The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-31
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Ulysses Simpson Grant was born at Point
Pleasant, O., April q, 1S2a. His ancestors
were Scotch. His parents. in 1879, removed
70 the village Of Georsstown, O., where his
At the age of seventeen General Grant en-
tered the Military Academy at West Point.
He had been christened Hiram Ulysses. but
the CONGRESSMAN who procured his AppOint-
ment, By mistake, WROTE him down ~ nfy sses
8, Grant The authorities at West Point and
the Secretary Of War were petiticned BY the
young cadet to correct the blunder, but no
notice was taken Of the request. Ulysses 8
Grant had been recorded and ULYSSES s.
Grant he remained. The study in which he
81 the most proficiency was mSthemat-
class OF thirty nine, and was commissioned
Breyet Second Lieutenant, and assigned TO
the Fourth Infantry;
dered to Texas to join the army Of General
Taylor. He was commissioned Lieutenant
September 30. His nrst battle was ut Palo
Alto, May 8, 1916, and he subsequently took
part also in the battles OF Resaca de 10 Palma
and Monterey, and the siege Of Vera Cruz In
April, le41, he was made Quartermaster OF
bis regiment. and after the battle Of Moline
del Rey, September s, ls47. he was appointed
on the field First Lieutenant for his gal
lantry. He was specially mentioned in Col
onel Garland,s report of the battle of Cha
commission dating from that battle. After
the capture of the City of Mexico, Grant ro-
turned with his regiment and was first
stationed at Detroit and afterwards at
Sackets Harder.
In lS4s he married Miss Julia T. Dvnt,
daughter of merchant in st. Louis and Tho
sister of one of his classmste. In ls5s he
accompanied his regiment to California and
Oregon. and i'm 1853 was commissioned Cap
tain. In 1854 he resigned his commission in
the army and removed to Gravios. near 81.
Louis, where he opened farm: There his
In 1859 he removed to GalenA, Ill, and eli
gagged in the leather trade with his father
and brother, Orville.
On the 18th President Lincoln made his call
for troops. and on the 18th Grant WAS drifting
q company of volunteers in Galena. Four
days later he took it to Springfield. From
there he wrote to the AdjutantGeneralo Of
the army, Offering HIS services to the Gov
eminent in any capacity in which it cared to
make use of him. Grant remained at Spring
field and helped to organize the volunteer
troops of the State. After five weeks of this
work. which his military education had spe-
cially fitted him for, Governor Yates offered
him the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois in
fantry.
He took command of his regiment early iu
Jure and marched to Missouri. Reporting
to Brigadier General Pope, he was stationed
ut Mexico, about fifty miles north of the Mis-
souri, River. On August q he was commits
stoned Brigadier-Gencral of Volunteers, his
commission being dated back to May II. His
first military ach leyement was the seizure of
Paducah, Ky, which commanded the navi-
cation of both the Tennessee and the Ohio.
At the battle of Belmont, November Z,
Grant commanded in person and had
a horse shot nnuer him. February
{ he captured Fort Henry. and ten
days later Fort Donelson surrendered to
him. His reply to the Confederate General
Buckner i'm command of Fort DOnelson, who
sent to him asking terms of equalization,
was eminently characteristic of the great
soldier: mo terms except unconditional
and immediate surrender can be accepted.
| propose to move Immediately upon your
works" The terms were complied with, and
the Stars and Stripes soon flnttered over Fort
DonelsOn.
General Grant was at once promoted to bs
Major General. and appointed Commander Of
the District of West Tennessee. Immediately
after the capture of Fort Dor elson, Grant
fell under General Halleck's displeasure and
was removed. but in about week was
ordered to resume his command. The great
battle of Shiloh was fought on Sunday and
Monday, the 9TH and 9TH of April, ls'., and
resulted in a victory for the Union Soldiers
1t was in this engagement that the Confed
crate General Albert Sidney Johnston was
killed. At the siege of Corinth Grant
Hsileck. and when the latter was
called 10 Washington. Grant was appointed
to the command of the Army of the Tennes-
defeated Bragg at Chsttsnooga in November
In March, 1854, President Lincoln
appointed Grant Commanderin-Chiofo of the
armies in the field, with the rank of Lieuten-
ant-General. On the 18th of that month
Grant issued his first general order assuming
of the armies of the United States, 4
md announced that headquarters would be
I'm the field, and. until further orders. with
the Army OF the Potomac" At midnight.
May 3, Grant began the movement against
which, after a scrios of hard
Capital. April 9, 1853. On the 18th
Of the same month General Lee and his on
tire command surrendered to Grant at Ap- |
pomsttox Courthouse. Va
stoned General of the Army, a grade espe-
cialls provided for him by act of Congress.
August II, 1857, President Johnson suspended |
General rant Secretary Of War I'd interim. |
This Office Grant held until January IA. lo6S, |
when he returned it to Mr. Stanton, whose |
removal the United States Senate had refused |
10 sanction.
AT the Republican National Convention |
held in Chicago May l, 1868, General Grant |
was nominated on the first ballot for Presi- |
late Hon. Schuyler Colfax as vice-President. |
In the Republican National Convention held |
IN Philadelphia June 5, 1872, Grant was re-
sHne ~ BENZ nominatsd for Wee.
President. He received a popular majority
IF nearly 100000 votes over Horace Greeley, |
the Democratic nominee.
1871, the General and Mrs. Grant made a tour
around the world. landing ut San Francisco in
September Of that year. He was received |
everywhere with the highest consideration,
me Governments and peoples Of the Old
W orld vying with each other in doing honor
10 the American soldier and patriot
General Grant was very prominent csHdi-
late before the Chicago National Republican
in 1880, for the nomination for
for q third term, but did not sue
iced in getting the nomination. Since then
ne has lived In New York. His financial
troubles are too recent to need mention in
this connection. In the last hours OF the re-
sent Congress, a bill was passed placing the
Did hero on the retired list of the army, with
the raak and pay Of General.