Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-30
written for the Ohio State Journal)
Geographic Sketch Of Lieuten
ant General Grant,

| Geographic sketch OF L1euten.
ant General Grant.
From the position Gen. Grant now occu
pies, the country has deep interest il
knowing his history, in order to judge o
his ability, and the probability that he VII
discharge these great responsibilities Il
their satisfaction.
became acquainted with Mr.. Grant,
father in 1878, at Ravenns, in Portage
lcounty, Ohio, and boarded with him fol
some time, and have been acquainted, snC
lcorresponded with him since; and learn
from him land others) the following facts
about the family:
JESSE r. GRANT, the father OF General
Grant, was born on the 23d day of Jan
uary, 1874, in Westmoreland county
Pennsylvania. His mother was also a ma
tive of Pennsylvania. His grandfather
was born in Windham, Connecticut.
He, with his family, moved 10 Ohio in
| 1899, 10 Columbiana county In 1904 the
family moved 10 Portage county, Ohio
where the grandmother of General Grant
died. am also acquainted with his
mother She is sixty-ive years Old
Jesse R. Grant carried on the tanning
business at Ravenna, until 1920, when he
| " SOuNACAh OAAOs aANA Al uACi
1921, he was married to Miss Simpson. OF
Clermont county, and settled at Mount
Pleasant, a small village in Ohio on the
river, twenty-five miles above Cincinnati,
where ulysses SIMPSON GRANT was born,
on the 9th day of April, 1922.
In the spring of 1923, Mr.. Grant moved
to Georgetown, the county seat of Brown
county, and permanently settled himself
in the tanning business. ULYSSES, as he
grew up, was good boy for work. fond ol
school, and learned rapidly when he could
get an opportunity of attending school.
His father was then in moderate cir.
cumstances and after Ulysses was ten
years old, he had only an opportunity Of
attending school in the district for about
three months- In early childhood he
manifested great fondness for the horse;
and before he was eight years old he
would break young horses 70 ride and
work.
At the age of seventeen he expressed a
strong desire for an education his father
suggested West Point, which met his
views exactly, and application was made
through Hon. Thomas L. Hamer, then
Member Of Congress from that district
He was selected as a Cadet and entered
the Military Academy on the lst of July,
1889, in class of about one hundred, he
being the only one who had not studied
the course at least one year, and many of
them were graduates Of colleges. He
passed an examination. Only thirty mine
of the class graduated. Young Grant
graduated in the middle of his class on
the Seth Of June, 1913.
| In the same class We find the names Of
Gen. ". B. Franklin, at the head of the
class. Gen. Quimby, Nc. 6. Gen. !. I. Peck,
No. :, |. I. Raybold, No. 10, Gen. c. C.
Anger, No. l6, next young Grant, then
c. c. Hamilton, No. 25, Gen. Fred Steele,
No. 80. Gen. Rufus Ingles, No. 80, and
II. n. Induk. No. sc, Gen. Ripley, Gen.
French, of New Jersey, Gen. Gardner, of
Iowa, Gen. Holloway of Kentucky. All
after Grant, although from loyal States,
are Generals, or have been, in the rebel
aTav, | believe Holloway was killed
early in the war near Jefferson City.
At West Point. young Grant was con-
sideIed the best horseman in the class
After he graduated he was attached to
the 4th Regiment United States Infantry,
st. Louis. In the Summer of 1874, the
1ln was itllONtu 10 &NdCnllOCu-
es, and in 1916 to Corpus Christi, when
Lieut.. Grant was promoted to lst Lieut..
on the Both of September, l845. He
served under Gen. Taylor in the Mexican
war. and participated in the battles of
palo Alto, Resaca de Ia Palma, and Mon
terey, and with General Scott from Vera
Cruz to the city of Mexico. Hewas twice
brevetted for gallant services, receiving
the rank of breTet Captain for meritoriops
conduct on the 18th Of September, at the
s,ornling OF Chepultepec. He was in all
of Gems Scouts and Taylor's battles, some
fourteen in number; and, think, was
more highly eulogized by his command
ing Generals than any other officer; as
NAV be seen by the Report Of the Secre-
tary of War in l84s.
After the conclusion of the Mexican
war, the 4th Infantry returned to the At
lantic States, and had its headquarters at
Detroit and Sackett's Harbor, where
Grant was retained as Quartermaster OF
the Regiment In 1852, the 4th Infantry
was ordered to Oregon, when Grant was
promoted 10 full Captaincy in the Regu-
| lar Army, in August, 1852, and assigned
e 8 company four hundred miles in the
l. X -~So- Of California; and having been
inte. - 20 ysers from his family, he re-
then u. ~ came seue, settled in st.
signed ana I'D engaged n farming
Louis county, IA well, he relhoyed 10
Not succeeding vel; sat into the leather
business in his fathers ST.
at that place. 20 of Fort
Sumpter reached him, he said the 6, -
ment had educated him for the arn-. :
and although he had served through one
war. he was still in debt to the govern
ment, and was willing TO discharge the
debt. He Immediately enlisted, raised
company, went to Springfield, and mus
tered theminto service. He was then ap-
pointed Adjutant General and Mastering
Officer for State troops.
About the middle of June, 1861, he
went to Covington, Kentucky, to visit.his
parents, who had removed to that city,
and who now reside there. And while
there, Gov. Yates, OF Illinois, telegraphed
10 HIM an appointment of Colonel of the
2Ist Regiment Of Illinois Volunteer In
fan ntry; and wished him 70 come at once
and take charge of it, This regiment
were three months men, and had been
organized about six weeks. The regi-
l-ment informed the Governor that with
Grant as commander, they would enlist
for three years; and nearly eyerY man did.
Grant took the regiment and drilled 1t
for four weeks in Springfield, under the
eve of Gov Yates, Senator Trumbull, and
Representative McClernard; and when
ordered to move TO the field, he msrched
them one hundred miles in six days, then
put them on a train for the balance OF
the way to Northern Missouri.
There we're several regiments IN thai
4 part of the State at the time; but nj
lGenerals were there in the field; snC
though Grant was the youngest Colonel
he was required TO assume command
On the 9th of August he was commits
stoned Brigsdier General, and ordered Il