Campaigning with Grant

About “Campaigning with Grant”

Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter is a first-hand account of the author's time serving on Ulysses S. Grant's staff during the American Civil War. The book offers an intimate portrayal of Grant, detailing his humor, poise, rare anger, and thoughts on military tactics, strategy, swearing, lying, and naughty jokes, as well as stories of other prominent figures such as William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, George Gordon Meade, and George Thomas.