# John C. Frémont — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> John C. Frémont in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fremont, General Fremont

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Union general and explorer who commanded in the West early in the war.

## In the story

### [Commissioned Brigadier-General — Command at Ironton, Mo. — Jefferson City — Cape Girardeau — General Prentiss — Seizure of Paducah — Headquarters at Cairo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/xix)

Referenced as the department commander whose scout reported Confederate movements toward Paducah.

### [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)

Department commander who orders Grant to make demonstrations and later takes the field in Missouri.

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