The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-31
OF GENERAL GRANT.
lie Passes Peacefully Away After a
Struggle Of Nearly One Year.
III Members of the Family and Near
Relatives Present at the Last.
biographical Sketch of The Deceased.

Biographicat Sketch of the Deceased.
titled Rus. -
rcea General Grant. after wrestling with dis
4 asses for nearly a year, breathed his lastin
he cottage at Mt. McGregor, about s
repo'e o'clock on the morning OF the 23d, sur
,eived inf L.au nnamhors 90 +ho fonln +ho
y that II ~ nsiaians and noon ralatnas
Herat d 'Ve"o'"s wmns ~. 1871 ~
W going or se'era, i" pna;nn $500 $50
$50 A. konvinced that the generals life was very
of the Cd pear the close ana so announced TO mem
bers OF the family. Dispatches to the asso-
.ot Atom tiated press up to 4 O'Clock on the morn
hfb ~ nyof the 23d announced the general as
10 was Rapidly sinking, but it was not until about
nv II new $50 that intelligence OF his death WAS
in flashed over the country. About 8 o'clock
lination a bt night the patient sank into a sleep that
e with h was described by a witness as peaceful and
beautiful as the sleep OF a child. This con-
, Exshsp, dition, however, was not one to command
he fena confidence, for the pulse beats were rapidly
o was au ~futtering and respiration which normally
furlough is IA to the minute was then Al. AT 3 a.
l to renai m. the general was in a somnolent condi-
of the 4 zion. His respiration had grown shallow
and he was no longer able to expectorate
foregr4 because of weakness, which was constantly
a nHhs INCREASING. Continuing in about this con-
ou1S "a dition-the particulars OF which are given
elsewhere-he peacefully breathed his last,
id has suceumbing to the disease with which he
'ply Oh had COPIED for nearly a year. Readers
npie. Everywhere are familiar with the life and
IL krvices OF the deceased and will universal
> Hyspourn the departure OF a man who did
aM' SO much for a nation that will honor his
=" memory as long as time shall last.
A BRIEF SKETCH OF GENERAL GRANTS CA
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the sE rnusso. c cuou - ~, 81
EfAs 1922, at Point Pleasant, Clermont county,
the Ohio. His parents were Of Scotch origin.
At ~ young Grant entered West Point,
and Our years later graduated twenty-hrst
Is a N an a class OF thirty-nine, receiving a com
DO has mission OF brevet second lieutenant in the
0h] Fourth infantry. He remained in the army
Fl Man eleven years; was engaged in every battle
had hr OF the Mexican war except that OF Buena
offered cond1ct' Tn 1918 he married Julia,
dead, daughter of Frederick Dent, a merchant OF
SHSt. Louis, and in 1854, having reached the
rank OF captain, resigned, and went to
IONS. farming near st. Louis. Unsuccessful in
this he removed to Galena, ILL.,, in 1860,
,tratios and engaged in the leather business with
his father. Grant was 80 years old when
the civil war broke out entirely unknown
e =" u" to public men, and without any personal
IG,nis1 acquaintance with the affairs Of the nation.
lder Ia Lihcoln's first call for troops was made
sons b April TO- and on the lytn INST. Grant was
I'd ods Jena He also offered his services to the.
= dulubdub Scntldl Vi .tlc dIluN III TtttlN
hous no reply. The governor OF Illinois, how
- ind ever, employed him in organizing state
densn pointed colonel Of the Twenty-frst illinois
Bh1 Infantry. He reported for duty in June to
- nd GeHA Pope, in Missouri. On August Z he
tive. was commissioned a brigadier general with
the out his knowledge, and for n short time
he guilt watched the movements OF factional forces
inqui7 in Missouri. While in command of the
oned, southeast district of Missouri, with head
under quarters at Cairo, His, on September 6,
,oud hN without orders. he seized Dnlurnh Mt the
ID. Pa mouth of the Tennessee river. and COM
ham manding the navigation of that stream
ing k1 and the Ohio. This secured Kentucky to
o pt the Union, for the state legislature, which
kim had affected to be neutral, at once de-
Ter arr clared in favor OF the government. In
AID Nayember he made n demonstration on
bwAs Belmont, n small place on the Mississippi,
L mSf eighteen miles below Cairo. On the 9TH
| ~ inst. he landed, and under n heavy fire
|d ~ broke up and destroyed the camp. Re-
Ebn%n turning to his transports he was confronted
|cS " witt Il largely superior force which he broke
AN Through, capturing two cannon and 200
|rnhHr prisoners.
/ 81 In 1862 he helped TO capture Fort
He " Henry, February 4. On the 18th inst. he
thatE beseged Fort Donelson with $4,000 men,
ht ot the garrison numbering 21,00o. After
INFO Tour days fighting the enemy surrendered
bppd1 on the 10th with 60 cannon, 1900 small
us o arms and ii, Cos soldiers. Four thousand
ri 81 had escaped and $500 were killed and
ut. u wounded, while Grants loss was less than
)utan Nloo0. This was the first important union
victory. Grant was then made n major
sehertl oil the VOLUNTEERS ana placed IN com
mand OF west Tennessee. In March his
wv orces, numbering $4,000 men, were en-
hep~ camped near Shiloh, or Pittsburg landing,
hind on the Tennessee river, awaiting the arrival
sJ OF General Buel with 10000 more. On
ApHl 9th the confederates came from
nI torinth and attacked Grant with n force
~ OF 10000, now hoping to overwhelm HIM
M before Buel's arrival. Grant was pushed
back to the river, wEsre he held his posi-
W. ton until dark and the arrival OF Buel.
On the 9TH the enemy was driven back to
.o1 torinth, n distance OF twenty-nlne miles.
ms Grawt commanded both days.
ns ON May Both Corinth was attacked by
N the confederates.. In July Halleck was
10 made general-in-chief and Grant succeeded
rgI him, in command OF the department oil
Tennessee. September 10th he fought the
BATTLE OF Iuka, which was an incomplete