Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-24

In lSis be married Julia. dangater OF Fred
erick Dent, prominent merchant OF ~.
Louis, and 10 1851, having reached the grade
of captain, ne RESIGNED his commission in the
army. For several years he was engaged IN
arnllng near 81 Louis, but met with small
success, and in 1880 he entered the leathe
trade with his IA her a. Galena, Ill.
When the civil war bi oke out in 1881
Grant was thirty-nine years OF age, but en-
tirely unknown TO public men. ind without
any personal acquaintance with great
affairs. President Lincoln s first call for
troops was made on the 18th OF April, and on
the 9Th Grant was drilling y company tf
volunteers AZ GaIena, and az the end OF Ave
weeks he waa appointed colonel OF the
rwet ty-first Illinois infantry. ON August ]
he was commissioned ~ brlgadier.general Of
volunteers Early the next year Grant
was made maj r-get eral OF voiun-
teers for services rendered n Tennessee.
In in y Halleck was made general in chief
and Grant succeeded him in com mand of the
department OF the Tennessee. In January,
1903, Gra mt took command in person of all
the troops In the Mississippi valley. and at
once began an active campaign, which re-
suited in the fall of Wick burg July 4. TIL 8
ended the important fighting In the Missls
sipp s ssi II ana GIaps was made nS major
Chattanooga, which soon followed, owe
threw the last hostile forCe west of the ALT
ghsnles and opened the way for the national
al mies into G sorgia. The remarkable series
of successes which Grant had achieved
pointed him out as the appropriate
Leader Fsbruor OF ,ss, The national at armies
eral was created 70: him by congress. and on
Marco " he assumed command OF the armies
oft United States and ut once began the
Virginia campaign, which resulted in the
surrender OF Lee. The battles of the Wilder
ness, i5pottsylvanis, North Anna and Cold
Harb ,r were the hardest Grant ever fought.
The famous siege of Richmond and Sher-
mans march TO the sea heralded the SURF, n.
der OF Lee at AppOmattox 'ourt. house April
y, Grant at once returned TO Washington TO
superini end the disbandment of his armies.
THIS WORK WIS scarcely begun when Prfal-
dent Lincoln was assassinated. 1t had
doubtless been intended to iniict the
on sccount OF leaving Washington early il,
the evening, declined an invitation to &C.
company the president to the theater where
made andrew johnson president, but left
Grant by far the most conBp cuous figure in
the public life of the country. The g ade of
get era was created for him by congress;
the defeated South that Gen. Lee asked
Grants interpo sitlon in his behalf, and IL
was given. Grant saved Lee from prosecu-
zion for treason when Andrew johnson was
eager for IL. Johnson sought to obtain the
sanction of Grants name for his policy. He
suspended n,aoo the secretary of war
After the ,upturs between Grant and John.
son the formers popularity remained un.
shaken, and In 1868 lie was elected president
bY large msiorities, is first administra
ton was distinguished by cessation OF the
strlfes which sprang from the war, by a
large reduction Of the national debt. and by
sc ttlement of the difficulties with Epgland.
During the latter half OF his administration
violent opposition arose to Grant, led by
men In his own party. He was, however,
reelected to the presidency In 1872 by q
larger vote and larger majority than any
candidate had received sinc1 the United
states became nation. Soon after he left
the presid ential chair he set nut on tour
around The world, returning by way of Cali-
forniR.
We all know the rest, tho triumphal march
from the Pacific TO the Atlantic, the Chicago
convention OF 1850. the Wall street crash OF
MAY, 1854, aud the past nine months of
suffering and waiting.