Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-07-30
Biographical Sketch Of the Most Noted Un,nS
actor OF the Centnry.


Ulysses Simpson Grant was born al Point
Pleasant, o.. April q, lS?! His ancestors
were Scotch Hi, parents, in lN!3, removed
tn the Y lDge of GcOrgctuwu, o. where his
bOyhOOl was passed.
At the age ol seventeen General Grant en-
tered the Military Academy at West Point. He
had been chri,tcncd Hiram Ulysses, but the
Congressman who procured his appointment
bv mistake, wrote him down as Ulysses S
Grant The authorities at West Point and
the Secretary Of War were pettioucd by the
Young cadet TO correct the blundcr but no no
lice was taken Of the request. Ulysses s.
Grant had been recorded, and Ulysses $.
Grant he remained. The study in which he
showed the most proficiency was mathematics
lie graduated IN lS43, twenty first In class VI
thirty-ninr, aud was commissioned BrcvCt
Second Lieutenant, and assigned to the Fourth
Infantry.
In The summer Of 1916 the regiment was or.
dCrci TO Texas 10 join the army Of General
TAYLOR. He was commissioner Lieutenant
September 30. His first battle was at Palo
Alto, MAY g. 1916, and he subsequently took
part also in the battles Of RcsaCa de- la Palma
and Monterey, and the siege Of Vera Cruz.
In April, lS41, he was made Quarternastcr Of
his regiment, and after the battle Of MOlinO
del Rev, September S 1871, he was apI Iointed
on the field First Lieutenant for his gallantry.
lie was especially mentioned in Colonel Gar.
lands report Of the battle Of ChapultcpcC, aud
was breyettcd CAPITA II, his commission dating
from that battle. After the capture Of the
City Of Mexico Grant returned with his rcgi-
mnnt and was stationed first at Detroit and af-
tcrward at Sackctts llarbOr.
In lS4S he married Miss Julia 7. Dent,
| daughter of a merchant in st. Louis and sister
| Of one Of his 81 lssmatCs. In 1872 he accom-.
| panied his regiment to California and Oregon,
aud In 1853 was commissioned Captain. In
| 1854 he resigned his commission in the army
and removed TO GravOis. near 81. Louis, where
he operated a farm. There his daughter Mel.
| lie now Mrs, SartOris was born In 1853 he
removed TO Galena, H., and engaged in the
leather trade with his father and his brother,
| Oryillc.
On the 18th of April, 1861, Fort sumter fell.
On the 18th President Lincoln made his call
| for troops, and on the 10Th Grant was drilling
a company Of volunteers IN Galena Four DAYS
later he took II to Springfield. From there he
| wrote to the Adiutant-G General Of the army, Of
fcring his services TO the Government in ans
capacity in which II cared to make use of him
Grant remained at Springfield and helped Il
organize the volunteer troops Of the State
After five weeks Of this work, which his mill
tary education had specially fitted him for
Governor Ya'Cs offered him the Twenty-frs
Regiment Of Illinois infantry.
He took command Of his regiment early II
June and marched TO Missouri. Reporting Il
Brigadcr.GCncral POpe, he was stationed a
Mexico, about fifty miles north Of the Missouri
river. On August 23 he was commissioned
Brigader.Gcnrral Of Volunteers his commits
sion being dated back TO May II. His lirs
military achievement was the seizure Of Padu
cah, Ky., which commanded the navigation o
both the Tennessee andthe Ohio. At the battl
Of Belmont November I, 1861, Grant com
manded in person and had horse shot undo
him, February q, he captured Fort Henry, an,
ten days later Fort DunclsOn surrendered L
him. His reply TO tlr Confederate Genera
Buckner In command Of Fort DOnelsOn, VIII
sent to him asking terms Of captulaton, wa
cminCntly characteristic of the great soldier
'No terms except unconditional and immediate
surrender can Oc acccp.eC. propose NOV
Immediately upon YOUR works. The term
were complied with. and the Stars and Stripe
soon ilutcrcd over Fort Donclson.
General Grant was at once promoted to b,
Major General and appointed Commander o
the District of West Tennessee. Immediately
after the capture Of Fort DonelsOn, Grant fel
under General Halleck's displcasurc, and wa
removed, but In about a week was ordered I
resume his command. The great battle O
Shiloh was fought on Sunday and Monday
the 9Th and 1th Of April, 1902, and resulted i
/
this engagement that the Con icdcratc Genera
Albert Sidney johnson was killed. At tn
siege Of Corinth Grant was second In con
mand 10 General llallcck, and when the latte
was called TO Washington, Grant was appoint
ed TO the command OF the Army Of the Ter
nessee, He captured VCksburg July 4, 1856;
and defeated Bragg at Chattanooga in Novcu
Der following, In March, 1864, President Llr
coin appointed Grant Commander Chief {
lhn Ik.H HalI Wtttl, th..w y..T Ia.
tenantGcneral On the 18th OF that mont
Grant Issued his first general order assumin
command Of the armies Of the United States
and announced that headquarters would be ~
the field, and, until further orders, with III
Army Of the POtomaC.n At midnight, MAY
Grant began the movement against Richmond
which, after a series OF hard-fought battle
: resulted in the capture Of the Confederat
Capital, April 3, 1865. On the 9th Of the sam
month General Lee and his entire comman
: surrendered TO Grant at AppOmatlox COur
House, Va.
In July, 1865, General Grant was commit
stoned General of the Army grade esI
cialiy PROV &C. or nm Dv act OF COngrei
August ~, 1867, President johnson suspende
Secretary Stanton from office, and appointt
General Grant Secretary Of War nd interim
This office Grant held until January ID, 1856
when he returned 1t TO Mr.. Stanton, whose r
lhuNh lnc Inllcu Gthph ocuht Huu Iclubt
TO sanction.
AT the Republican National Convention he
e in Chicago, May 81, 1868, General Grant WI
G nominated on the first ballot for Presiden
I He was elected in the fall, with the late Ho
e Schuyler Colfax as Vicc-President. In Il
Republican National Convention held in Phi
adelphla June 3, 1872 Grant was renominat,
a by acclamation, Henry Wilson, Of Massach'
0 sets, being nominated for Vice President |
received popular majority Of nearly S00,0
:, votes over Horace Greeley, the Democrat
: nominee.
s Shortly after tho expiration Of his term
q 1877 the General and Mrs. Grant made a to
6 around the world landing In San Francisc
/. in September OF that year He was receiy,
i everywhere with the highest considerable
: the Governments and peoples Of the o
/ World vying with each other in doing hon
0 TO the American soldier and patriot.
8 General Grant was very prominent cant
=, date before the Chicago National Republici
Convention In 1880, for the nomination
, President for third term, but did not succe
J. in getting the nomination. Sluce then he h
s lived In New York. His financial troubles O
too recent to need mention In this connectio
In the last hours Of the recent Congress, a b
Z was passed placing the old hero onthe retir
' list OF the army, with the rank and pay
: General,