# Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant — Character guide

> Key figures in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

- [Ulysses S. Grant](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/ulysses_s_grant.md): The author and narrator, commanding general of the Union armies.
- [William T. Sherman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/william_tecumseh_sherman.md): Union general and close friend of Grant, commanding in the West.
- [Philip H. Sheridan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/philip_h_sheridan.md): Union cavalry commander known for aggressive tactics in the Shenandoah Valley.
- [Robert E. Lee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/robert_e_lee.md): Commanding general of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
- [George G. Meade](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/george_g_meade.md): Union general commanding the Army of the Potomac before Grant.
- [Henry W. Halleck](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/henry_w_halleck.md): Union general-in-chief and later chief of staff under Grant.
- [John A. McClernand](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_a_mcclernand.md): Union general and political appointee who served under Grant.
- [James B. McPherson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/james_b_mcpherson.md): Union general and close friend of Grant, killed at Atlanta.
- [Ambrose E. Burnside](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/ambrose_e_burnside.md): Union general who commanded the Army of the Potomac and later corps.
- [George H. Thomas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/george_h_thomas.md): Union general known as the Rock of Chickamauga.
- [John C. Frémont](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_c_fremont.md): Union general and explorer who commanded in the West early in the war.
- [Don Carlos Buell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/don_carlos_buell.md): Union general who commanded the Army of the Ohio.
- [John Pope](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_pope.md): Union general who commanded the Army of Virginia.
- [Joseph E. Johnston](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/joseph_e_johnston.md): Confederate general who commanded armies in the West and against Sherman.
- [John B. Hood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_b_hood.md): Confederate general who succeeded Johnston and led the defense of Atlanta.
- [Braxton Bragg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/braxton_bragg.md): Confederate general commanding the Army of Tennessee.
- [Simon B. Buckner](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/simon_b_buckner.md): Confederate general who surrendered Fort Donelson to Grant.
- [John A. Rawlins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_a_rawlins.md): Grant's chief of staff and close confidant.
- [Edwin M. Stanton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/edwin_m_stanton.md): U.S. Secretary of War during the Civil War.
- [Abraham Lincoln](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/abraham_lincoln.md): President of the United States during the Civil War.
- [Jefferson Davis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/jefferson_davis.md): President of the Confederate States of America.
- [Nathan Bedford Forrest](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/nathan_bedford_forrest.md): Confederate cavalry commander known for raids and brutality.
- [John S. Mosby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_s_mosby.md): Confederate partisan ranger who operated in Virginia.
- [James Longstreet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/james_longstreet.md): Confederate general and corps commander under Lee.
- [Jubal Early](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/jubal_early.md): Confederate general who threatened Washington in 1864.
- [John Sedgwick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_sedgwick.md): Union corps commander killed at Spotsylvania.
- [Winfield Scott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/winfield_scott.md): General-in-chief of the U.S. Army at the start of the Civil War.
- [Zachary Taylor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/zachary_taylor.md): U.S. general and president, Grant's commander in the Mexican War.
- [John C. Pemberton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_c_pemberton.md): Confederate general who surrendered Vicksburg to Grant.
- [David D. Porter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/david_d_porter.md): Union naval officer who commanded the Mississippi River fleet.
- [Andrew H. Foote](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/andrew_h_foote.md): Union naval officer who commanded gunboats on the Mississippi.
- [Charles F. Smith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/charles_f_smith.md): Union general and early mentor to Grant.
- [William F. Smith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/william_f_smith.md): Union general and engineer who served under Grant.
- [John A. Logan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_a_logan.md): Union general and politician who commanded a corps.
- [Benjamin F. Butler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/benjamin_f_butler.md): Union general and politician, controversial commander in the South.
- [Nathaniel P. Banks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/nathaniel_p_banks.md): Union general and politician who commanded in Louisiana.
- [Edward Ord](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/edward_ord.md): Union general who commanded a corps under Grant.
- [Gouverneur K. Warren](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/gouverneur_k_warren.md): Union general and corps commander at Gettysburg.
