Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
THE LAST RESTING PLACE.
CHANTS REMKRKxBLE nIsrORY..
The Military Career Of the General From
His Early Days as n Cadet.

The Military Career Of the General From
His Early Days as n Cadet.
Ulysses Simpson Grant was born at Point
Pleasant O., April q, 1922 and is of Scotch
descent. In 1923 his parents removed to
! Georgetown, o., where his boyhood was
/ passed. He entered West Point in 1899. His
name was originally Hiram Ulysses, but
through blunder the appointment was made
| out for Ulysses S. and so il had TO renain
He was made breyot second lieutenant of in
! fantry and attached as a supernumerary
/ lieutenant to the Fourth Regiment, then
stationed on the Missouri frontier In 1915
the regiment was ordered to Texas to Join the
army of Gen. Taylor, and on September 80
| Grant was commissioned as a full lieutenant.
He had his first experience of war in the battle
/ Of Palo Alto, May 8, 1876, and he also took
/ part in the battles Of ResGsa de Ia Palma,
/ Monterey and the siege Of Vera Cruz In
| April, 1917, he was Quartermaster Of the reg
iment but still participated in all active opor-
atoms, and on Sept. 8, 1847, he was appointed
on the field a first lieutenant for his gstlantry.
For his conduct at Chapultepec Grant was
brevetted captain.
After the fall of the City of Mexico he came
home with his regiment and was stationed
first at Detroit and afterward at Sacketts
HarbOr. He married Miss Julia T. Dent of
st. Louis, sister of one Of his classmates, in
1913. He accompanied his regiment to Cali
fornia and Oregon in 1852 and while at Fort
Vancouver, Aug. 8, 1858, was commissioned
full captain. He resigned his commission
July 81, 1854, and removed to st. Louis, where
he engaged in farming and in business as a
real estate agent. In 1859 he was in the en-
ploy of his father in the leather trade In
Galena, Ill.
He became Colonel of the Twonty-first Ill.
Regiment, his commission dating from June
II, 1861. On July 81 he was appointed to the
command Of the troops at Mexico, Mo- form
ing part of Gen. Pope's force and on Aug.
% was promoted Brigadier- General OF Volun-
teer5 He assumed command of the troops at
Cairo, which were soon increased by the addi-
ton of McClernand's brigade.
From this time until he was assigned to the
command of the whole army he took part in
the following engagements t.
Belmont, November 3, 1861.
Fort Henry February G. 1862.
1862.
Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862.
COrinth, siege, April % to May 80, 1862.
Iuka, September 10, 1862.
Hatchie October s. 1862.
Corinth, October and 4, 1862
Tallahatchie, December l, 1869.
Fort Gibson, May /, 1868.
Raymond, May r. 1868.
Jackson, May II, 1868.
Champion Hills, May 1G, 1853.
Black River Bridge May T. 1868.
Vicksburg, July 4, 1863
1868
At midnight of May 8, 1864, Gen. Grant
crossed the Rapldan with Mead's army and /
Burnsides Ninth Army Corps He was after
ward joined by Buffers and Siegel's COM
mands, and the battle of the Wilderness was
fought. The day after the success of Spott-
sylvania he sent his famous dispatch to the L
Government, which closed with these words:
81 purpose to fight it out on this line, il It
takes all summer" His losses during this
were 81, 551 killed, wounded and
missing. Lees losses were 81, 1000. Sherman
opened his campaign TO Atlanta as soon as
Grant telegraphed him that he had crossed the
Rapidan. Meanwhile several thanking move
ments that had been ordered by Grant were
foiled, Siegel having been defeated at New
market by Breckenridge, Crook having been
compelled to retreat, and Butler having failed
to reduce Petersburg.
The situation then narrowed itself down TO
seige Of Petersburg, which Grant began. Lee
tried a diversion movement by the invasion of
and an attack on Washington, but
failed, Sheridan having driven back the inva-
ders up to the Shenandoah Valley. Meantime
pushed forward in his great 'march
to the sea-" crushing all opposition. Grant
the operations against Petersburg
with vigor, but at terrible cost of blood-shed.
On April 2, 1865, Petersburg fell, and the
next day the 'lsst ditch" was crossed and
Grant entered Richmond.
Then came the historic scene at Appomattox
court House, when Gen. Lee surrendered with
Z, 900 men on April 9. The war was at an
nd, but at what cost? Grants loss in 1865
lone was over $4,000 killed, wounded and
Missing.
Grant then took up his headquarters at {
Washington, and ON July &c, 1866, he was
General of tho United States !
rmies, the rank having been created for him.