The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 3: October 1, 1861-January 7, 1862

The fourteen-week period covered by this volume has been exhaustively researched, and includes a great store of previously un­published material, which has been combined with already available Grant documents—many of them now printed from the original manuscripts. All the correspondence has been placed in context and annotated. As in previous volumes of the , a deepening portrait of Grant emerges. Here is the key to his future actions and policies and a guide to the thought of generations who looked to him for military and political leadership.