The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-25

form Club, this afternoon said II desir
to express my sympathy with the family o
General Grant in the sorrow through whicl
they are passing"
The newspapers contain long Obituar!
notices of Grant. many OF them taking ul
the most of their available space in &C
counts OF the scenes and incidents in tn,
life of the illustrious patriot.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
A Condensed History of the Career
of the Dead General and President
Ulysses S. Grant was born in Poin,
Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohio, on Apri
~, 1922. He was OF Scotch descent. His
parents were poor, but intelligent beyonC
the average OF their neighbors. Youn.
Grant received such educational advan
tages as the local schools afforded and al
the age of II received an appointment to
the military academy at West Point, where
he graduated in 1843, receiving the rank o
brevet second lieutenant. He was assigned
to the Fourth Infantry and remained in
the army eleven years. He was engaged in
all the battles of the Mexican war, save
that of Buena Vista, and received two
brevets for bravery.
HE MARRIEs.
In lS4S he married Miss Julia Dent, the
daughter of a leading merchant OF St. Louis,
Mo-, n union that proved a most happy
one-which nothing marred but the death
which has SO shocked the country. Hav-
ing attained the rank OF Captain in 1854,
he resigned his commission in the army and
engaged in farming near St. Louis.
Not meeting with adequate success in
this vocation, SO utterly unsuited to him,
he entered the leather trade with his father
at Galena, ILL.,, in 1860. He continued in
fortunes until 1860, when the war broke
out.
Grant was then but SO years OF age and
almost wholly unknown to public men.
When, however, President Lincoln's first
call for troops was made, on April Is,
1861, he was found, four days afterward,
drilling company OF volunteers at Galena.
ENTERS THE SERVICE.
After having offered his services to the
Adjutant-General of the army without re-
Hin faf1Tt ii ts ofgazatio f ~ vo
unteer troops and in a very brief period
appointed him Colonel of the Twenty-first
Illinois Infantry. He took command oil
his regiment in June, and in August he was
commissioned Brigadier-General OF volun-
teers, on the recommendation OF the Conf
gressmen from Illinois, with none Of whOm|
he had the slightest personal acquaint-| i
lance.
On September l he assumed the com
mand OF the District Of South Eastern!
Missouri, and on the 9Th he, without orders,
seized Paducah, commanding the naviga-
|tion of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers.
Early in November he was ordered to make|
Ia demonstration in the direction OF Bell
mont, about eighteen miles below Cairo,
his headquarters, which movement heI
effected with
GREAT SKILL AND BRAVERY,
sla andins at Belmont and breaking. up the|
|enemy's camp, with fearful odds against
him.
In February he moved up the Tennessee|
against Fort Henry, in conf junction with
h naval force, but the fort was sienced by|
THE gunboats before the troops arrived.
] He now, and without orders, moved upon|
Fort Donaldson, and with a force OF Is OOO|
men laid siege to a garrison OF 21,OOO. u
After three days OF hard fighting he carried
the works by assault, capturing a great
humber of prisoners, small arms and can
3nOn.
This was the first great snccess OF the
National troops in the war, it's results being
|of stupendous Importance. Grant was now|
made Major General of volunteers, andI
WAS placed in command Of the District oil
West Tennessee. In March he
MOVED UP THE TENNESSEE
and encamped with 39, 900 men on it's west
bank, near Pittsburg Landing, waiting the|
arrival OF General Buell. with 10000 addi- 4
Itional troops. On April 6, however, the
|Confederates came out from Corinth so, 1000
strong, and while s, 900 of his men were be !
'yond supporting distance, set upon him|
with overwhelming numbers, in the hope of
brushing him before Buell. arrived. Both
armies fought bravely, but Grant, although
Suffering terribly, held his ground until the|
arrival of Buell. turned the dayi his favor.
His entire loss was 1927, and that oil
Beauregard, thei Confederate General, 10,
617. Two days afterward
HALLECk ARRIVED AT THE FRONT
and took command OF the army, Grant re-
maining at the head of the right-wing and
the reserves. In July Halleck being made|
General-in-chief, General Grant succeeded
him in the command OF the Department of
the Tennessee; and on September 8 fought
the battle OF Iuka, which was only an in-I
complete victory, owing to the failure of
General Rosecrans to carry out his orders
Immediately after the victory at Corinth, i
lin October, in which the Confederates lost
largely, Grant proposed to the General-in|
chief the capture OF Vicksburg. Having re-
.ceived no answer he. on November 21 j
commenced a movement into the interior
OF Mississippi, while
THREATENING vICKsBURG IN THE REAR
with O,OOO men, Sherman was dispatched
along the Mississippi river with 10000 to
ATTACK it in front. This whole
movement failed, however, and mainly
Grants supplies was surrendered by Col.
Murphy, who was, in consequence, dis
missed from the army. In January 1868,
Grant took command in person OF all the
troops in the Mississippi Valley, and took
|up position at a point opposite Vicks-
burg, and soon laid siege to the city, which,
with p 900 prisoners. was surrendered to +
him on July 4th, 1863. He was now pro-
NOTED to
THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL
lin the regular army. and was appointed to +
the command of the Military Division of
the Mississippi. Upon this he concentrated
his forces for the defense of Chattanooga;
and Missionary Ridge and Lookout Noun
tain were carried on November 9 4th and
|25th.
In consequence OF all these brilliant eX-
|ploits, Congress ordered gold medal for
him and presented the thanks Of the Ma
|tion both to him and his army. On March
18th, 1864, he became Commander-in7
chief of the armies of the United States
|and announced that his lheadquarters
would be with the army OF the Potomac,
lin the field.
WITH NEARLY 7OO, 200 MEN
he at once planned two campaigns-one
under his own command against Rich /
|mond, defended by Lee, and the other un-
der Sherman against Atlanta, defended byl
Johnston.
He began the movement against Rich
|mond on May Sd, with an aggregate forceI
|of lao, 900 men and attempted to place.
himself between the Confederate Capital
and the confederate army; but Lee foiled|
the masterly attempt in mastery man