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! a SKETCH OF GEN. GRANT,.
The Grant Fauily-nls Early u(s-Ills Caree,
prior to The Rebellton--PcrsonaI Traits
and Military Qualltlet.
IAN intimate personal friend of Lieut..
Gen. Grant" communicates to the N1tioaa
1Hfenigencet biographical sketch Of that off.
Ger, which appears to be much more complete
than any that has appeared heretofore. Ow.
Ing to the great popular interest In a1l that
relates to the now actual commander of ou1
!. armies, we make the following extracts from
this sketch:
TIE GRANT FAMILY.
General Grant was born at Point Pleasant,
Clermont county, Ohio, on the 29th day OF
april, 1sss2, and is consequently only in his
forty-second year. His father, Jesse r.
oAAAt1 ~ lE1QAGl ~ LldQE, ID u uHt3FF VI EEaQ-
sylTania, and was born in Westmoreland
county In 1874, and is now living at Cogins.
ton, Kentucky. The Grlnt family is Of
Scotch extraction. In the carly part Of the
sixteenth century two brothers cmigrated
from Scotland to the colonies: One settled
In Connecticut aud the other In New Jersey.
From the one who located in the former
co1ony have sprung the Grants of the North,
and from the one in the latter the Grants Of
the South.
The mother of Gen. Grant WIS Hannah
Simpson, g woman remarkable for good
sense, attention to lcr dvlnestic duties, and
serious Christian character, blended with
easy manners. She is q type of the mothers
who produced tho heroes Of the Revolution.
In 1913 she removed, with her father, John
Simpson, from Montgomery county, Penn
sylVanfa, where she was born, to Ctermont
county, Ohio, and WAS welded IN June, 1891,
With her present husband. Ulysses is the
rs" in his name stands for Simpson, the
nnmc of his mothers family. It is siguid-
cant, however, TINT the initials sfU. g."
stands for the United States and g Uncondi-
tional Surrender BY which sobfiquet he Ia
| 80 well and popu1asl7 known in the army.
ULYSSES At TWELVE.
| In bis boyhood he always exhibited bust
ness turn, and WIS never without some par
| ticu1ar purpose In hand requiring responsi-
! bi1ty, perseverance and ze.l-serious enough
| forone mature in years. An Incident in
point win illustrate this.
At the age Of twelve lie aspIred to the mau-
agcment of his fathers drausnt team, aud
was entrusted with il for tie purposo oflaui-
ing some heavy hewed logs, which were to
be loaded with the aid Of levers andthe usua1
appliances by;several stout men. Hc came
with bis team and found the logs, but not the
u,en. a boy Of more Imaginative genius,
and Of equal but Of differently directed con-
trivauce might have laid down to listen Or
dteam, or build houses Of chips. Not so with
this boy, who, unlike others, acted upon the
idea that where there. was will there
was way, md hcsltated not at
having gradual upward slope, he unhitched
his horses. attached them to i log, drew it
horizontally to the tree, aud then drew one
end Of it up the inclined trunk, higher than
the wagon track, and SO as to project few
feet orer, and thus continued to operate un-
Next he backed the wagon under the pro
jccting ends, aud finally, one BY one, hitched
to and drew the logs lcngthwlse' across the
fallen trunk on to his wagon; hftched up
again and returned with his load to his aston
ished father.
MS MILITARY CAREER PRIOR 70 TIE REBEL
LION.
