ONTENTS A Anecdote of Grant at West Point... 41 A Remarkable Incident of Young Grant's Integrity-He Buys a Horse for His Father-All About the Bargain......... 22 An Inaugural Extract... 140 A Confederate's Graphic Story of the Battle of Iuka. 120 A Speech of Gen. Grant over 2,000 Miles Long-From San Fran Explosion of the Great Vicksburg Mine and Capture of that City, 122 F Farewell to San Francisco.... 8 205 G General Grant's Birth and Early Surroundings-A Noble Line of General Grant at School-How He Mastered His Lessons-The 28 21. ་་ General Grant's Early Love for Horses - His Experience in General Grant's First Gun-Fired when a Two-Year Old Baby- He is Delighted with the "Pop," and Wants them to "Fick it General Grant's Capture of a "Willing Prisoner"-IIer Name was 17 80 131 121 General Grant's own Description of the Battle of Fort Donelson.. General Grant's Private Letter to Sherman on the Lieutenant-Gen- General Grant's Words to the "Grand Army General Grant's First "Baptism in Blood"-The American Col- umns Torn to Pieces before Fort Teneria-Tunnelling Walls and Fighting on Roofs of Houses-Grant "Foremost in the General Grant's First Battle-Called from the Swamps of Louis- General Grant's First Half Year of War-It Opens on Fields of Sublimest Imagery, but they are Storied in Human Sacrifice and Midnight Superstitions-Grant Amid Pyramids, Smoking Mountains, and on the Heights of Chapultepec... General Grant's First Siege-He Personally Supervises Twelve General Grant's Speech in London, and Private Letter to a Friend in America, Describing His Travels.. 148 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.... 138 132 Governor Yates' Story of Iow Grant Got into the Army.. Grant's First Movements in the Great Rebellion, and his First Grant as a Citizen of Illinois-His Life in Galena-What he Knows Grant's Speech in Glasgow 177 Grape and Canister-Fired at Random-Many Interesting Little How General Grant Received the Name "IIiram Ulysses "-And "Let us Have Peace" Lieutenant-General Grant's Farewell Address to the Soldiers... Off for Europe-General Grant's Good-Bye to Old Friends.. 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............. 142 144 Q The First "Flank Movement "-An Opposing Army which Grant 58 The Race-Parallel Generals-On a Four-Year Race Grant Comes 108 The Reported Story that Grant Borrowed Money in Galena to 98 The Shiloh Victory, as Described by an Eye-witness. The Siege of Corinth-An eloquent Description by a Participant.. 117 V What a Fellow Comrade says of Young Grant at West Point-A 42 Young Grant and the Ladies-Escorting Under Immense Diffi- Young Grant's First Victory-He Accepts a Ring-master's Chal- 19 |