Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-04-02


men (marching twenty abreast)
through n gate. and he shouted: This
company is dismissed for two minutes
when it will fall in again on the otFrr
side of the gate
In June, 1868 Geenral Meade. .
Pennsylvania, took Hookar's pace
Lincoln was not satisfied after Gett IS
burg because Meade spoke Of "driymg
the invaders from our soil" aud III
Lincoln's view the victory should have
been followed up aggressivey.
Coincidentally with Gettysburg
Grant, in the West. took Vicksburg
and from that time Lincoln had the
General he wanted. Lincoln wrote Inn
nine days after the great surrender:
My Dear General: do not remem-
Der that You and | eve" met personal
ly. l write this now as a grateful &C
acknowledgement for the almost ines;ima-
bic service you have done the country.
l wish to say word further, When
You first reached the vicinity of Nicks
burg, | thought you would do what
you finally did-march the troops
across the neck, run the batteries WITH
the transports, and thus ~ below and
| never had any faith, except general
hope that you knew better than | that
the Nazoo Pass expedition and the linc
could succeed. When you got below
and took Fort Gibson. Grand Gulf and
the vicinity, l thought you should 20
down the river and join General BaEHS.
and when you turned northward, east
Of the Big Black, feared 1t was = mis-
take. now wish to make the personal
acknowledgment that you were right
and was wrong
General Grant is Il copious work,r
and fighter but a very meagre writer
or telegrapher," said Lincoln, when
Burnside asked him for more details
of Grants movements. Il Ike til I
man he fights" Lincoln would say to
the delegations that came every lite
while in the earlier part of tho war
to insist that Grant be denoted OF dis
missed. After Grant took hold the fot-
lowing spring as Lieutenant General
Lincoln had no orders to give him. He
realized that the victor of Vicksbui z
krew what he was about and that he
had earned the right TO be let alone.
The particulars of your plan" Lin
coin wrote Grant shortly after the
lattcr's accession to chief command,
Il neither know nor seek to know.
You are vigilant and self-reliant; and,
pleased with this. | wish not to OBJ
trude any constraints or restraints
upon you" Such message as Hold
ON with n bulldog grip, and chew and
choke as much as possible" is not to
be construed as a command
Admiral Porter says that when Lin
coin heard of Grants terms given to
Lee he used half dozen expressions,
such as Exactly the thing !" "All
right" and Good" to indicate ais
satisfaction.
At the dedication Of the Lincoln
monument in Springfield Grant said If
the great commander: with all his
| disappointments from failures ON the
part Of those to whom he had intrusted
commands, and treachery on the part
OF those who had gained his confidence
| but to betray It, / never heard him
utter complaint nor cast censure
| for bad conduct or bad faith. 1t was
his nature to find excuses for his ad-
| versaries. In this death the nation lost
its greatest hero; IN his death the
South lost its most just friend"
Lincoln once said to Sherman that
he was grateful to Sherman and to
Grant because they never scolded him.
With sherman and the brilliant and
dashing Sheridan to supplement Grant =
efforts Lincoln felt that at last the con
duet OF the war on the Union side
was IN the hands of men qualified to
Ego forward ana give us victories.
Sbermans march to the sea. Sheridan's
ride, the "sleepIess vigilance such ac-
tive movements bet0kened. meant that
the day Of dilatory tactics was over.
The tide had turned; the issue Of the
war was in doubt no onger.-~i'hiladel'
phia Ledger.