Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-06

sire to pull up his friends with him. II
never occurred to him to claim the glory
OF any campaign. He always spoke OF his
victories as due to this, that, and the other
General He was the best balanced man
ever saw. / never once saw him exalted
by the most glowing success nor depressed
by failure, He took things as they came.
He had more of the qualities that inspire
hero worship than any one ever came in
contact with. Such q man does not ap-
pear but once in an age. He rarely ever
used profane word. When angry, which
was rare, he was the opposite Of other men.
He would then knit his brows, compress
his lips, and speak slowly"
What day did he enter Wcksburg?"
"The 4th of July. Gen. Pemberton
wanted him to enter the day before, but he
replied: No, have been waiting to cele-
brate the 4th.' The first thing he did was
to issue abundant rations and parole the
prisoners. That was a master stroke to
parole them, for had he sent them North
they would have been q tremendous ex-
pense to the Government, and as soon as
exchanged they would have returned to the
rebel ranks. AS it was they were glad to
go home and remain on their parole"
You say Gen. Sherman was in full sym-
pathy with Gen. Grant?"
-Assuredly. / remember to have heard
Gen. Sherman use remarkable sentence
in speaking of his chief. Said he: The
thing that makes Gen. Grant SO great is,
that it is impossible to incumber him with
men or responsibilities. He could COM
mand million men if you could get a field
big enough. Gen. Grant commanded the
longest line of battle ever fought in the
history of the world-that Is Mission Ridge,
sevel miles. Fighting was going on that
entire length at once. The General sat
quietly by q little telegraph instrument and
ordered commander after commander to
develop what was in front of him. He al
ways knew what he was doing. He once
ordered certain general, whose name
will not give, to make an assault. The
general, who did not want him to succeed.
replied: Il fully comprehend your order,
but to carry it out is the destruction of my
army. Gen. Grant instantly sat down and
wrote: II am gla d you comprehend my or
DER obey It, Victory was the result
"Gen. Grant was the first one to dis
cover the brilliant fighting and command
ing qualities of John A. Logan. 1t is q
mistake that any Of Gen. Logan's prefer
ment came from political centers- he won
it all on the field with his sword
under Gen. Grants eye. They
had absolute faith in each other. and were
as affectionate as brothers. There was no
man north of Mason and Dixon's line that
so quickly forgot the bitterness engendered
by the war. No one had higher apprecia-
ton of the valor and brilliancy of the
Southern soldiers. He said Lees Army of
Northern Virginia had never been excelled
ON earth"
Where did you first see Gen. Grant?"
"At Galena, ILL.,, before the war. He was
sitting in front of his fathers tannery whit
Ting and smoking small pipe. He cared
nothing for business. He had no idea of
its details. He would not have known q
piece of bank paper from Chinese wash
bill. Capt. Grant. as he was then called,
looked about as old then as he did four
years ago. when saw him last"
Did you live in Illinois?"
"Yes; practiced medicine within twenty
miles of the General.