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Quotation from Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant

“I managed to keep along very well until 1858, when I was attacked by fever and ague”

Ulysses S. Grant

Personal Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. XVI

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

Malarial illness, which he had also suffered as a boy in Ohio, undermines his farming near St. Louis.

Citation: "I managed to keep along very well until 1858, when I was attacked by fever and ague" — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. XVI. (id personal-memoirs-q6)

Portrait: Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Public domain.

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