Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-07-23

The announcement of the death OF
General Grant produced no surprise.
The public had been trained through
long months of tender watchfulness to
look forward to final dissolution as the
inevitable end of the sickness upon him.
And yesterdays dispatches assured us
that the end must como either last night
or to-day. He was spared to see The
light of another day and his soul went
out in the effulgent rays Of summer
mornings sun upon the mountain top.
The little family circle grouped about
the bedside of the distinguished soldier.
citizen when life's slender thread was
severed can experience grief no moro
heartfelt than that of the millions who
to-day bow their heads beneath this dis.
pensation of Providence.
General Ulysses s. Grant was born at
Point Pleasant, Ohio, on the 9th of
April, 1922, and was the eldest of six
children. His early life developed moth
ing to indicate the genius of his mature
years. His early surroundings were
plain, his father being in moderate cir
cumstances--neither rich nor poor. At
the age of seventeen he entered the
West Point military academy and there
began the course of study which fitted
him for the high military posi-
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the war of the rebellion. He graduated
from West Point in 1S43 as brevet Sec
ond lieutenant and participated in all the
battles of the Mexican war, receiving
two brevet promotions for gallant con-
duct. In 1848 he married Julia T. Dent,
daughter of q St. Louis merchant and
sister of Mrs. Major Sharp, of Yankton.
In 1854 General Grant resigned his CAP
tain's commission in the army and was
engaged in business up to the breaking
out of the southern rebellion. He entered
the union army early in 1861 as colonel
of the twenty.fr Illinois in.
fantry and was assigned with his
command to the army of the
west. In August of 1851 he was
promoted to brigadier general and be-
gan active work by the seizure of Pa.
ducah, Kentucky From this time on
his career Is familiar to the whole
world. Donelson followed and it made
Grant a major general. Success was
the result of every movement under his
direction and when he finally surround
ed and captured Vicksburg the country
began to look upon him
as the man of destiny,
raised up as the savior Of nation. His
final work in the west was at Lookout
Mountain and Missionary Ridge, where
he turned defeat into victory and as
sured the subjugation of the west. Pro-
NOTED to the rank of lieutenant general
and called to the immediate command
of the eastern army he fought the bat
ties which reduced Richmond, annihila-
ted the confederate army and restored
peace to the country after four years of
bloody strife. After the war the rank of
general was conferred upon him and he
was retained at the head of the military
forces of the United States. From this
place he was called to the presidency,
serving two terms, and since his retire
ment has lived the life of private citi-
zen.
To-day he is dead and while We mourn
we can also rejoice that he renamed on
earth long enough TO fully realize that
in his case at least republic was CRATE
full. He lived down the ISLANDERS and
calumnies born of political and
personal jealousies and it can
truthfully be said that in all this wide
world he has scarcely an enemy. Great
were his physical sufferings during the
months of his sickness, but these suffer
lngs were endured with that patient 81.
lence which was marked characteristic
of the man during the active period of
his life.
The name of Ulysses s. Grant has
passed into history and is enrolled
among the greatest and the best the
world has ever known.
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