On the 1st Of July, 1850, Grant entered the
Academy IN class Of about ono hundred,
and while nt West Point did not seem to be
particularly attracted by specnlotfng philoso-
ply, but was remarkably fond Of the more
solid and concrete foruls Of demonstratiye
mathematics aud of all experimental exer-
clses. He was. the only one that had not
studied the course ut least one year. aud
many OF thcm had received collegiate educa-
ton. Only thlrty-nlne of the members grad
uated. he graduating IN the middle of the
number, June 80, 1843, md was soon after
attached to the Fourth regiment Of United
States infantry, as brevet second lioutenant
The regiment was then stationed at Jefferson
barTncks, near St. Louis. In the same class |
We find the names Of fifteen otheza who are
Tn the summer Of 1874 the Fourth Rcsi-
ment was removed to Natcbftoches, Lonist-
sina, and In 1915 to Corpus Christi, where
Lieut.. Gen Grant was promoted to q first
lieutenant on the 30th Of September. He
In the battles Of Palo, Alto, Resaca dc Ii Pal
ma, and Monterey, aud with Gen. Scott from
Vera Cruz to the .eity-oC Mexico. He WIS
twice breyctted for gallant services, rcceir-
ing the rank Of brcret captlin for meritori
ous conduct On the 18th Of September,
was in all Of Taylor's and scott's battles that
1t was possible for ono man to be in. and was
eulogizel By bis commanding officers, as
may be ecen By reference to their reports, ,nnd |
that Of the Secretary Of War:
rnandiug the 4th Infantry, in his report stys: |
"second Lieut., Grant behaved with distin- |
guished ga11antry on the 18th md 14th."
Brevet Col John Garland, commanding, the |
1st brigade at Chapu1tecpec, says: 'Imustnot
omit to call attention to Lfeut- Grant, 4th in |
tantry, who acquitted himself most nobly
upon several occasions under my own ob5erv- |
atfon." In the same memorable engagement |
GTnut assisted Capt. Horace Brooks, I'd liz |
fantTy, to, curry d strong field work, and |
and turn the cnen1y's right. Fer these meri-
torious services Congress awarded him !
breyet captalncy IN the regular army, which |
was confirmed in January, 1856 =
After the conclusion Of the VAR the Fourth |
Infantry returned to the Atlantic States, with
Headquarters at Detroit and Sackett's Harbor. |
Grant vas retained US Quartermastor Of that
regiment, e.: /
Soon after bis return from Mexico, Liert:
Grant married Miss Dent Of St Louis, alo.,
q lady Of refinement md elegant manners.
In 1859 the Fourth Infantry was ordered to !
Oregon, where Grant was promoted to q ful1 !
Captain In the regular army, and ASSIGNED to
the interior Of California. After two years.
separation from his family he resigned and !
came home, settling In SEIouis county, No., |
but in 1855 removed to Ga1ena, Ill, and en- |
tered his fathers leather and saddlery store.
NOT GREAT BUSINESS NAN. al, |
In 1855 We find Grant private citizen on a |
small pieco Of ground near St. Louis, from |
which he was often Been'to h01I wood, dress
cd in far1ner's curb, to sell at Carondclet, u !
village adjoining that city, Many citizens
there recolleetthe delivery by him, at their
Woodhouses, OF the honest load. In the
summer he had recourse to collecting for I
business houses, and does not seem to have /
shown my great skill III the art Of dunn1ug.
The fatEer a tanner, the son rarely comes
nearer to a joke than when he expresses some
pride IN his knowledge Of hides, leather and
tue art Of tanning, while the nation praises
him for what he knows in the nrt ofWar.
Personal TRAITS. I
The public have often heard the charge TINT
Gen. Grant Is dtssipated man, and how de-
sirous the President was to give some other
Generals some Of the eamc kind Of whisky;
that he Is an iuVeteEate smoker, dresses like
laborer, &c. The first Of: these accusations
Is happily entirely untrue. As to the rest,
the public yery naturally, IN the absence Of
authentic particulars; imngined the frequent
counterpa1ts which would make up alto
gether the notion ola jovial good felloW:of
the sporting sort, with that peculiar swasger
ofgood natnred demagoguery which makes
so much spurious eminence In this country,
tiny BY some contagious Joke or jolly budoon- :
cry. Nothing con1d be more mistaken. Grant.
like his mother before him, never jokes rarely |
laugh5- He never uses profane or indecent
word, ablor6 dispute, and has neyer had
personal controversy IN his life With boz or
man never made speech, led faction, or
engaged in idle sport never sad, he Is never
gay always cordial and cheerful, Jet always l.
reserved. L he cannot be perfectly sincere I
astic, he Is always moderate, always earnest,
He seems destitute Of estimation, and total
~ unqualified to display himself even to era-
tify reasonable curiosity, yet is not ashamed