Life and Public Services of General Ulysses S. Grant: From His Boyhood to the Present Time; And a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Schuyler Colfax (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Life and Public Services of General Ulysses S. Grant: From His Boyhood to the Present Time; And a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Schuyler Colfax

Grant decides to move South of Vicksburg. Is opposed by all his Generals. Earnest Remonstrances of Sherman. Anecdote of Nelson at Aboukir. Attitude of Grant. Moral Grandeur. Scott on Cavalry. Grierson's Raid. The Boats to run the Batteries. Anecdote of the Illinois Boy. Varied Capacities of the American Soldier. Splendid night-scene on the River.

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