Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-02-19

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Gen n1lyersays lust. Loqis nikci Grant
lie was eRtert upiug and Was attracted toward
hun hywhat [ hardly knew at tie time. -Auer-
ward know it TO be Manhood the samet.ai he
developed in lattl's 50 well. i Was in New
ork whtn heard Of hiz appointments. and
son atierwdri came q telegraph lnessngr 10
ION his staff. / WAS at the p Hntcrsi Houte.
In -. LJuis. on business soon atterward and
wishing 10 see Grant. he rode up erlu. tue
day with some Of hIs staG oficcrs, pai tAey
had one empty horse. ..........-. ---.-..
Hue, IIillyer,' said Grant i" Here E
your horse TIE boat has been waiting FOR
me three-quarters Of an hour Stir yoar-
sell ~ -Hr-rr
- aln not g9iRg, Grant never eHtor--
tanned the notion a minute. II. earnest.
-. Come along j can't listen to that
Time presses 80
80 But have not written to my wife. - ''
''' Weh thai YOU had hgtter- DO Alter
this next action am going into, you can
come h1me-if vou don't get your head
knoeSed-oii 6Fst--snd fll up ysas BASIN -. =
In brief. liillyer found himself gong d1wa
tie river in ten MINUTES. to bis own bewild-
eEment, wondering greatly wlether he could
stand up " action PERHAPS u this way
Grant wiB impress iEto. lis Cabinet sJine I'M
willing talent, If there besany talent unwill-
ing TO g into the Cabinet --rs- -.. ..
- Did you notice any strong traits Of char
acter in Grant som afterwardg fr
- His courage and soidieTiy vanity in ac-
ton first struck me, and bis entire willing
ness to fight! 1le never talked before action
as if be had any personal foreb0dines. bat
grew more cheerful and concentrated as the
time Of battle approached His indisposi-
ton to leave any position he bad taken was
ofteD unepmfortable. ! remember at Pitts
burgh Landing that he, Rawlings, myself
and some, other staff officers, were in
place where the artillery Of the enemy was
cencG tated. Their i've was terrible, and
every instant-i expected. 10 have, my head
shot off, Grant sat On horseback, straight
and cheerful, as You have sometimes seen n
man Of a hot day g. out to he rained on.
rather enjoying it. lie Kept us all in half
agony. One officer said 70 me g. aii'r sh
y" Go ten the Old Man to leave here, for
Gods sakei' IT .'..'' '''7frr-' l ifle 81
."No! Tell him yourself. He'll think
me afraid, aud 50 am, bnt be shan't think
So ...t.- -...... ..+ ...-.f.
- There We sat, the tige crossing upon U.s.
AT last one Of the green members Of the staff
rode up to Grant. saying si.. +. l-f4 4saa
7''' General, We must leave this place 1t
isn necessary to stay right here. If we
do. we shall all bedead in FIVE minutes Hl
40 guess that's 50 said Grant and he
rode away to our relief. ~ 'i aisfp7hs
- Az to fear, continued Hillyer, q Grant
used to say that he had seen men who said
they never knew what it was but he hadnever-
seen anybody vino said it of them. Another
thing tlsat struck me with Grant was his
own attempt frequently to supersede his own
good luck. At DYnelson he went to Com
m0dore Foote and begged him to run past the
rebel guns with a gun boat or two Foote
replied, saying that -he would be shot 20
pieces. Grant maintained that he woald
suffer no more, than. in ordinary lombard
ment. This took place before Farragnt made
a practical demonstration Of Grants theory.
Now, if Feote had done this. the rebels
would have evacuated Fort Ddnelson,s and
the battle and capture there which made
Grant historic, would never have happened