Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-07-03
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Gen. Grants Record.

Ulysses Sidney Grant, born at Noun
Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohio, April
1922.
Family removed to Georgetown, Brown
county, Ohio--1823.
Appointed cadet at West Point, BY
Hon. T. L. Hamer, 1889.
Graduated June 30, 1s43, standing
number twenty-one in class of thirty
eight members. Entered on the army
rolls as Brevet Second Lieutenant, and as
signed to 4th Infantry on the Missouri
frontier. as a supernumerary.
Commissioned September 80, 1645
Second Lieutenant of Infantry
Went in Taylor's army in Mexico, and
took part in all the actions from Palo Al
to, May s, 1846.
Transferred to SCOTS army, and took
part in the siege of Vera Cruz.
Assigned as Quartermaster of his regi-
ment, April, 1S47.
In the battle of Molino del Rey, Sep
tember s, 1S47, promoted on the field BY
General Scott, TO First Lieutenant, for dis
tinguished gallantry.
Battle of Cbapultepec, September l3
1847. officially noticed for his gallantry
by General Worth.
Entered the City of Mexico with the
army.
Sent to the Pacific coast at the close OF
the war, and assigned the duty in Ore
gon, with headquarters at Fort Dallas.
Appointed Brevet Captain, 1850, for
service at Chapultepec.
Commissioned Captain, August 1853.
Resigned July 81, 1854; spent few
years in business in st. Louis, and in
farming.
Removed to Galena. H., and with his
father established there the leather house
Of Grant Il Son, 1859.
Appointed mastering officer, and Aid
to Governor Yates, of Illinois, Springfield,
1861.
Commissioned Colonel of 23d Illinois
(three years. volunteers, June Is. 1861.
Appointed Brigadier General by Pres
ident Lincoln, August. 1861, Commission
dated back to May I'D and placed in CON-
mand of the District of Cairo. -
Occupied Paducah. KY. by surprise
movement, September 6, 1861.
Defeated JEFF Thompson at Greenville,
October Is, 1861.
Battle of Belmont, November z, 1861.
Moved up tbs Tennessee, aud, with
Foote's IRON -clads, captured Fort Henry,
February 6, 1867
Invested For 4yonelson, February IL,
and captured it February Is, by the un-
conditional surrender of the enemy.
Promoted to be Major General Of vol
unteers, commission dating from the fall
of Fort Donelson.
Advanced against Corinth, March,
1862.
Battle of Pittsburg Landins April z
and 8, 1862.
Placed in command of the Army of the
Tennessee, April l3i occupied Memphis
and Holly Springs in June; made com
mander of the Tennessee in July.
Began the campaign against Vicksburg,
October %, 1862; captured the city after
long and bloody winter and spring cam
paign, July 4, 1868.
Appointed Major General in the regu-
lar army.
Severely injured by being thrown from
his horse at New Orleans, September, 1853;
three ribs broken.
Appointed to command of the Military
Division of the Mississippi, October,
1868; and announced headquarters in the
field. arriving at Chattanooga. October
%, made Lieutenant General of the Army,
March 2, 1864, the grade being created
for him.
Arrived at Washington, March s, 1864.
Assumed command of all the Union
armies, headquarters with the Army of
the Potomac, March IL, 1864.
Crossed the Rap;dan. Nay 8, 1864.
May 5, 6, and Z, battles of Wilderness.
May IL, 81 shall fight it oul on this
line if it takes all summer"
May 29, crossed the Psmunkey.
Crossed the james and placed Rich.
mond aud Petersburg under siege, June
IA. Constant battles during the summer,
fall and winter.
Began the final campaign of the war
March %, 1865.
Battle of Five Forks, March 81 and
April /.
Occupation Of Richmond, April 2.
Surrender of Lees Army. April 9,
1865, and substantial end Of the war.
Appointed General of the armies Of the
United States, July 25, 1866, tho grade
being created for him.
Secretary Of War ad iaterim, August
12. 1867
May ~, 1868 unanimously chosen by
the Republican National Convention at
Chicago as candidate for President of the
United States.
November 10, 1868, will be elected
President Of the United States by the
largest vote ever received by any man for
the highest Office in the greatest and best
government on the earth.