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was, tDaJ yOu tnOuRut Vi mo, ana, II 1 got IN a
tight place. you would come-if alive. My only
points OF doubt were as to your knowledge OF
grand strategy and of books OF science and his
tory; but l confess your common sense seems to
have supplied all this"
VII.
Upon Grants career up to his assumption OF
the supreme NINA of tho fortunes Of tho
Union the present bieRrapher submits some
comments which seem to us discriminating and
Just In an exceptional degree. He points out
that the development Of Grant into the dimen.
sions Of a great commander had been progress
sivc, and that there had been no steps backward.
Through victory and defeat alike he advanced
In knowledge. In self.con6dcnce, and in the mas
terry OF the conditions of war. His carly expert
ence as a soldier had taught him useful lessons;
but it had given him no undue confidence, nor
was he haiupered by the worship of precedents
and the exaggerated respect for mere theories of
war that paralyzed others who had won the con.
fdencc Of tho country and OF the authorities
while he was still an obscure volunteer.
His experience In the army as a quarter
master had taught him tho Importance OF
looking after the means OF transportation
and supply for troops; and that memorable
ride at y Monterey had burnt into his memory, rs
no m're routine experience could have done, a
knowledge OF the necessity OF keeping fighting
men always supplied with ammunition. II he
did not rank so high as some others as q student
OF the art of war as written, Grant was q close
student of events. In his first movement against
tho enemy. as an officer Of volunteers, he felt
great concern; but the discovery that the Con.
federate commander. more frightened than he
was, had left the field before he arrived, taught
him a lesson he never forgot. From that event
to the close Of the war, he tells us. 1 never eS-
rf.-
enemy. I never forgot that he had as much
reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson
was valuable"
From some OF the remarks Just quoted and
from others made in the course Of the narrative.
1t might be inferred that Grant was ignorant of
the historical records OF war. Against such an
Inference Col. Church is careful to guard. He
AYERS that, in addition to his great common
sense. Grant knew the lessons of war as com.
plctcly as any General that ever lived. This
assertion is made good by the testimony of John
Russell Young. based upon a conversation
which he had with Grant during tho ~lattcr's
voyage around tho world: Walking up and
down the deck, Grant went on to describe all or
Napo!eon's campaigns. from Marengo down TO
lcipsic, speaking OF each battle in the most
minute manner-the number of men engaged on
either side. oven the range OF their guns and
the tactics OF both sides; why victory came
and why defeat came-as thoroughly learned
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