The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-06-04
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
1 Sketch OF the EeTo or the War and
Beloved OF the People.
aF~. ULYSSES s. GRANT


was born In Cieremont county. Ohio, on
the eth day of April. 1922. He is con
seq"eot,y now 46 years of age His
rate,nal ancestors were Scotch. and were
supposed to have been of the ancient
Highland clan. Grant, whose motto.
STAND fast, stand firm. stand sure" has
been 50 strongly illustrated in the career
Of our hero. Both his grandfa.hers were
soldiers during the revolution. and it NAV
therefore fairly he said that Ulysses came
OF good lighting stock His father
confined the occupations Of farmer
and tanner, and the early years of the
sou we're spent in assisting at the bust
ness. His advantages for education were
only those afforded by common school
In the back woods of Ohio. He was not
brilliant scholar, but exhibited at school
that remarkable patience, perseverance
and presidency in his studies which have
marked his subsequent career, and to
which he is indebted for that success
which has made him famous. Mathe-
mates was his favorite study, and its
r inciples he mastered with case. At
home or at school, he was attentive and
faithful in the discharge Of whatever
duties were assigned him. In his boy
hood career there was nothing remark
able that gave promise of future great
ness, though it is related that phrenalo-
gist propheticaliy declared that lit would
not be strange If he became President of
the United States The prophecy does
not seem, however, to have had any in
iurous effect upon his mind, or to have
introduced into his brain the fatal prcsi-
dental ''maggot," which has TIL ned the
hopes and character of so many more
promising linen. He is represented to
have been downright, honest. a,nest
boy, quiet and unassuming, but with in
dioations OF reserved power to meet
emergencies.
One of his earliest developed traits o +
character was his love for horses, and his
faculty to manage them. At twelve
years OF age he bad acquired neighbor-
hood renown as an expert and successful
horse tanner, thus indicating the posses
sion of that wonderful mesmeric power,
which has enabled him to exert sucn a
vast influence over the mind of men with
whom he came in contact, and made of
him such a successful ''tamer of rebel
hon. =
HIS APPOINTMENT TO cApETsHIP.
At seventeen yong Grant, who had
conceived desire to become soldier,
procured on appointment as cadet in
the military academy at West Point
through the influence of Hon. T. L.
Uamer, member Of Congress from the
district 10 which he resided. Though
clristened Hiram Ulysses. by some mis-
take his name vent upon the roll of the
Academy as Ulysses S. Grant, and he
was never able to have the error recti6ed,
though he applied to the authorities at
West Point and Subsequently to the Sec
rotary OF War. BY that name has he
became known and loved by the people
and We. presume ne would not now change
il Il he could. His career at West Point
was characterized by the same diligence
and perseverance that marked him at
school Nerer brilliant, but plodding
and industrious, he had way of over
coming difficulties aud accomplishing re-
suits, tina. astonishcd his classmates, and
revealed those qualities which, developed
by subsequent favorable circumstances.
raised him to the highest round In the
ladder of fame He was much esteemed
for his geniaiity aud kindness Of DISPOSE
ton though looked down upon by some
OF the sions OF southern chivalry. as one
OF the "nad-silis' of northern society.
lie bore their taunts with cmplacencv
and only on one or two occasions was he
provoked to punish their insolence, which
be did effectually.
His OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AND AS
SIGNM-ET 70 SERVICE
lie graduated in ls43, standing the
twenty first In class of thirty nine
His low rank IN scholarship, was due to
his disregard Of superficial and snowy
attainrleuts, though possessed of more
solid requirements than many who out
stripped him IN the examination Though
preferring cavalry service. his inferior
rank as a graduate, consigned him to the
infantry as hreyet Second Lieutenant
with which rank he was assigned to the
4th regiment doing duty on the western
fronsier. Here there was little opportun
ity for displaying the qualities he wa.
made Of. but by officers and men he wa,
esteemed as young officer of moderat.
ability, but Of undoubted courage ant
selfYcliance
SERVICE N MEXICO.
c.. sa,a breaking out Of the Mexican
war in 1915. Giant was commissions.
FL. second Eeutenane, and transferred t,
the Seventh infantry, but at the reques