Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-10-08
Memorial Services i'll Honor OF
General Grant are Held at
Washington.
An Abstract of the EulOgistic
Grafton Delivered by Gen
eral Logan.
In Memory OF General Grant.
THE SERVICES AT WASHINGTON.

evening unQSr The auspices OF I@6
local G. A. r. commandery, IN the
Metropolitan church. which General
Grant regularly attended during his
presidential terms The auditorium,
one Of the largest III the city, was
crowded. Funeral chimes were rung,
followed by an organ voluntary by
DR. J. W. Bischof. One noticeable
feature of the service was the chant
ing and singing of war songs by the
St. Cecilia ladies' quartette.
The meeting was called to order by
the Department Commander M. M,
Brooks, and after prayer by DR..
Runtley, tie present pastor of the
church, Gen. Logan tae orator of
the occasion, was introduced and
warmly welcomed with clapping of
hands by the audience. His speech
was frequently interrupted by the
plaudits of the audience which broke
out at the mention of the names of
favorite commanders and illusions to
the more coEspicious events. in the
story Of Gen. Grants career.
LoGAN's GRAFTON.
Logan's address embodied recital
from the staad point of a personal
observer of the military history Of
General Grant. He began with his
own first meeting with Grant at
Springfield, Ill, where the latter was
assisting the governor of his state to
organize volunteers under the first
call of President Lincoln. He touched
briefly, and with little elaboration or
comment, upon the steps OF upward
progress of the subject Of his eulogy
the battles fought and won, and
the campaigns planned and carried
out. He alluded to the jeal>
ousy and littleness of General
Hadeck, who, when Grants superior
IN rank, made him almost prisoner
at Fort Henry. To Hallecks diIatory
movement against Corinth, to his dis
regard Of advice, and Of the Informal
ton that the enemy were escaping,
and TO the fruitless outcome Of the
campaign, the effect of which, hows
ever, was 10 restore Grant to the
command of his old army of the Ten
nessee. He describes the failure of
Grants first movements against
Vicksburg, threatening q loss Of con-
fidence on the part of the people, and
resulting in clamor for his removal.
THE PRESIDENTS CONFIDENCE,
he said, was, however, mistaken and
he determined to trust Grant little
longer. Grants next plan, the speak
er said, was recognized by the mill
tary authorities of the country as
wholly unmilitary and dangerous.
They believed that it was military
suicide and against all science Of war.
It was, however, full of audacity and
lie its results showed the genius of the
man who planned it. This was the
campaign which resulted in the tall of
Vicksburg. Halleck had directed
Grant to leave Vicksburg and move
down to Port Hudson and assist Banks.
Banks being Grants superior, would
thus be in command of the combined
forces. Halleck suggested that after
Port Hudson should fall, Vicksburg
should be assailed. Halleck's letter
came too late Five battles had been
fought. and Grant was already NOV
ing on Vlcksburg. Pemberton was
driven within the walls and locked up
with only sixty days rations, On the
4th of July, 1868,
THE LONG AND BLOODY SIEGE
came to termination, and Grant at
the head of his victorious army enter
ed the city and placed the flag upon
the court house. It was the largest
capture Of men and munitions of war
ever made IN any modern war up to
that time. In the campaign the
enemies killed, wounded and captured
numbered more than Grants entire
effective force. Port Hudson was at
once surrendered and the backbone
of the rebellion was broken.
The orator touched upon the
withdrawal of Rosecrans within
the lines of Chattanooga, who was
cooped up with Bragg in possession of
he said, completely encircled and ap-
parently'in position where he must
sooner or later surrender for want of
supplies. Grant was ordered by the
president to take command of that
department., and his first act was to
assign Thomas to command in place
of Rosecrans. Chattanooga was SUBJ
sequently relieved by Grant, and the
battles and victories of Lookout
Mountain and Mission Ridge follows
ed. Having defeated Bragg and
driven him from his stronghold Grant
now commenced maturing plans for
THE GREAT FINAL CAMPAIGNS.
His idea was to move from Chat
tanooga to Atlanta and thence to
Mobile, unless something should IL
tervene IN the meantime to force him
IN the direction Of Savannah from
Atlanta In a letter written that
winter Grant said that sharp fighting
would occur in the spring, and if the
Uaioh forces were successful the war
would be ended in a year. Grant was
now made lieutenant general and
placed in command of the armies OF
the republic. But one person. George
Washington. bad ever held the posi-
ton before (Winfeld Scott morally
had brevet. On the Sd day of March
1864, he was ordered to Washington.
His intention at the time was to re-
turn from Washington and lead the
armies of Sherman. Thomas and Sco-