The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-11-08
Gen. [. A. Grant.

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fhe fniaH broke uBi IN Augam, i-sl,
ig,aagl wi5ogi military training, BE-
vas sgpoinie8 bAsor q ihs fish Yer.
moni re5moni A maa,h isier he sAs
prvmuied a. tbs licsienani-noioacley u
ID. regiment. ans ~ September, issi2,
upos ihr resignation ~ COLONEL Henry
A. smhllry. b. became he ooionel q
that gallant regiment On The ash q
s,.yacmi,ey. 1865. upon The retirement
~ colonrl Whiting ~ tho Second Yer.
uanhl, Colonel Grant became The rank
ING e,loncl. and sacoeedrd ~ tbe coin
nAnd u ihe FART Vernon, brigade.
which bad ID him thereafter through
out IL sp!eudttf career. a brave, yigi'
liant, iyusay and capable commander 10
camp and "a the battlefield. He was
commissioned ~ a brigadier general Of
volunteers in April. 1854, and later re-
eeiYed the hrcvei appointment Of major
general of volunteers, dating from the
lob IL October. 1854. the date OF the
battle of Cedar Creek, tn which the old
brigade Won nnperishable' glory. lie
commanded the brigade in The Chan
cellursyille campaign. including the
battles Of Salem Heights and Banks
Ford; n Gettysburg where the brigade
held the extrethe left Of Meade's lines;
IN the Wilderness, where the brigade
held vital point Of the Union lines, al
the cost Of go men killed and wound
ed; at spottsylyanla aud Cold Harbort
and in the several battles in the Shen'
andoah Valley in the summer aud fall
Of 1864. At Cedar Creek during con.
siderable part of the battle General
Grant commanded Getty's famous d.
vision, of which the Vermont brigade
was the backbone. In the final assault
on Petersburg, the success of which
involved the fall OF Richmond and The
wreck OF the rebellion, the point OF at
tack was selected by General l.. A
Grant, and his brigade formed the pom
Of the mighty wedge Of the Sixth corp
which pierced the line Of Lees works
In the first Fredericksburg he wa
wounded in the leg and at Petersburg
| April z, 1866. he was wounded III th'
head. Such were some Of the memora
| bic facts in General Grants mllltar,
career. 1t is notable record.
Upon the disarmament Of the Army
OF the Potomac, in his farewell address
10 his brigade, on the 22d of June, 1860
General Grant said Having success
fully fought for the preservation OF GU
common country, let us become goo'
citizens, perpetuate its free institutions
and strive in all the arts of peace Il
make il. under the blessings of God
the wonder and admiration Of thu
world" The !counsel which he gay'
be took. Making home in Des MONIES
Iowa. and later in Minneapolis, he be
came banker and business man, til
in 1880, he was appointed by Presiden
Harrison assistant secretary OF war,
position which he filed ably and witt
credit. retiring again, in 1893, to pr
waite life. His home is in Minneapolis
He accepted the invitation tenderec
him by the governor, in the name o
the state, and he had a warm welcome
at Montpelier last Thursday from hi
comrades in arms and from the legis
lature and citizens of his native state
Free Press.