- [Winfield S. Hancock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/winfield_s_hancock.md): Union general and corps commander known for his leadership.
- [Joseph Hooker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/joseph_hooker.md): Union general who commanded the Army of the Potomac.
- [John G. Foster](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_g_foster.md): Union general who served in North Carolina.
- [John M. Schofield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_m_schofield.md): Union general who commanded in the West and later as Secretary of War.
- [George Stoneman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/george_stoneman.md): Union cavalry general who led raids in the South.
- [David Hunter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/david_hunter.md): Union general who issued emancipation orders in the South.
- [Quincy A. Gillmore](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/quincy_a_gillmore.md): Union general who commanded in the Department of the South.
- [Godfrey Weitzel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/godfrey_weitzel.md): Union general who commanded the capture of Richmond.
- [John G. Parke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_g_parke.md): Union general who served as chief of staff and corps commander.
- [Andrew A. Humphreys](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/andrew_a_humphreys.md): Union general and chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac.
- [George Crook](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/george_crook.md): Union general who fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
- [Wesley Merritt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/wesley_merritt.md): Union cavalry general who served under Sheridan.
- [James H. Wilson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/james_h_wilson.md): Union cavalry general who led raids in Alabama.
- [George A. Custer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/george_a_custer.md): Union cavalry general known for his flamboyant style.
- [Alfred H. Terry](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/alfred_h_terry.md): Union general who commanded the capture of Fort Fisher.
- [Edward R. S. Canby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/edward_r_s_canby.md): Union general who commanded in the West and later in the South.
- [Henry W. Slocum](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/henry_w_slocum.md): Union general who commanded a corps under Sherman.
- [Oliver O. Howard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/oliver_o_howard.md): Union general who commanded the Freedmen's Bureau after the war.
- [John Gibbon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_gibbon.md): Union general who commanded the Iron Brigade.
- [Alexander S. Webb](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/alexander_s_webb.md): Union general who defended the Union line at Gettysburg.
- [Joshua L. Chamberlain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/joshua_l_chamberlain.md): Union colonel who defended Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
- [George E. Pickett](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/george_e_pickett.md): Confederate general who led the famous charge at Gettysburg.
- [James Ewell Brown Stuart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/james_e_well_well.md): Confederate cavalry commander under Lee.
- [Richard S. Ewell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/richard_s_ewell.md): Confederate general who succeeded Jackson as corps commander.
- [Ambrose P. Hill](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/ambrose_p_hill.md): Confederate general and corps commander under Lee.
- [Henry Heth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/henry_heth.md): Confederate general who started the Battle of Gettysburg.
- [Wade Hampton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/wade_hampton.md): Confederate cavalry commander and later governor of South Carolina.
- [John C. Breckinridge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_c_breckinridge.md): Confederate general and former U.S. vice president.
- [Samuel Cooper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/samuel_cooper.md): Adjutant general of the Confederate army.
- [Stephen D. Lee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/stephen_d_lee.md): Confederate general and later president of Mississippi State University.
- [Edward Johnson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/edward_johnson.md): Confederate general captured at Spotsylvania.
- [John B. Floyd](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_b_floyd.md): Confederate general and former U.S. Secretary of War.
- [Gideon J. Pillow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/gideon_j_pillow.md): Confederate general who escaped from Fort Donelson.
- [Leonidas Polk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/leonidas_polk.md): Confederate general and Episcopal bishop.
- [Alexander P. Stewart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/alexander_p_stewart.md): Confederate general who commanded a corps in the West.
- [William J. Hardee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/william_j_hardee.md): Confederate general and author of a famous infantry tactics manual.
- [John B. Magruder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/john_b_magruder.md): Confederate general who delayed McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
- [Thomas J. Jackson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/characters/thomas_j_jackson.md): Confederate general known as Stonewall, killed at Chancellorsville.

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