favorite with the regiment; so much so, that her Colonel. (Stephens) frequently detailed her as regimental clerk

-a position that brought her in close contact with her lover, who at this time, was Major, or Adjutant of the regiment.

"A few weeks subsequently, she was out on picket duty, when she received a shot in the arm that disabled her, and notwithstanding the efforts of the surgeon, her wound continually grew worse. She was sent to the hospital at Louisville, where she remained several months, when she was discharged by the post surgeon, as her arm was stiffened and rendered useless.

"She implored to be permitted to return to her regiment, but the surgeon was unyielding, and discharged her. Annie immediately hurried toward home. At Cincinnati she told her secret to a benevolent lady, and and was supplied with female attire.

"She declares that she will enlist in her old regiment again, if there is a recruiting officer for the 21st in Michigan. She still clings to the Lieutenant, and says she must be near him if he falls, or is taken down sick; that where he goes, she will go; and when he dies, she will end her life by her own hands."

An anecdote is reported characteristic of the brave McCook. When advancing in Tennessee, the Rebel General Buckner sent to him by a flag of truce a message, the purport of which was, that unless he withdrew his troops from the State, within fifteen days, he, (Buckner,) would annihilate them. Our gallant general's only reply was a cannon-ball, which he gave to the emissary, telling him to deliver it to Buckner.

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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL U. S. GRANT.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822, and graduated at West Point in 1843, (twenty-first of a class numbering thirty-nine members,) as brevet second lieutenant in the Fourth Infantry.

In the Mexican war he participated in Taylor's battles at Palo Alto, Reseca de la Palma, and Monterey, Afterward his regiment joined Scott at Vera Cruz, and Lieutenant Grant took part in every engagement up to the city of Mexico, receiving brevet first lieutenant and captain for meritorious conduct at the battle of Molino del Rey and Chepultepec.

At the close of the war his regiment went to Oregon, where he was promoted to a captaincy, but resigned in 1853, and settled in St. Louis. In 1859 he removed to Galena, Ill., where he was engaged in commercial business when the rebellion broke out. He was among the first to offer his services to Governor Yates, and was made colonel of 21st Illinois Volunteers, with which he went into service in Missouri.

In the summer of 1861, he was made brigadier-general, and assigned to the district of Cairo. He immediately occupied Paducah, Kentucky; stopped the flow of supplies for the Rebels up the Tennessee and Cumberland; moved soon after on Belmont, Mo., opposite the Rebel stronghold at Columbus, Ky., from which place he was driven only after a desperate fight, by a largely superior force of Rebels.

In February, 1862, he led the land forces sent against Fort Henry, but did not participate in the victory; the

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gunboats having done the work before he got there. Thereupon he marched forthwith upon Fort Donelson, which place he besieged and assaulted, and on the 16th of February, the Rebels raised the white flag, (Pillow and Floyd having stolen off during the night, with 5,000 men, leaving Buckner to surrender,) and sent to Grant for terms.

He replied that the surrender must be unconditional, or he would instantly move on the works. This short and soldierly answer gave him the sobriquet of Unconditional Surrender Grant, the initials being the same as of his real name. This fortunate and fairly won victory was rewarded by a major-general's commission.

In April he reached Pittsburg Landing, Buell being in his rear with reinforcements, for which, however, the Rebels did not wait, but made a furious onslaught upon Grant, who was forced back to the shelter of the gunboats, where he resisted Johnson with success.

The next day Buell came up, and the Rebels got a severe flogging at what they call the battle of Shiloh, their commander, General Albert S. Johnson, being killed. His subsequent operations, culminating in the capture of Vicksburg, and the opening of the Mississippi river, are fresh in the public mind.

General Grant is a plain man, about five feet nine inches in height, has sandy hair and whiskers, blue eyes, a firm, determined mouth, well shaped nose, and a complexion that shows the effects of exposure. He has a good form, and stands squarely on his feet. He never uses profane language, is almost a model of temperance, with the exception of continual smoking.

He is of a taciturn habit, attending closely to business, methodical and cautious, though full of daring and dash,

if need be, and prides himself on his horsemanship. Fortunately General Grant is a soldier, and nothing but a soldier, having no aspirations for political preferment.

Congress having by law revived the rank of lieutenant-general, President Lincoln appointed General Grant to that high office, and on the 9th day of March, 1864, commissioned him, in presence of the entire cabinet, General Halleck, and several others: addressing him as follows: "General Grant-in consequence of the nation's appreciation of what you have done, and its reliance. upon you for what remains to do in the existing great struggle, you are now presented with this commission, constituting you lieutenant-general in the army of the United States. With this high honor devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add that with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty, personal concurrence.” General Grant replied in appropriate terms.

STORY LI.

DEATH OF COLONEL J. L. KIRBY SMITH, OF THE 43D I. O. V.

SOON in the battle of the 4th inst. (battle of Corinth, October, 1862), Colonel J. L. Kirby Smith, of the 43d Ohio fell, with a mortal wound. I have not words to describe the qualities of this model soldier, or to express the loss we have sustained in his death. The best testimony I can give to his memory, is the spectacle witnessed by myself in the very moment of battle, of stern, brave men, weeping like children, as the word passed, "Kirby Smith is killed."-[GENERAL STANLEY'S REPORT-BATTLE OF CORINTH.]

Let tears cease to flow-in vain we deplore him,

The night-cloud of death has forever closed o'er him:
Dim is the eye late so radiant with fire,

As perish'd the son, so perish'd the sire !*

He was young, he was pious, and dauntlessly brave:
A spirit more beautiful God never gave;

While genius and science beamed forth from his mind,
Truth, honor, and love, in his heart were enshrin'd.

His present, how brilliant! his future how grand!
Hope saw him the peer of the first in the land:
Death smote him in battle; light turn'd into gloom,
And hope, and the hero now sleep in the tomb !

The pride of the army; fond lover and son,
Too soon for his country, his proud race was run!
But ah! who can paint the sad anguish in store,
For the mother and maiden who'll see him no more!

The patriot's affection will hallow his name,
The love of his comrades will cherish his fame:

For the cause of his country his life-blood was given;

His, the homage of earth, and the glory of heaven.

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The 43d Ohio Regiment was on the left of Fort Robinett, and on the left of the 63d, under the ridge; but when the desperate attempt to storm that redoubt was made by the Rebels, under Texas Rogers, we were brought into action by changing front forward on the first company, which rested on the fort; and this enabled us to pour in a cross fire, which sent the Rebel column staggering to the rear.

The loss of our regiment (the 43d) in the few moments required to execute that movement, attests the hazard of the move, and the steadiness, and daunt

* Colonel Smith's father was slain in storming a battery at Molino del Ray, in Mexico.