# Andrew H. Foote — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> Andrew H. Foote in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Flag-officer Foote

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Union naval officer who commanded gunboats on the Mississippi.

## In the story

### [San Francisco—Early California Experiences—Life on the Pacific Coast—Promoted Captain—Flush Times in California](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xv)

Not directly mentioned in this chapter.

### [General Fremont in Command—Movement Against Belmont—Battle of Belmont—A Narrow Escape—After the Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xx)

Flag-officer commanding the gunboats that convoyed the transports and provided support.

### [General Halleck in Command—Commanding the District of Cairo—Movement on Fort Henry—Capture of Fort Henry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xxi)

Flag-officer commanding the gunboat fleet; supports Grant's plan and sends a similar dispatch to Halleck.

### [Investment of Fort Donelson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xxii)

Flag-officer commanding gunboats; Grant requests his vessels to proceed up the Cumberland River.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xxiii)

Flag-officer; formally thanked for victories on the Tennessee and Cumberland.

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