The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-04-16
GENERAL u. 8. GRANT.

GENERAL y. 8. GRANT.
A Concise Biographical Sketch Of the Life
Of the Great Military chisttan.
Ulysses s Grant, eighteenth president of
the United States, was born at Point Pleasant,
| Ohio, April q, >1822 His ancestors were
Scotch. In 1928 his parents removed t6 George
town, O., where his boyhood was. passed He
entered West Point military academy in 1s39
His name originally was Hiram Ulysses, but
the appointment was blunderingly made Ulys-
ses s., and so it had to remain. The study in
which he showed most proficiency during his
course at the academy was mathematics. He
graduated IN 1843 at the age of 81 years, rank
ing 21st in class of SO, and was made brevet
second lieutenant OF infantry, and attached as
ment which was stationed On the Missouri
frontier.
In 1s45 the regiment was orderd to Texas,
and Grant was commissioned as full ieuten-
ant He first saw blood shed at Palo Alto,
May Sth, 1S46 He took part in every battle
OF the Mexican war; After the battle of Moli-
no del Ray he was appointed first lieutenant
for his gallantry and was breveted captain for
his conduct at ghapultepec. .After the cap
ment Was stationed at Detroit. =
In l94S ne married Julia T. Dent, daughter
OF merchant of St Louis and sister of one of
his classmates: In 1852 he accompanied his
regiment to California and Oregon, and in 1858
was commissioned full captain. In 1854 he re-
forf r
There his daughter Nellie and one Of his sons
fred were born. He subsequently removed
to St. Louis where he fought the Wolf from
the door, being unable to obtain employment
In 1850 he moved to Galena, Ill.,, where his
father was engaged in the leather trade,
who was then 80 years old and tho father of
children, the eldest of whom was II, was
chosen to command company of volunteers
with which he marched to Springfield. There
ne a'. acted as mtlstering officer and on June II,
his regiment at Mattoon and marched to MIS-
souri,. Reporting to Gen. Pope he was placed
in command of the troops at Mexico
On August % the president commissioned
him brigadier, general of volunteers, pro
and assumed command at Carlo. He seized
Paducah, at the mouth of the Tennessee,
on Sept 6 which was his first military
achievement and accured three days after he
assumed his new command. On Nov. with
two brigades he fought the battle of Belmont
Sdrs shot he ar S in e person and had
with him as colonel Grant then was given
command of the district of Cairo, one Of the
largest military divisions of the country. After
reconnaissance he started on Feb. from Padu-
cal cah w. with 2 force of 1900 men for the
capture. of the latter being the first
brilliant victory that had crnwned
the federal arms Grant sprang at once into
national celebrity. He was Immediately COM
missioned major general of volunteers and
took command Of 40, 600 to make an expedition
Shiloh, April 6 and z, where both sides lost
about $4,000, he was slightly wounded Gen.
Halleck was called to Washington and Grant
became commander Of the department of West
Tennessee. He won complete victory Sept
- at 1uka and was attacked at his position at
tended to Vicksburg and was designated the
department of the Tennessee. After his seige
and capture Of Vicksburg, July 4, 1862,
he was promoted to the rank Of major
general of the regular army, and was
placed LIN in command .n Of the Mississippi,
by Sherman, Thomas, Burnside and Hooker
After his victories at Missionary Ridge, and
Lookout Mountain, congress voted him med
al and passed a bill reviving the grade of lieu
tenant general and Grant was Immediately NOM
mated He received his commission from
President Lincoln and on March II, 1864, as
sumed command of the armies of the United
States, with headquarters at Potomac. With
700, 700 mon under him he planned two cam
paigns, one under Gen. Meade, to operate
against Lee at Richmond, the other under Sher-
man against Atlanta. On May Grant moved
on Richmond crossing the Rappadan with the
army of the Potomac, with 14O, 600 men push
ing through the Wilderness, where the bloody
battle of the Wilderness was fought which
foiled Grants attempt to interpose his army
repulsed by Lee with bloody results, he sent
the famous message which closed with, ri
propose to fight 1t out on this line if it takes
all summer" And he did His losses were
s, ,551, and Lees 80, 600.
After tho evacuation of Richmond and the
April g. Grant fixed his headquarters at Wash
ington and on July Is, 1866 was commissioned
general OF the United States army. He was
made secretary of war during the suspension
Of Stanton from August H. 1867, to January
Is, 1868
He was unanimously nominated on the first
ballot for president at the republican conven-
hon held at Chicago MAJ 21, 1868 with Schuy-
Ter Colfax vice president. The ticket carried
26 states. He was inallxurated March 4, 1869.
In 1871 President Grant urged tho annexa-
lion of Santo Domingo, but the senate withheld
its approval A commission of five British and
Eve American members, on May 8 signed a
treaty on the subject of navigation and the
alabama Claims" The latter was submitted
to court of arbitration at Geneva, Switzer-
100 was awarded to be paid by the British gov
ernment to the United States for damages to
American commerce by Confederate cruisers
fitted out in British ports. The Ku-Klux bill
was enforced by presidential proclamation.
he appointed commission to inquire into
NIY11V 0Yo1r 1Yy
He was renominated and elected to another
term in 1872 In 1874 he vetoed bill to increase
the volume ofcurrency.
At the close of his term, accompanied by his
family, he made trip around the world, and
everywhere received with the highest honors
sver accorded citizen of the United States. His
return homo was q perfect ovation from San
Francisco, where he landed, to his home at
.3alena, whence he had started on his brilliant
career
gagged in business, which resulted dlsastrously.
His last days were burdened by regret that his
honorable name should 20 down to posterity
with tho blot he fancies the exploits of his
partner Ferdinand Ward have cast upon it by
his business transactions.
Paul as the guest of Henry Willard on the cele-
bration Of the opening of the Northern Pacific
railroad. Of all the notables Of that auspicious
day Gen. Grant was the cynosure of every eye
IN the vast multltude that thrOnSed the line of
march
On the Sd of February last congress accepted
the war relics and mementoes of the famous
hero, upon which he had placed mortgage
to William Vanderbilt to secure loan of $780,
700 and which Vanderbilt presented Mrs
Grant, she accepting, on condition that they be
presented to the United States. The memen-
toes will be placed in the government building.
On the 4th of March Gen. Grant was placed
on the retired list Of the army, with rank and
pay Of general, and the first official act Of Pres
ident Cleveland was to sign Gen. Grants COM
mission.
0enua1 Barr1os Certainly Dead.
Secretary Whitney has received dispatch
from Commander Mahan, of the Wachusett,
dated at La Libertad, San Salvador, which
says: 3Barrios is certainly dead. The Nicara-
guans entered Honduras, routing the enemy,
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