Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-06-26
RccoHcc;ioms Of Gsont.


Rev. j. l.. Crane, the chaplain of the /
regiment of which Gen. Grant was col /
onel, gives the following interesting re-
miniscences of his private and military
character:
He is always cheerful. No toll, cold, /
heat, hunger, fatigue, or want of money
dcprcsses him. He does his work at the
time, and he requires all under his COM
mand to be equally prompt. was
walking over the camp with him one
morning after breakfast. It was usual
for each company to call the roll at a
given hour. 1t was now probably Il half
hour after the the time for that duty.
The colonel was quietly smoking his
old mecrchaum, and talking and walk
ing along. when he Noticed a company
drawn uD in line and the roll being
called. He instantly drew his pipe
/ from his mouth and exclaimed. cap
tain this is no time for calling the roll,
Order your men 60 their quarters imme-
diately.n The command was instantly
obey ed, and thc colonel resumed his
smoking and walked on, conversing
as quietly IS if nothing had happened.
For this violation Of discipline those
mon went without rations that day, eX-
ccpt what they gathered up privately
from among their friends of other COM
lpapics. such breach of order was new
or witnessed in the regiment afterward
while he was its colonel. This prompt-
ness is one Of Grants characteristics,
and it is one of the secrets Of his Sue
cess.
On one OF our marches. when passing
through one Of those small towns where
the grocery is the principal establish
mcnt, some of the lovers of intoXicatiOn
had broken away from our lines and
filled their cantccns with Whiskey, and
were soon Tccling ungOVernable under
its influence. While apparently stop
ping the regiment for rest, Grant passed
quietly along and took each canteen,
; and wherever he detected the fatal odOr,
emptied the liquor on the ground with
t as much nonchalance as he would emp
ty his pipe, and had the offenders tied
behind the baggage wagons till they
had eobcred into sodierly prOpriety.
+ On this point his order was imperative;
. no whiskey nor Intoxicating beverages
= were allowed in his camp.
In the afternoon of q very hot day il
July, 1861, while the regiment were st,-
G toned in the town of Mexico, Missouri
- I had gone to the cars as they were pas
+ sing, and procured the daily paper, ami
seated myself in the shade OF my tent
G to read the news. In the telegraph {
d column | soon came to the announce
q ItGiit tliatb A'lNht, Nliii rCN tIdl ONiiNi'
: was made brigadier general. In few
minutes he came walking that way, and
l. / called to him:
e "Colonel, | have some news here tint
st will interest YOU
Il "What have you, chaplain ?'
"a ~ see that you are made brigadtl
e general
h He seated himself by my side and le
IF marked.
II "Well, sir, | had no suspicion Of it
:, 1t never came from any request Of mine
IL That's some of Washburne's work.
rs knew Washbulne in Galena. He was
ID strong Republican, and | was Damo
crat, and thought from that he never
-. liked me very wei hence we never haC
u more r'e,. = ,"Hsiroes OF etrest ;;~quain
1t tonce; Bnt Wh~n rs 6aifYcaf broke oat
r 'o OF Tie Gi5u oGler that had Zone
go pose this ia some of his work j; ''-'0''
n Mnd ne very leisurely rose ~,
II PG;lleu ms black felt hat a little y" noa an
II liz liz uSes' and made few extra nooso ,si
# n ,nn " Hishers, and walked away Win .
" n lruc ~ apparent unconcern as if SOM :,
q enif , of iLnGrely told him that his nel
It SUI OF clothes was finished ne'
q Hrant belongs to no churcb ,.o4
: entcrtains and expresses ~ HeG II
esteem Tor all the enterprises tbn nts tltH
0 10 promote religion When I 1T n tul,
ne , generally attended the eH Ma ~ nom
ml}1is Sc church. While he woa cnio
iied OF the 2lst regiment, he cave 80 o voio
encouragement and facility for secu urIlS
Il rifonipC and uniform observance Of ras
mIId iGu9 sGifiylces, and was found in tho
"V Sha..tI listening to preaching. ''''
o,, 'ri ,'1 AFTER came into the reoinant
ne,,oI e we're one day taking thoiy
When be e', ra, around the dinner table
,,Ghaplain, when / was at homo o,1
a aIIlnistefs were stopping at INV hons .,''q
NV thh"ty I, invited them to ask a blascino -
ne laple. L suppose a blessin "S'i = az
i IL aar needed here as at home and If IL i
be- " @Iad 40 's with your views, / should
time wo IL IL nave you ask a blessing every
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