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Anecdote of Grant at West Point...

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A Remarkable Incident of Young Grant's Integrity-He Buys a

Horse for His Father-All About the Bargain.........

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An Inaugural Extract...

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A Confederate's Graphic Story of the Battle of Iuka.

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A Speech of Gen. Grant over 2,000 Miles Long-From San Fran

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Explosion of the Great Vicksburg Mine and Capture of that City, 122

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Farewell to San Francisco....

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General Grant's Birth and Early Surroundings-A Noble Line of
Ancestry-His Father and Mother....

General Grant at School-How He Mastered His Lessons-The
Young Leader-His Early Character...

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General Grant's First Gun-Fired when a Two-Year Old Baby-

He is Delighted with the "Pop," and Wants them to "Fick it

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General Grant's Capture of a "Willing Prisoner"-IIer Name was
"Miss Julia"-His Marriage-Social Life in Detroit.--
General Grant and President Lincoln in Washington.
General Grant's Address...

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General Grant's own Description of the Battle of Fort Donelson..
General Grant's Private Letter to his Father, Describing the Open-
ing Battle at Belmont..

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General Grant's Private Letter to Sherman on the Lieutenant-Gen-
eralship

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General Grant's First Siege-He Personally Supervises Twelve
Miles of Trench and Parallel, from which he Shatters the En-
emy's Redoubts and Bastions

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General Grant's Speech in London, and Private Letter to a Friend

in America, Describing His Travels..

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General Grant's Class-mates at West Point-Who they Were, and

What they have Done-An Interesting Biographical Series--

General Grant in Oregon-Watching the Indians.......

General Lee's Generous Compliment to General Grant....
General Lec's Surrender to General Grant-The Decisive Letters
which Ended the Rebellion-Grant's own Account of his
Meeting Lee....

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Grant as a Citizen of Illinois-His Life in Galena-What he Knows
About Leather.

Grant's Speech in Glasgow

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Grape and Canister-Fired at Random-Many Interesting Little

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"Let us Have Peace"

Lieutenant-General Grant's Farewell Address to the Soldiers...
Lieutenant Grant Witnessing General Scott's Triumphal Entry
into the City of Mexico-What He Sees from the Grand Plaza.

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Off for Europe-General Grant's Good-Bye to Old Friends..
On a Foreign Shore-General Grant's Arrival in Liverpool-The
Welcome Words-His Address in Manchester...

On to Mexico Grant's First Experience in Capturing a Capitaì—

A Great and Glittering City Approached by the High-ways of

Death-Grant's Active Part in the Dreadful Struggle.............

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The First "Flank Movement "-An Opposing Army which Grant
Thought Best to Pass Around, with Heavy Margins, to “the
Left"-Scaling the Heights of Cerro Gordo....

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The Race-Parallel Generals-On a Four-Year Race Grant Comes
in Ahead....

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The Reported Story that Grant Borrowed Money in Galena to
Equip Himself for the War....

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What a Fellow Comrade says of Young Grant at West Point-A
Splendid Record

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Young Grant and the Ladies-Escorting Under Immense Diffi-
culties...

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Young Grant's First Victory-He Accepts a Ring-master's Chal-
lenge to Ride the "Circus Pony "-An Exciting Occasion to
Everybody but Grant..

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