Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-17
GENERAL GRANT.
/ Glance ut his tsecortl,

4 Glance at his Record.
Ulysses Simpson Grant, born at
Mount Pleasant, Clermont county, O.,
April 81 1922.
Family removed to Georgetown,
Brown county, O., 1923.
Appointed Cadet to West Point by
! Hon. L. L. Harner, 1889.
Graduated June 80, 1843, standing
No q in q class of 80 members.
Entered on the army rolls as Brevet
Second Lieutenant, and assigned to
the Fourth Infantry, on the Missouri
frontier, ASA supernllmery
Commissioned Sept. 80, 1915, Second
I Laentenant of Infantry.
! Went IN TayloT's army to Mexico,
aud took part in al the actions from
! Palo Alto, May S, 1916, tc Monterey,
/ Sept 2355 1846.
transferred to Scott 5 army, and took
part in the siege of Vera Cruz.
Assigned as Quartermaster of his
regiment, April, 1917
In the battle of Molino del Rey, Sept
8, 1947, promoted on the field by Gen.
eral Scott to be First Lieutenant, for
distinguished gallantry.
Battle of Chepultepec, September IS,
1917, officially noted for gallantry by
/ Gen. Worth.
Entered the city af Mexico with the
army
Sent to the Pacific coast at the close
OF the war, and assigned to duty in
Oregon, with headquarters at Fort
! Dallas. .se.
/ Appointed Brevet Captain in 1850 for
/ services at CIepultepec.
Commissioned Captain, August, 1858.
! Resigned July 80, 1855; spent few
years III business in ST. Louis and in
I farming.
Removed to Galena, Ill, and with
! his father established there the leather
house of Grant & Son, 1859.
Appointed Mastering Officer and Aid
! to Governor Yates of Illinois, Spring
field, April, 1861.
Commissioned Colonel of the Twen-
ty-Grst Illinois (three years volunteers
june Is, 1861. .a
Appointed Brigadier General by
President Lincoln, August 1861, (com-
mission dated back to May ~ and
placed i'll command of the district of
Cairo.
Occupied Paducah, Ky, by a sur
prise movecaent, September 6, 1861.
Defeated Jeff Thompson at Green
vile, October 16, 1861.
Moved up the Tennessee, and, with
| Foote siron-cl clads, captured Fort Henry,
/ February 6, 1862.
Invested Fort Uonelson February ] / /,
and captured it February is, by the
unconditional surrender of the camp.
Promoted to be Major General of
/ Volunteers, commission dated from the
/ fall of Donelson.
Advance against Corinth, March,
1879.
Battle OF Pittsburgh Landing, April
/ Z and s, 1862.
/ Placed in command of the Army OF
/ the Tennessee, April 13; occupied Mem
/ phis and Holly Springs in June; made
/ Commander OF the Department of Ten
1essee in July.
Begah the campaign against Vicks-
burg October 26, 1862; captured the
! city after long and bloody winter aid
spring campaign, July 4, 1862.
! Appointed Major General Ill the reg
tllar army.
Severely injured by being thrown
from his Horse at New Orleans, Sep
I tember, 1868, three ribs broken.
Appointed to command of the Mill
j tary Division of the Mississippi, Octo-
/ Der, 1868, and announced headquarters
/ iii The field, atri{ifiE at Chattanooga;
October %.
Battle of Missionary Ridge and Look
ont Mountain, November "a and 25,
! 1868, driving Bragg from before Chat
| tanooga.
Appointed and confirmed Lieuten-
ant General of the ARMY March 2, 1864,
/ tbs grade being created for him.
/ Arrived at Washington, Match 8,
/ 1864.
Assumed command Of all the Union
Armies; headduatters with the Army OF
the Potomac, March f2, 1891.
May 5, 6 and 7, battles of the Wild,
ernesS.
May II, CT shall fight it out on this
line if 1t takes all summer
May 20, crossed the Pamunky.
Crossed the James, and placed Rich
mond and Petersburg under siege June
IA. Constant battles during the sum-
ther, fall and winter.
Began the final cail1paign of the var,
March Is, 1865.
Battle Of Five Forks, March 81 and
April /.
Occupation of Richmond, April Z.
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, the
grade being created for him.
Secretary of War ad interim, August
Il, 1867
Nominated for President of the Uni
ted States, May q, 1868.
Elected President of the United
States, November 5, 1868.
VIII be re elected President Novem-
her s 1879