National Republican., 1885-04-02

Pleasant, Ohio, April 20, 1902. In the
following year his parents removed to
Georgetown, Ohio, and here his boyhood
was passed. lie entered West Point
Academy in 1889 as the appointoe of Con-
gresham Thomas L. Hamer. In 1913 ho
graduated, ranking twonty-frst In his
class of thirty nine, and was made
brcvet second lieutenant. In 1915 he was
ordered to Con. Taylor's army in Texas
and mado n full lieutenant. In the
Mexican war, that began shortly after, no
took part in the sbattles of palo Alto,
Resaca do la Palma, aud Monterey
under Gen. Taylor. and being after
ward transferred to tho army un-
der Scott, was in all tho engagements
from Vera Cruz to tho capture of
the City of Mcxico. His galantry at
Molino del Rey and Chapultepec won him
first lieutcnancy and q brevet captaincy.
AZ the close Of the war he returned with
| his regiment, and In 1siS married Miss
Julia I. Dent, of st. Louis. In 1859 his
regiment was sent to the Pacific coast,
and while stationed at Fort Vancouver
in 1898 he was commissioned captain. In
| 1904 he resigned and settled at St.
| Louis, whore he cultivated q farm
in the vicinity and carried on the
business of real estate agent.
In 1859 he was employed by his father in
| the tanner = and leather trade ut Galena,
ILL.,, whore the breaking out of the
rebellion found him. He was chosen
captain Of u company of volunteers, with
| which ho procc eded to Springfield, and.
/ after brief service as mastering officer,
Gov. Yates appointed him colonel OF the
| 2lst Illinois regiment, dating from Juno
II, 1851. On Aug. 23 no was promoted
to brigadier general, and assumed COM
mand of the troops at Cairo. Soon after
he took possession of Paducah and
Smithland, KY, aud on Nov. Z fought
the battle OF Belmont. Early in Febru-
ary, 1862, with force of $1,000 men and
hotilla Of gunbOats, he proceeded
against Forts Henry aud Donelson. Fort
Henry surrendered to the gunboats Feb
@, and on Feb. 10 Fort Donelson was
captured aftor bloody fighting. 1t was
the first brilliant success achieved by
the Union armies, and Grants fame
was at once established. lIe was
Immediately commissioned major gem
eral. At daybreak Of April q, while
at Pittsburg Landing awaiting ro-en-
forcements, his army was attacked by an
overwhelming force under Gen. Albert
| Sidney Johnston, and after bloody and
desperate battle driven back to the river
The arrival of Buell's army In the night
enabled him to change the face of affairs
on tho 9TH by defeating the confedcrates
badly. Corinth fell into his hands in
May. In July he was made commander
Of the department of West Tennessee.
Sept. II he defeated the rebels under Gen.
Price at luka. His department having
been extended to include Mississippi as
far down as Vicksburg, Grant spent the
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Gibraltar of the west" After several
futile experiments he moved his army
down the west side of the river. and,
crossing to tho east side below Vicksburg,
began the brilliant campaign that, in
cluding victories at Raymond, Jackson,
Champions Hill, and Big Black, ended
with the capture OF Vicksburg and Penn
berton's army of $1,000 men July T., 1863.
Promoted to mai general Of the regular
army he was made commander of the
military division Of the Mississippi, and,
proceeding to Chattanooga, concentrated
his forces, attacked Bragg, and won the
famous battles of Missionary Ridge and
Lookout Mountain. Longstrcet was
quickly compelled TO raise the siege of
Knoxville, aud soon afterward Congress
revived tho grade Of Lieutenant general,
to which President Lincoln at once APP
pointed him. Gen. Grant issued his first
general order assuming command Of the
armies of the United States on March II,
1864, and the good influence OF having q
great soldier in supreme control soon be-
came manifest. Sending Sherman on the
lOug campaign that included the down
fall oil Atlanta and the great march
through Georgia and tho Carolinas,
he came east aud assumed per-
sOaal command of the Army Of the
Potomac. May 3 witnessed his army ad-
vancing toward Richmond. Desperate
and sanguinary battles marked every
step OF progress, aud when Grant reached
the James river he had lost $4,000 men.
while Lee had lost from $4,000 to 5000
Of his unrcplaceable veterans. The re-
lcntlesgly pressed siege of Petersburg
followed, aud in april, 1865, came to an
end in tho downfall of Petersburg and
Richmond, and the surrender OF Lees
army at AppomattoX Court House. In
every sense the hero of the war Grant
now established his headquarters in
Washington. Congress created the rank
of general for him. and no Was commits
stoned July %, 1866. In 1867, when
President Johnson suspended Stanton,
Grant was made Secretary of War ad
interim, and held the Office until Jan.
IL, ls6s. Tho Republicans unanimously
nominated him their candidate for Presi-
dent, May u, 1868, and ho defeated Ho.
ratio Seymour, receiving 2li electoral
votes to so, lie was reelected in 1872,
defeating Horace Greeley, aud receiving
popular majority OF 782,09l. Ills cleo
toral vote was 2o6 TO so for the other
candidates.
After his retirement from the presi-
dency, Gen. Grant spent some months
in the uuwonted restfulness of private
lie aud then undertook his famous
tour around the world. Everywhere
he went tributes of admiration and
respect were showered upon him, such
n no crowned head of the world
could have secured. Ilo was the honOred
guest OF royalty and of ancient and fa-
nous corporations. The freedom of Eng
lands chief cities was voted 10 him, aud
in China ho was asked to aottle great
questions Of domestic and foreign policy.
On his return his friends made u great
effort TO bring about his nomination to a
third term OF the presidency, but tradi.
tiuual opposition TO departure from
the example set by Washington de-
feated tho movement for his pOmi-
nation. Since then his only con.
ncCtion with public affairs was in repre-.
senting the United States in the negotia-
tiOu Of treaty of commerce with Mex
leo. Establishing his home in New York,
hG embarked his means in the banking
business carried on by his sons and Ferdi-
nand Ward. The villainy of the latter
wrecked the establishment, swept away
his whole property, and hastened hi;
death, With the character and progres:
Of his fatal malady all are familiar.
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Blaine on Grant.