Prologue: the military education of Ulysses S. Grant
"I go forward with the advance"
"To command the expedition down the river in person"
"The problem is a difficult one, but I shall certainly solve it"
"I thought that war anyhow was a risk"
"You can do a great deal in eight days"
"To carry Vicksburg by assault"
"The work of reducing the enemy by regular approaches"
"Vicksburg has surrendered"
Epilogue: "I do not expect to be still".