Claim: Ulysses S. Grant wrote an autobiography on his deathbed.
Evidence: Facing severe investment reversals and dying of throat cancer , he wrote his memoirs , which proved to be a major literary work and financial success.
The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography by Ulysses S. Grant , the 18th President of the United States , focused mainly on his military career during the Mexican -- American War and the American Civil War , and completed as he was dying of cancer in 1885.