# Wesley Merritt — Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant character guide

> Wesley Merritt in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Merritt, General Merritt

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Union cavalry general who served under Sheridan.

## In the story

### [Arrival of the Peace Commissioners—Lincoln and the Peace Commissioners—An Anecdote of Lincoln—The Winter Before Petersburg—Sheridan Destroys the Railroad—Gordon Carries the Picket Line—Parke Recaptures the Line—The Line of Battle of White Oak Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_memoirs_of_ulysses_s_grant_se/chapters/lxiii)

Acting as chief of cavalry under Sheridan during the operations.

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