The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-03-05
Military Biography Of General
Grant.

the aga Of seventeen. and graduated
in 1913, twenty.hrs; in class Of
thirty nine, He was assigned to the
lth Infantry, and remained in the
army eleven years, being engaged in
all the Mexican battles except Buoua
Vista, Ia 1915 he married Julia I.
Dent, OF St. Louis, aud in 1851 re.
signed from tho army and became y
farmer. In 1860 he entered the lcath
er business in st. Louis. When the
War broSe ont he had never com.
mandcd moro than company. April
10. 1861, he offered his services to
the government, was appointed to a
Colonel, aud reported 70 Gen Pope
In August he was made a Brigader
General aud came under Fremont's
authority, The next mouth hc com
manded Southeast Missouri, seized
Paducah, aud took Belmont and held
il against rebel attack. In Februa
ry, 1862, he took forts Henry aud
Donelson, when Floyd and Pillow
ran away. From here Grant went to
West Tennessee and took command,
where he was Displaced for few days
by General Smith, but soon restored
aud fought the battles Of Pittsburg
Landing and Shiloh, in April, the lat
ter of which both Grant and Sherman
compared with the Wilderness.
Then he formed tho conviction that
armies aud men must be attacked aud
defeated, aud that the war would be
long. Ie ordered his men to sub
sist from the conquered territory. aud
abandcd all idea ofprotecting slavery.
For time Grant was shadowed by
the results of Shiloh, aud was even
suspended by General IIalleck. The
Withdrawal of four divisions, after
his replacement, put him on the dc
fensiye against Price and Van Dorm
while Bragg was pursuing aud out.
mnnuvering Buell.. September 10Th,
1862, he ordered a pursuit of the reb
els, after The battles of Iuka aud Cor
inth, when he relieved West Tennes
see from danger. llc was then made
Major General, aud ordered to the
Army of the Cumberland. At this
period his military reputation was
not higni the very qualities that 6ual
ly won being counted against him.
lie proposed a movement against
Vicksburs, and operating with Sher-
man aud McClernand, finally took
command Of an expedition designed to
save the Mississippi river to the Un.
ion. The entire force 10 the depart
ment of the Tennessee amounted to
10000 men, aud Porters feet had
go vessels, with $50 guns aud 500
men. He soon after sent out Col.
Grierson to cut the railways. Though
troubled by McCleruaud, Grant fought
n series OF smaller battles to secure
the investment Of Vicksburg. and
when Jackson had been ken formally
invested it May II Pemberton com
mauded the city. Several attempts to
storm the place failed, and the second
result, made with 10000 men was
unsuccessful. On the 4th of July,
1862, the city surrendered with 32,
900 men and l70 cannon. The pris
onors we're parolled. Port Hudson
Fell on the 9Th. Sher an was imme.
diately sent against johnson. The
results of the Yicksburg campaign,
with It's five battles, we're loss to
the rebes Of 10, 900 prisoners: IL 900
killed and wounded and thousands of
stragglSrs, estimated at 60, ,0e0 in all;
besides pubic property and arms aud
munitions Of war. Grants loss was
1913 killed, 1895 wounded, 535 mis-
sing, or 1878 in all. grant was then
Major general in the regular army.
Ho recommended the promotion OF
Sherman aud Mcpherson to be brig
ajiers in the regular army, and his
reocmmo dations were readily con.
lirmod. He wished to attack Mobile,
but was prevented from doing so by
general HaIleck. and his army was
broken up. He visited New Orleans
aud was ordered to Cairo, when, after
an interview with the Secretary of
War, ho was ordered to command
tho Military Division Of the Missis-
sippi. His views on the employment
Of negroes 10 the army we're at first
antagouistic to the idea, but they
were surrendered.
The attention Of Grant was then
for a time directed to the Ohuttinooga
campaign. Ho at that moment di-
rected Sherman, Thomas and Burn,
side, all acting in soperate fields but
TO q common end. Bragg was the
rebel commander. On the 10Th OF
October, 1868, Grant took command
of the Army Of the Cumberland, +,
with Chattanooga as the center OF his
new front. He wanted new troops,
but consistently with his usual course,
refused to make the requsition. On
the 18th he seut troops up the Ten
nessee, to strengthen Hooker aud
Geary, and to establish a now aud
shorter line, Of supplies. Hooker
was attacked at Wauhatche, the battle
beginning with an attack on general
geary. The former lost 416 men aud
Lopgstrcet 1900. The battle opened
the road to Nashville, and placed
Bragg on the defensive. grant super.
intended the forwarding Of supplies
20 the front at Eastport, and issued
general orders. Among- those were
directions to general Thomas to pt-
tack Missionary Ride, and for geary
to hold Lookout Valley Acting
under these orders, the the battles Of
Chickamauga and Chattanooga we're
fought. aud giant 50 superiaiePded
them that his original plan was evil
dently successful. graut then pro
posed mnrehiag on Noble, aud laiG
his plans for the next year covering
the capture Of Atlanta aud Mobile
Congress gave him aud his army a
vote OF thanks. Al this tins he had
Thomas facing. johnson, Schvfeld,
Longstrest, and Sherman advancing
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