Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-24

/ = Ars. Grant that he was ~ longer ; dr0ns
| IL tbs basy hive of ths state C@IItol. bar y a.
colnsg something toward sQppressliAg ths re-
bellOu, and he ~as happy.
he N4s from this position appointed ~
she command ~ the twenty first Illinois
{re.auent, because Il Mas body 0f ulon that
gave tEOuble and nobody wanted u.
ooss 10 ran FsoST.
Col Grant drilled his Troublesome fesi-
meDt f0I four weeks when he was ordered IA
lhe front lie marched hls men ~. mileS'
b. six days and then pat them On a train for
Tie rest OF the way 10 Northern Missouri
IA the stL Of August he sAs commissioned
|Brigsoier General throegh the effOrts OF Mr.
| " ashbune and pat ~ Command Ot q dls-
|tuct cOmI Irlzlng Southeast Missouri and
Southern Illinois, with headq quarters al Nairo-
ien. Polk, OF the Confederate, Vas march 1
Iiug upon Paduoah, ny. and Grant. Oh las
IONn authority occupied the place. lis InAce'
l. demonstration al Belmont, No, Nov 4.
sol. but wAs almost cut on by COutederate'
Iforce which, however, he defeated before
Escaping 10 his transports. II Was VIC
|tory for Grant, for though compelled 10 re
fure he accomplished TIE purpose of llls ad |
Ivduoos.
FORTS HENgl AND DONKLs0N.
Ia January, lotS2, Grant with 1900 men
aided by Commodore fOOte, with has heet
IOf gunbOAts. assembled the Tennessee rlNeT
while Grant landed has troops fOOte com
PEELED the surrender OF Fort Henry. Grand
marched overland twelve miles 10 the Cum
|berland river and February IL, invested
Hort DonelsOn, then under command 81
fCien. Pillow, though Gen. Floyd soon ~
sumed command February IL fOote AZ
|rived with his gunboats and 1000 reinforce
|ments. The gunbOats were driven out ofl
|,he fight. Grant on the land side placed his
E5ODo men. In the night Floyd and Pillow
He'd, and the next day Buckner asked for an|
|armlstlce. Grant replied, mo terms other
than an unconditional and immedlate|
|-urrender can be accepted. pro
pose TO move Immediately upon yourI
works" Fort Donelson was won. 1hd|
Federal victory was decisive; II saved Ken
lucky 10 the Union; II advanced the Federal
forces 20 miles; II prevented General Al
bert Sidney Johnston from Overwhelming 4
'Buell and taking Cincinnati The forces andI
losses ON both sides were about equal. Com
ing after Bull Run, the victory electrified the|
country, and caused Grants words 10 Buck
ner TO become popular phrases. Mashburne|
began 10 say that Grant did not want 10 be|
President Congress, however, made Grant
IA major general.
SHILOH.
Grant occupied Pittsburg Landing, which,
position had been chosen by General c. L
Smith. Sherman says II was well chosen
The 10000 Federal troops lay for SIX weeksI
at PIttsburg Landing, and on Sunday, April
b, 1862, Johnson's Confederate forces, $4,000
strong, suddenly surprised and well nigh|
overwhelmed them. Grant and Sher
man reformed the lines, but at the|
close of the afternoon the Federal
troops were in an unsatisfactory position
Then Buell's army arrived upon the scene
and the first day was over. The next day
Buells forces made the Federal force 50,0c1I
strong, against the Confederate 1000, andI
secured the victory of Shiloh. Grant gaveI
the praise 10 Sherman. The Confederates|
were not pursued.
TAT vICKsBURG.
General Grant began the siege at Nicksburgj
in October, 1862. This was according 10 Il
plan of General McClernand's, of Illinois /
but the conception of victory was Grants
He shut up 5000 Confederate IN Nicks-
burg and besieged the city. On the follow
ing Fourth of July, 1853. the city surrenderedI
with y 600 men. Congress thereupon made /
Grant a major general III the regular army |
Grant should have the whole praise for his
victory at Nicksburg. for McClernand nevert
his claim TO supplying Grant,
with brains" Grant simply held his posi-
tiOn with patience and frmness, starved the
into surrender and prevented
relief.
At this time Confederate General BraggI
was besieging Thomas at Chattanooga. Gen
Grant directed all the movements which
eliminated in the relief of Thomas. sndI
which are known for their result by the |
battle of Lookout Mountain. November n
and %, 1863. General Grant had 1000 men /
and Bragg after LOngstreet's withdrawal, I
had 1900; but the victory was complete.
Down to this time Grant had fought for
his country in twenty seven battles.
THE CONTEST IN vIRoINIA.
On the sth of March 1854. General Grant
reached Washington. He assumed command
of the armies of the United States Immed |
iately he began 10 disregard As far a. he |
possibly could. the feeble military preten
sions of the War Department. Lee hadI
beaten Mcclellan, Hooker and Burnside |
and bafiled Meade; but General Grant re
tained General Meade at the head OF the Army
of the Potomac. Grant determined TO march
Through the wilderness. His idea al
ways had been that the So0thern-
ers fought desperately al the begin (
ming of battle, and that when their first 10
spiration was over they were whipped. III
the three days struggle OF the Wilderness
Grant ordered nothing more than "the fght)
along the whole line" and the march andI
when three days had passed away. givingI
'i5.oOo Federal loss to 10000 Confederate
oss. Grant knew he could stand il BETTER
than Lee could. Grants los was probably
nearer 10000 than 1900. and he had cutI
away from hi- base of operations bud
though Lee was defiant and aggressive ~
WIS beaten.
The events OF the later years of the great
chieftain's life are still freSh 10 the mem0ryI
|of even our youth. His tour round the world
was one series Of Ovstions such as no 0therI
man even was given. OF his more recent
|ife. ms financial misfOrtunes and the l0ngl
agony Of his sickness II i not necessary II
-peak.
RACF -EAG