CHAPTER X. U. S. GRANT. THE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL-BIRTH-AT WEST POINT-HIS ACADEMIC COURSE-GRADUATION HIS CLASS-MATES-BREVET 2D LIEUTENANT-TO MEXICAN BORDER-FULL COMMISSION AS 2D LIEUTENANT-PALO ALTO-RESECA DE LA PALMA-ALONG THE RIO GRANDE-MONTEREY-Molino del Rey-PROMOTED-BREVET DECLINED-CHEPULTEPEC NOTICED IN REPORTS CAPTAIN'S BREVET FULL COMMISSION AS 1ST LIEUTENANT TO OREGON-COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN-RESIGNATION ST. LOUIS→→ GALENA-CONVERSATION WITH REV. MR. VINCENT-GOVERNOR YATES' ACCOUNT-IN COMMAND AT MEXICO-AT CAIRO-SEIZES PADUCAH AND SMITHLAND-THE BATTLE OF BELMONT-Loss-FOUKE AND WRIGHT-ILLINOIS REGIMENTS-GUNBOATS-HAL LECK-GRANT'S DISTRICT-NEW CAMPAIGN-MAJOR-GENERAL-PROMOTION-ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS. ENCEFORWARD, through two years, the soldiers of Illinois Here so group as a center, that a brief sketch of his life and military career will enable the reader better to understand their shifting move ments. 1822. It is the fortune of Illinois to have given the nation its chief magistrate, and also to see one of its quiet, unobtrusive citizens rise from Colonel commanding the 21st Regiment to the high grade of Lieutenant-General, commanding all the armies of the United States. Ulysses S. Grant was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, April 27, In 1839, at the age of seventeen, through the kindness of Gen. T. L. Hamer, he was admitted to the Military Academy at West Point, passing a thorough examination, and was admitted into the fourth class, his studies consisting of mathematics, English grammar, including etymological and rhetorical exercises, composition, declamation, the geography of the United States, the French language and the use of small arms. In 1840 he was advanced to the third class, ranking as corporal in the cadet battalion, study CHAPTER X. U. S. GRANT. THE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL-BIRTH-AT WEST POINT-HIS ACADEMIC COURSE-GradUATION HIS CLASS-MATES-BREVET 2D LIEUTENANT-TO MEXICAN BORDER-FULL COMMISSION AS 2D LIEUTENANT-PALO ALTO-RESECA DE LA PALMA-ALONG THE RIO GRANDE-MONTEREY-MOLINO DEL REY-PROMOTED-BREVET DECLINED-CHEPULTEPEC NOTICED IN REPORTS-CAPTAIN'S BREVET-FULL COMMISSION AS 1ST LIEUTENANT TO OREGON-COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN-RESIGNATION ST. LOUIS→→→ GALENA-CONVERSATION WITH REV. MR. VINCENT-GOVERNOR YATES' ACCOUNT-IN COMMAND AT MEXICO-AT CAIRO-SEIZES PADUCAH AND SMITHLAND-THE BATTLE OF BELMONT-Loss-FOUKE AND WRIGHT-ILLINOIS REGIMENTS-GUNBOATS-HAL LECK-GRANT'S DISTRICT-NEW CAMPAIGN-MAJOR-GENERAL-PROMOTION-ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS. H ENCEFORWARD, through two years, the soldiers of Illinois are so intimately associated with one man, about whom they group as a center, that a brief sketch of his life and military career will enable the reader better to understand their shifting move ments. It is the fortune of Illinois to have given the nation its chief magistrate, and also to see one of its quiet, unobtrusive citizens rise from Colonel commanding the 21st Regiment to the high grade of Lieutenant-General, commanding all the armies of the United States. Ulysses S. Grant was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, April 27, 1822. In 1839, at the age of seventeen, through the kindness of Gen. T. L. Hamer, he was admitted to the Military Academy at West Point, passing a thorough examination, and was admitted into the fourth class, his studies consisting of mathematics, English grammar, including etymological and rhetorical exercises, composition, declamation, the geography of the United States, the French language and the use of small arms. In 1840 he was advanced to the third class, ranking as corporal in the cadet battalion, study. |