The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-04-17
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tween lko- settlers bad at last broken out
! into open war. CQrpps cMisii had been
1 seized ly GUicral Taylor; as abase of oper.
atious, aud 'hithvrHhe n femth aInfantry was
| hurricd While slatohed atEthb place.
! 0rant trcceiYqd sipll commissien asSecond
! Lieutenant in the Seventh fufantrv. which
heers date of Selitehbet 80, ls.t3, but hav.
4 irg beC0ih0 6tt6ci1ed-to Tie 0IIiceFs or tHes
! F7prHS he dctepuliued.to wal t tor ava cnnsy 7
! IN his own regiment, md detlned to accept
! !he ppsitoa rendered him 10 The Seventh
I teSlmehL lie had not long, however, to,
/ wait. Tor, on tho 29th OF November, 1s45.
! his Commission reacted him as Iuil second
! LiCatun,lu, in the F0urth Infantry. rs is3cl
| War had not yet been ihtmally declared q
| 10y Congress against Mexico, but the matter
was cor s'dered settled and General Tay'o-,
hearing that a large fui &C uf Mexicans was
| niaf ching towar,l' tile Rio Grande. with the
1 AvOwcd Intention of crossing ovur.l and
! dry NJ the American settlers out of Texas,
! he hosteucd 10 meot thou, but learning
/ that Fort Brown had boon beseiged hc
\ changed Ills ronre, and marched to the re-
4 llo' ot tho gatrsoh.o In Iaylor's command
/ wae the. Ali Infantry. and among others d
! lq.lins Along on loot through the dreary
slnd eGd thinking day aud night Of his
4 swedtheAt in the fdri6H States, was a love.
sick .Lieutenant, named Ulysses Grant. y 81
7 Qa. tbs Sth daYoi May, la46, the Mexican
AMI AmeTcau FORCES, met in battle at Palo
/ Nto, and here Tar the first time, Grant
! snelt powder and saw war No inention
! ismide OF him in any of the official reports;
/ but has compmnons say. he did well. aud
4 won The good opinion. OF bis superors.
| Next day Taylor followed up tho Mexicana
| TO Rtsaca de Ia Filina aud fought battle.
/ completely rouiihSthe enemy. Here again
| va tiud no Official mep ptiou mala of Grant
out hS ,cIpmrales SAY he behaved with
I great CALAMITY.
! The Mexcans, in full rotreal. rushed
! peil mrll uvct tlIo.Rjo tirauit, whle Gen
ernl lsYMf ln4rehe up the river, erpssed
oNQr into tho Republic of, New Leon. and
! moved against Moutcrcys Meanwhile.
! General SCOTT bad afrjv cd att Vera Cruz :
/ and ordered a portion of tho forces on the ~
! lNq Claude TO 90 operate with him IA mong
/ the reEtnents set down was tho Fourth
Infantry, aud Grant with It participated i'm
, the seigo of Vera CtUs. which surrendered
| to the AWericdn Gorccs ON tho 29ih day of
March, lSiT. stDlff KAT
TNc Qlartermaster, Commesary and All,
! luiant OF a regiment are alway selected by
tie cnrinanlius officer, from the most in.
| telliScHt. energetic, trusty aud best young
! officers IN the regiment; aud Grant must
| haNe already nave obtaihed considerable
standing, and attracted thesnorice of his
! superiors, f'r in April, l64T, he was sgp.
! pplutHl Quartermaster of the 4th Infantry.
| AsAusual thing, Quartermasters do hot
| II SNI much, hut Grant seems to haye been
an eXsrp ptlon to the general rule :; for no
| participated in all the battles in which his
I reglmgpt was engaged. AT the battle of
! Chepoltepec, ou the 18th of September,
/ SIT, no behaved with distinguished gal.
| hhitryi being appointed First Lieutenant
aud n brcvct Captain, TO date from the duy
OF the battle. In Msrcport, Captain Horace
4 Brooks who commanded battery of the
81 Artillery IN the battle saysi ... r.
| succeeded in reoohlng tho fort with
| few men. Here Lieutenant u. S. Grant
with few mcre men OF the Fourth lnfautEy,
lnund me, aud by joiut movement. after
an obstinate resstauce, strong ield work
was carried, and tho enelny's right com.
pctely Turned" h7
! Tho official report of Major Francis Le,,
oommaniing the Fourth Infantry in the
battle of Chepultepec, contains this para.
graphic ag ~ - o.
VAT the first barrier tho enemy was in
strong force, which rendered it necessary
to advance with caution. This was done
and when the head Oi the battalion was
within short mpsket range of The barrier,
Lieutenant Grant. Fourth Infantry, aud
Captain Brooks, Second Artillery, with a
lew men Of their respective regiments by
laudsoniS' movement to the left, turned
the tight tlank Of the enemy, and the bar.
rior vas carried" And he mentious Lieu.
tenant Grant as "among the most dstln.
gnished for his zeal and activity" aud as
" behaving with great galIantry on both
the l3th and l4th. Brevet Colonel John
faar ns,h u l..
his report OF the battle of Chepultepec,
says: s.s.9.t r-t.
" The rear of the enoiny had made n
stand behind a breast work from which
they were driven by detaehments of the
Secnnd Artillery, under Captain Brooks,
and the Fourth Infantry. under Lieutenant
ulysses Graut, supported by other reei.
nicts OF the division. The conflict was
sharp hut decisive. ~ = ~
recognlzcd the comnaud as it came ND. Cd
mounted a hoSilzer on the top of CON
vent, which, under the direction of Lieu
tenant Grant, Quartermaster of the Fourth
lplantry, and Lieutenant Lepdrum of the
lnrd ARTILLERY, annoyed tho enemy con-
slderabIy In closing his re-
port, Colonel Garland says; Il must not
omit 70 cal attention to Lieutenant Gfani,
Fourth Infantry, who acquitted himself
my own observation" -1.i'." 'a'f 1ev2
In this report General Garland makespa q
llouIar mention Of only two officers besides
his own staff, and these are Lieutenant q
Graut aud Captain Brooks. General Worth.
IN his report of the operations OF the army
ON tue 18th OF September, speaks highly Of
Lieutenant Grant, but the extract is too
long to insert here.
Grant participated in sixteen battles I'M
Mexico, and al the close Of the war re-
turned to ST. Louis with his regiment. and
IN 1913 was married 10 Miss Julia 8. Dent.
Abbott, ia his =" life of Grant" tells the Z
following story, winch seems TO be well
authemcatrd: Al Monterey the brigade
with which Lieutenant Grant served, had
pushed lis way into the heart of the CITY;
tue hrlg vas heavy; snddenly it was dis.
coVergd tho ammunition was running out.
lhsre was no egress from the perilous
po0ition except through the narrow street,
tho horses on one side of Which were held
by the MexIcans who fred from every
door and window Geiiera Gardner hesi.y
tatod about ordering amy one to make the
p"rlions attempt 10 get out for ammunition.
Grant, WHO was an accomplished horsemaif
volunteered and ihro wing himself on, one
OF The olhser's borses. hs put the animal to
lhe top OF iIs speed, aud on approsehiBg q,
tue Mexican barricades, caught bis foot in
iuo ctupper al the saddle, aud grasping
the mate WIN his hands, hung on tue side
oil The horse So as 10 shield MS bodv nasaad