The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-10
personal MEMOIRS"
Glance at General Grants
Forthcoming Work.
REVIEW
He Expresses Himself in a Manly,
STRAIGHTFORWARD Way and
to the Point.

He Expresses Himself in a Manly.
Straightforward Way and
to the Point.
New YORK, June S.-The Commercial 4d
r~erfiser publishes nearly a page OF extracts
from General Grants personal Memoirs
which will be published within few months.
The first volume is completed and the
second nearly so. The extracts given show
the work to be written in sturdy and terse
Anglo-Saxon, with here and there Il touch
of quiet humor. The dedication is Il fac
sinile OF the Generals manuscript and is as
follows: These volumes are dedicated
to the American Soldier and Sailor.
U. S. GRANT, New York, May %, 1885"
He begins by saying that he is Of Ameri-
can stock on both sides for many genera
tons. Matthew Grant, from whom he is a
descendant in the eighth generation, reached
Dorchester, Mass, in 1880, from Dorches-
ter, England. His great-grandfather, Noah
Grant, held a commission in the British
army, and his grandfather, also named
Noah, served in the war OF the Revolution.
HE GIVES ANECDOTES
OF his boyhood, his appointment to West
Point through the influence OF the Hon.
Thomas Morris. Congressman from Ohio,
tells the circumstances under which he first
saw General Scott and President Van Bu-
rem, contrasts the personal characteristics OF
Generals Scott and Taylor, gives a copy OF
his letter to Adjutant-General Thomas,
.],ta1 af (Hajann Illinois NI,v Och NE1
Offering his services to the United States.
and suggesting that he considered himself
to take command of a regiment.
This letter was never replied to and was for
a long time lost among the papers OF the
war office. Speaking of his first battle in
the civil war he says: CAS- we approached
the brow OF the hill from which it was ex-
pected we could see Harris camp and posi-
bly, find his men ready formed to meet us.
my heart, getting higher and higher, until it
felt to me as though it was in my throat,
would have given anything then to have
been back in Illinois, but | had not the
moral courage to halt and consider what
to do. | kept right on. When we reached
a point from which the valley below was in
full view, | halted. The place where Har-
ris had been cncamped ii few days before
was still there and marks of his recent en-
were lHdlilHA NISlbA,
BUT THE ROO WE'RE ONE.
heart resumed its place. 1t occurred to
me at once that Harris had been as much
afraid of me as | had been OF him. This
Il view OF the question | had never
taken before, but it was one | never forgot
afterwards. From that event to the close
the war | never experienced any trepida-
ton upon confronting an enemy He
upoaIc nf tho h,4f1a nf Font nnno1.rn of
some length. In speaking of the battle of
Shiloh he says that he considered the stu
alton as one in which the Federal forces
were on the offensive, but asserts that no
precautions for defense were neglected. On
this subject he continues as follows; Cen
eral Beaugard was next in rank to John
ston, and succeeded to command which he
retained until the close OF the battle and
during the subsequent retreat on Corinth,
as well as in the siege OF that place. His
nave been severely criticised
by Confederate writer's, but | do not be-
this fallen chief could have done ~
better under the circumstances and some OF
these critics claim that
SHILOH WAS WON
when .I%ohntsonfell, and that if he had not
allen the army under me would have been
or captured. 1t defeated the
1onfederates. at Shiloh. There is little
loubt that we should have been disgrace
ully beaten if all the shells and bullets
ired by us had passed harmlessly over the
enemy, and il all Of theirs had taken effect.
Commanding Generals are liable to be killed
Turing engagements, and the fact that when
re was shot Johnson was leading a brigade
induce it to make a charge which had
)een repeatedly ordered, is violence that
here was neither universal Generalization
N our side nor u~nbounded confidence on
heirs, which has been claimed. There was,
II fact, no hour during the day when |
the eventual defeat OF the enemy,
although | was disappointed that reinforce
nents so near at hand did not arrive at an
hour
APOLOGY To M'CooK.
In this connection he refers to his article
n the Century and his remarks in it in re-
ard to General \. Med. McCook, which
SO much public comment. He tells
If the long march of the day before over
he muddy roads by General McCook's di-
-ision, of its conspicuous acts of gal
antry' on the day of the battle, and con-
ludes in these words: II refer to these cir
umstances with minuteneSs because ] did
McCook ar injustice in my article
n the Century though not to the extent
ne would suppose from the public press
| am not willing to do any one
n injustice, and if convinced ! have done
ne | am always willing to make the fullest
dmissiOn.'
Then follow the accounts of the siege and
apture of Nicksburg; OF his appointment
IS Northumberland, and adds:
LINCOLN NOT A MILITARY MAN
''In my first interview with Mr.. Lincoln
lone, he stated to me that he had never
'rofessed to be a military man, or to know
campaigns should be conducted, and
ever wanted to interfere with them, but
hat procrastination On the plea OF COM
handlers and the pressure OF the people at
he North and OF Congress, which like the
he had always with him. had forced
i'm into issuing his well known series of
Executive Orders He did not know but
hat they were all rem All he wanted or
lad wanted. he said, was that some one
iould take the responsibility and act, and
all on him for all the assistance needed"
Describing his command OF the division
the Mississippi, lie tells how he met Sec
Stanton at Indianapolis; how they
vent to Louisville, and adds: soon after
ie started, the Secretary handed me two
riders, saying | could take my choice OF
hem. The two were identical, except in
ne particular, the military division of The
Mississippi,
GIVING Me COMMAND.
omposeu OF t;le departments OF the Oh;O.
he Cumberland and the Tennessee, and all
territory from the Alieghanies to the
Mississippi on The north and Banks com
nand in the southwest. One order left the
commanders as they were.
,hile the other relieved Rosecrans and rs
igned Thomas to his place | accepted the
AFTER
He says that Secretary Stanton caught a
old on that trip, from which he never re-
He gives a graphic description OF
Iow Chattanooga was saved; ofhowh he was
ent for in haste at night by Secretary
stanton, whom he found pacing the floor
aDidly in about the garb Jefferson Davis
,as wearing subsequently when he wascap-
ured-a dressing gown, but without the
hawl and sunbonnet. General Grant adds:
He showed me ii dispatch, showing that Il
etreat must De prevented. | Immediately
,rote an order assuming command OF the
division OF the Mississippi and
elegrap!.ed it to General Rosecrans. /
the order from Washington.
%ssisning to Thomas the army OF the Cum
and to Thomas that he
MUST HOLD C~HATTASOOGA
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