The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

was killed and must have grown very pale,
for Colonel Lagow, who came dashing up
at that time asked me what was the mat
ter. / told him l was killed, statement
which evidently surprised him, for he asked
me where / shot"
Il replied, in the leg and he thereupon
asked me to see if 1 could move my toes.
tried II and found that | could. Colonel La
cow then told me that l was not badly
hurt. 1 afterward found that he was right.
1t was only a flesh wound. though IL has
caused me a great deal of trouble since
then. AS 1t was. / wrapped a cloth about
my leg and kept in the saddle until the bat
tie was over"
But did not your father pay some at
tention to you at such times?'
Not much" replied Colonel Grant. HE
could not. You see, he had his hands full
of other things"
How about your mother? 1 should think
she would have been terribly alarmed
NO, she was not" was the reply. she
never knew of my dangers until they were
over, and she did not bother herself about
things that were past
GENERAL GRANT IN BATTLE.
How did General Grant appear in bat
tle?" / asked.
Just the same as in peace was the re-
ply. He did not grow excited. and he
seemed quiet and self-p possessed when 9TH
ers were troubled. 1 could usually tell how
he felt by looking at his face. His blue
eyes would often flash and his expression
become determined. On the battlefield he
would ride with his head erect to the points
where the heaviest firing was going on.
He seemed to see everything. and he took
into account the smallest and seemingly
least important details. 1 was by his side
at the battle of Champion Hills, when he
gave General Logan orders TO storm the
enemys lines, which move resulted in the
capture of three thousand prisoners and Of
all the Confederate artillery. After giving
that order he turned, and. almost in the
same breath told one of his escort TO dis
mount and give drink of water to a poor
wounded soldier near by. During the siege
of Vicksburg he seemed to work day and
night He was the first TO get up in the
morning and the last TO go to sleep. He
was on horseback all day, and p large part
of the nights were spent in writing out his
orders, which were very long and full of
the minutest details
did he talk much of his battles?'
mo not unless something came up which
called for it. He very modest man.
He was always careful Of the feelings of
Others and the request of a private soldier
received much attention from him as
that of an officer. Personally he was loved
by his soldiers. and i know it used to make
me happy as boy when heard the cheers
and hurrahs of enthusiasm go up from the
soldiers as father passed along the lines"
/ here asked Colonel Grant to give me
some idea of General Grant as man. He
| replied:
MY fathers character is almost a part
| of my religion. L revere it so much that i
can hardly discuss it, He has ever been
my ideal of all that is true and good.
have n boy who IS everything to me, and
whom 1 want to bring up properly. 1 tell
him that the most L can hope for him is
that he may be as good man as his
grandfather was. My fathers character
was what / believe a good Christian leader
would consider the ideal one. He was pure
in thought and deed. He was careful OF
the feelings of others-so much so. in fact.
that when he had to do something TO hurt
them l believe he felt more panied than
the people whom he hurt"
a PURE-MINDED MAN.
81 have heard stories in which General
Grant has been reported as using profane
language. Are such stories true?''
No" replied Colonel Grant. My father
has told me himself that he had never ut
tered an oath i'm his life. He did not use
even the ordinary explosives. such as are
| common among men. When he was a
| young man i heard him two or three times
! say thunder and once / remember hear.
| ing him say thunder and lightning Blu
| during the latter part of his life he did no.
use even such expressions. He never sale
anything that approached coarseness. II,
| never told a vulgar story. would h,
listen to one if he could possibly help it.
/ remember that one time some gentlemer
were chatting together, among whom wa.
my father. One of the men said: Il know
| an excellent story, which, however, 1
would hardly be proper TO tell befor'
ladies' Here my father stopped him ano
| said: We'll, if that is so, let us then sa,
that it should not be told before gentlemen.
My father would always leave a crows
rather than listen to such stories
| "You are your fathers literary executor
Colonel? How about his unpublished let
tiers? Did he leave any,"
Yes" replied Colonel Grant. There ar
quite a number. l have several boxes o
his papers and letters, and when 1 hav
| leisure / may perhaps edit some of them
Many of them have been loaned to Johl
| Russell Young, of Philadelphia, who is nov
writing a life of General Grant"
You helped your father in the prepare
| ton of his book / understand some part
of the first volume were written over an
over again?"
Eyes. that is true as to the matter relat
ing to Shiloh. This was prepared first 70
the Centuary Magazine and father did no
at the time know exactly what wanted
He wrote the article first, and then Nj
r. L. Johnson, of the Century, talked
over with him. He asked many question
about things and upon fathers replyin
would say. Why. that is interesting. VIII
don't you put that in your article? ii
made such suggestions again and agair
and father added to and rewrote those az
ticles over and over. This work Shove
him what the people wanted ID know fror
him, and gave him the idea IF a popula
book. This was, in fact his literary train
ing for the work. and Mr.. Johnson may b
called his literary tutor. Ii was the Cen
fury articles which caused the book to b
written FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Cages Politics.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The considerations influencing the selec
| tion are so exclusively those relating TO hi
| merit that small attention has been paid I
his record as "A party man. lie mas bee