretary of War.
George Stoneman
minor
Also known as Stoneman, General Stoneman, Major-General Stoneman
Union cavalry general who led raids in the South.
David Hunter
minor
Also known as Hunter, General Hunter, Major-General Hunter, General D. Hunter
Union general who issued emancipation orders in the South.
Quincy A. Gillmore
minor
Also known as Gillmore, General Gillmore, Major-General Gillmore
Union general who commanded in the Department of the South.
Godfrey Weitzel
minor
Also known as Weitzel, General Weitzel, Major-General Weitzel
Union general who commanded the capture of Richmond.
Horatio G. Wright
minor
Also known as Wright, General Wright, General H. G. Wright
Union general and corps commander.
John G. Parke
minor
Also known as Parke, General Parke, Major-General Parke
Union general who served as chief of staff and corps commander.
Andrew A. Humphreys
minor
Also known as Humphreys, General Humphreys
Union general and chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac.
George Crook
minor
Also known as Crook, General Crook
Union general who fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
Wesley Merritt
minor
Also known as Merritt, General Merritt
Union cavalry general who served under Sheridan.
James H. Wilson
minor
Also known as Wilson, General Wilson, General J. H. Wilson, Colonel J. H. Wilson
Union cavalry general who led raids in Alabama.
George A. Custer
minor
Also known as Custer, General Custer
Union cavalry general known for his flamboyant style.
Alfred H. Terry
minor
Also known as Terry, General Terry, General Alfred H. Terry, A. H. Terry
Union general who commanded the capture of Fort Fisher.
Edward R. S. Canby
minor
Also known as Canby, General Canby, Major-General Canby
Union general who commanded in the West and later in the South.
Henry W. Slocum
minor
Also known as Slocum, General Slocum, General H. W. Slocum
Union general who commanded a corps under Sherman.
Oliver O. Howard
minor
Also known as Howard, General Howard, General O. O. Howard
Union general who commanded the Freedmen's Bureau after the war.
John Gibbon
minor
Also known as Gibbon, General Gibbon, Major-General Gibbon
Union general who commanded the Iron Brigade.
Alexander S. Webb
minor
Also known as Webb
Union general who defended the Union line at Gettysburg.
Joshua L. Chamberlain
minor
Also known as Chamberlain, Colonel J. L. Chamberlain
Union colonel who defended Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
George E. Pickett
minor
Also known as Pickett
Confederate general who led the famous charge at Gettysburg.
James Ewell Brown Stuart
minor
Also known as Stuart, Stewart
Confederate cavalry commander under Lee.
Richard S. Ewell
minor
Also known as Ewell, General Ewell
Confederate general who succeeded Jackson as corps commander.
Ambrose P. Hill
minor
Also known as Hill
Confederate general and corps commander under Lee.
Henry Heth
minor
Also known as Heth
Confederate general who started the Battle of Gettysburg.
John B. Gordon
minor
Also known as Gordon, John B. Gordon
Confederate general and later senator.
Wade Hampton
minor
Also known as Hampton, Wade Hampton, General Wade Hampton
Confederate cavalry commander and later governor of South Carolina.
John C. Breckinridge
minor
Also known as Breckinridge, General Breckinridge
Confederate general and former U.S. vice president.
Samuel Cooper
minor
Also known as Cooper
Adjutant general of the Confederate army.
Josiah Gorgas
minor
Also known as Gorgas
Chief of ordnance for the Confederacy.
Stephen D. Lee
minor
Also known as Stephen D. Lee
Confederate general and later president of Mississippi State University.
Edward Johnson
minor
Also known as Edward Johnson, Johnson
Confederate general captured at Spotsylvania.
John B. Floyd
minor
Also known as Floyd, General Floyd
Confederate general and former U.S. Secretary of War.
Gideon J. Pillow
minor
Also known as Pillow, General Pillow
Confederate general who escaped from Fort Donelson.
Leonidas Polk
minor
Also known as Polk, General Polk, General (Bishop) Polk
Confederate general and Episcopal bishop.
Alexander P. Stewart
minor
Also known as Stewart
Confederate general who commanded a corps in the West.
William J. Hardee
minor
Also known as Hardee, General Hardee
Confederate general and author of a famous infantry tactics manual.
John B. Magruder
minor
Also known as Magruder
Confederate general who delayed McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
Thomas J. Jackson
minor
Also known as Jackson, Stonewall Jackson
Confederate general known as Stonewall, killed at Chancellorsville.
