The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-22
GRANTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Some Interesting Extracts from the
Last Volume Of his Story.

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New York Timesl
me second Vo'ume Oh zen GRANT
au,opiography taxes up Tue 'n'eao
OF the story where the nrs' sol"me
nao dropped u namely IN the 'n'u-
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way 10 take charge Vi Tue operations
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events In It's author career lar
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as new suporuihates 10 o'sc"ss,
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nous apple tree, and the much
talked of surrendering of Lees sword
and nv handing it back is the pur.
.st nonsonso- 10 neyor snoLe 70
~
Lee aoou' priVa'e property or sue
arms, and when put my pen to
the paper / did not know the first
word that should make use of
IL had IN so,d;ar,s h,o,so With
' on '' /,
straps OF his rank put no sword ana
must have contrasted very strange
| ly with a man so handsomely dres-
sed q foot h;ob and IF fanltIase
- ;, WI. A., - a. ...
ior T' " men .hc new" CIV Vi Tue ~"
render reached the Union lines
the troops commenced firing a
salute. but Grant ordered it stopped
.s ho .o,la no, ax,,. o,or r;son
800
ers,
General Grant lays much stress
on the great advantage the South
ern Generals enjoyed for defensive
warfare, among population con-
stantly giving them aid and infor-
nation, and possessing complete
knowledge of the roads. He bitter
ly assails the aCopperhead press" OF
the North for belittling the Union
successes, and holds that the numer-
ical superiority Of the Northern
troops in action has always been
grossly exaggerated, partly, NO
doubt through the Southern methods
of calculating their forces by ''bayo
nets.' He dwells on the disintegra.
ton of Lees command at the last
giving some amusing anecdotes OF
It, and he insists on the efficiency
of his own troops. OF the Eastern
and Western armies that paraded in
Washington after the war, he says
II doubt whether an equal body
of men of any nation. take then
man for man, officer for officer, was
ever gotten together that would
have proved their equal in great
battle. The armies Of Europe arr
machines the men are brave sne
capable; but the majority of tn,
soldiers in most of the nations O
Europe are taken from class o
people who are not very Intelligent
and who have very little interest il
the contest in which they are callet
upon to take part. Our armies wer,
composed of men who were able t,
read, men who knew what they wer,
fighting for, and could not be in
d1ced to serve as soldiers except in
an emergency when the safety of tn,
nation was involved. and SO neces
sarily must have been more thar
equal to men who fought merely be
cause they were brave and becaus
thew were thoroughly drilled ant
;nured to hardships
He adds that Sherman's army wa
the less well dressed. .sbut thei
marching could not be excelled.'' :.
OF Mr.. lincoln and Mr. Stanton
who were exactly eopposite excep
that each possessed great ability.
Cen Grant draws sketches tia
show plainlv which way his likin
went 4
uMr. Lincoln gained influence owe
men nv making them feel that i
was n pleasure to serve him. H
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