The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-14
TIlETW0I GRANTS

,,,.,ri rs,her-Iis Aim ~ iifeA-iI,s FL.
'.,l.ns., IN Hattie with Ills Father
r,,rh,,psI Him, hut 10 iSopt III siit on.
ysw York preas. BriEalier General
r,eI Grant bears aisstriking resem-i
,,,scc 10 his father, as The old soldiers
ono fought in the armies OF the west
and o. the Potomac have observed. The
aim OF the beard. added TO the square
are, the blue eyes, and the aulctUan-
Ger goes lony way toward hcighteh-i
,,r this resemblance. ~ NJ
Fred Grant believes. naturally. that
.Sc highest compliment that Gun be paid
70 him Is 10 tell him that he looks like
tls father whom he idolizes, When at
Yves, Point the young manSwas asked
BY an upper class man:
"who was the greatest Americana"
"washInston," responded the plebe.
ale was the greatest general, too,
wasn't he?" leered tho ycarilng.
ale wasn't greater general than
ma father" said loyal Fred. R
"what!" howlcd the yearllng. 5"why.
Gran, Is 60 more to be compared to
Washington us general than a grass.
hopper to kangaroo" r K,
That was the signal for a fNht. and
Young Fred Grant was not worsted. rs
The build OF neither OF the Grants Is
mai which is popularity supposed 10 be
me Characteristic OF soldiers. U. s.
Gran, was stoop-shouldered. and his
san Is the same. only more SO. The
general opinion about U. s. Grant at
,se opening OF the civil war was wholly
unappreeIativc OF the qualities which he
s,terward showed. Who knows but
Fred Grant may display, after all, that
he resemblance to his father is not all
IN person? Who knows but n genuine
surprise IS In store, for America? as
There Is nothing in the life of Fred
Grant which would show that he should
moi achieve measure OF success rath-
Or above the average. He was with his
father before yicksburs. In his MEM
ors" the general said OF his son at this
lime: He looked out for himself and
was In every battle OF the campaign.
His age, then not quite thirteen, en-
aided him 10 take in oil he saw, and TO
retain recollection OF 1t that would not
be possible In more mature years"
Fred Grant was on the hurricane
deck OF one of the gunboats which ran
he batteries OF Vlcksbarg. He4stOod by
Ms fathers side at the time.
~ remember" said he last year to
Frank G. Carpenter, ''thut he. was
smoking at the time, and that uoticed
nm Intense light in his eyes.
M, 80,
i was on a sunpoat niue ia l''et
when we were near the batteries OF the
Grand Gulf. IGsay many men killed
.s,,,, .o,,. o,.. ~ :,
Gefe. 'e1iie'toet t ''e's't' o~s 80
Jump on the enemy'S parapet just as
cir guns were discharged at them. A
Iii or,,o5ad a, tho snot who're he was
sa." an,1, a. ,,,mst hove hiovn rim,
~ s.H hS.a nm.;nr This hatt,s was On n
1850. Iii, ne, f,tbar. and we ,yers
s,ssmIng In ont among the yunboats
ss.inn 80 e-tng - 80 Z 4 ~ n 50
49, a tiH,n Wa wont on hoard tho
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s sMS'.' .i 1 Nj, 10 th.- smgeesteJ
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T., ,,.' -, s =, r,,na,t r.,
.s,s ,.,,,..i &c., o-rasd and NO
..aT.sd ~ 5ia,ve " Tben The admiral
,r-nsd 10 mo and ASKED n did not
rex, engagement. He said that one OF
his best gunners had Just been killed,
and that l could have his place. Hook
Cd upon the wounded and dead men
shout me, and replied. trembling lest
ny father might contradict my state
nent. that I did not believe my papa
would leave me there IL I wanted to
gsy,
II was ALWAYS frightened when I got
under fire. but the excitement and in
terest was such that I could not keep
out Itrenemb erl / slept that night on
the gunboat Price. and when I awoke
The next morning I found my. father
had gone. knew there was a battle
o. shore. for I could hear the firing, and
asked General Lorenzo Thomas. who
Commanded the Price. to let me 70 to
Gee the fiuht. He told me that my
.athe- had piyen orders TINT I was NOT
IA Iaaye the boat shortly after this,
while We were landing some troops a
rabbi, inn,ne, mn and the soldiers tried
10 catch n asked General Thomas ff
eouid 90 with them He said YES. but
when 7 Te,ch.d ire eoIfIers the rabbii
Lad disonnnored 100 II''
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