The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-06-03
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General GRANT was born on the
9th of April, 1922, at Point Pleasant,
Clermont county, Ohio. His father
was of Scotch descent and, by occupa-
ton, a dealer in leather. The son
entered the military academy at West
Point in his eighteenth year and grad
uatcd in 1913, standing twcnty-frst in
rank in a class Of thirty-ninc members.
He served for clever years in the army,
passing through every battle of the
Mexican war except two, and held the
rank of Captain at the date of his res
ignation in 1854, Joining his father
and brother, at Galena, Illinois, he
engaged in business as a leather dealer
until the outbreak Of rebellion in 1861.
a few days after Sumpter was fired
upon, he was found drilling a company
of volunteers, and, few days later,
led the company to the State capital.
An offer Of his services to the authori-
ties at Washington rot being needed,
he rendered them to Gov. YATES, OF
his own State, and after few weeks
service in the organization of the vol
untecr forces, accepted command OF
the Twenty-frst Regiment, and pro-
ceeded with it to Missouri. In Au-
gust, 'Gl, he was commissioned by the
President as Brigadicr General. In
September, he took command at Cairo,
Of the district. embracing the conhux
Of the Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland
and Mississippi Rivers. He lost no
time in selling Paducah, then threat
encd by a rebel force, and his success
confirmed the waverins loyalty of
Kentucky, and brought it over to the
Union side. lie won his first battle
at Belmont, November 9TH, where he
was conspicuously under fire, having
his horse killed under him, and by his
personal bravery and military skill
received a confidence from his soldiers
which has clung to him since on every
field. He captured Fort Donelson,
February 10Th, 1862, and on the 18th
was prmoted to be Major General.
The campaign and victories of Shiloh,
! april 7th,) Port Gibson, May 1st, J
jackson, May l4th,) followed in reg
ular succession, and paralyzed the pow
er of rebellion in the Southwest.
His Chattanooga campaign of '63,
his promotion to be Lieutenant Gencr-
al, March 1st, '6l, his subsequent
direction of the Union armies in all
quarters OF the rebellion, his personal
charge of the operations against Rich
mond, the firm grasp with which he
held LEE and the main power Of the
Confederacy at bay, and the final cul-
mination Of his plans in the success of
his great Lieutenants, and the fall of
Richmond, the surrender Of LEES
army and the grounding of the last
rebel musket-all these events are too
well remembered by our readers to
require more than this brief mention.
The grateful Acknowledgements ofhis
country were evidenced in his further
promotion to the newly created Office
of General, and, as the Commander-in
chief of the Federal armies, during
the three years of great civil anxiety
and danger which have succeeded, it
is not too much to say that the popular
confidence in his discretion, vigilance
and patriotic devotion to the cause of
the Union, have ever been the hope
and the cousOling assurance of the land
In the many dark hours when official
treachcry and adisloyal ambition have
cast a deep gloom upon patriotic hearts,
his presence at the head of our military
strength has afforded cheering assu-
rance of the ultimate safety of the
Republic. Not even the anxiety with
which the people watched the cam
paigns of '63, 4 and '5 could exceed
the deep intensity of trusting hope
with which their eyes have since stead
lily kept this man in view. They will
now charge him with a greater power
and higher responsibilities, and he will
inaugurate his last and crowning tri-
umph over Official Corruption and
Public Unworthiness.
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