INTRODUCTION. THE reader will find this to be not a mere child's book. It is designed mainly for the boys of America, but not for them exclusively. The boyhood of Lieutenant-General ULYSSES SIDNEY GRANT, of the United States Army, is depicted at length in its pages, for the purpose of showing, by the record of his youthful history, how much the characteristics of the boy are developed in the man. The boyhood of GEORGE WASHINGTON, under the guidance of his judicious parents, was a key to much of his future career. These pages will prove that it has been the same with Gen. GRANT. The book, however, is not confined to the youth of the Tanner-Boy. It follows him through his manhood, depicts all the leading events of his life, and shows, by the concurrent testimony of history, the gradual steps of progress by which he has become LieutenantGeneral. In describing events, as they have occurred in the life of this remarkable man, descriptions of the places visited and occupied by him, with appropriate geographical, scientific and statistical facts, have been introduced, for the purpose of giving valuable information as well as amusement to the reader. The great aim of this volume is to inspire and diffuse among our people a love of country, a devotion to the Union, a courage in danger, a hope in trial, a fertility of invention, a perseverance of purpose, a faith in the superintending providence of the Almighty, that have distinguished the career and made illustrious the name of GRANT. CONTENTS. I. EMIGRATION OF HIS ANCESTORS. THE LOAD OF LOGS II. THE HORSE-STORY.-THE CANADIAN COUSIN XII. AT THE SURRENDER OF MEXICO. - STATIONED AT THE - WEST.-ENTERS CIVIL LIFE. BECOMES A FARMER XIV. PUTS ON HIS ARMOR AGAIN.-VOLUNTEERS FOR THE - XV. TESTIMONY TO HIS ASSOCIATES. ENLARGED DEPART- XVIII. ADVANCES INTO THE INTERIOR. - CAPTURE OF IUKA. XXI. HOLLY SPRINGS. GUARDING THE REAR.-SEEING THE FIGHT.-VAGRANTS TO THE REAR XXII. NAVIGATING THE WOODS. - BAYOU FIGHTING. XXIV. RENEWED ACTIVITY. NEW CONQUESTS. TECTS HIS TROOPS. - MOVES ON CHATTANOOGA -VISITS ST. LOUIS. POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS 240 CALLED TO WASHINGTON. COMMISSION BESTOWED XXIX. No REVELRY IN BATTLE TIME. - COUNCIL of War. - THE TANNER-BOY. E CHAPTER I. EMIGRATION OF HIS ANCESTORS. ARLY in the morning of a bright day in June, 1799, the work of removal began in the family of a Pennsylvania farmer. Like his ancestors before him, he had lived many years in the beautiful county of Westmoreland, the name of the county in Virginia in which Washington was born. His grandfather had come across the ocean from Scotland. Some of his kindred had been among the first settlers in the colonies of Connecticut and New Jersey. But the time had now arrived for an emigration farther west. The rich lands of Ohio, which were then being opened up to the cultivation of wider fields of grain, held out their tempting prizes to the Pennsylvanian. What was then called the Northwestern Territory was full of attractions to those living on the older settled lands. Jesse R. Grant felt the force of these attractions, and emigrated with his father's family from his native Westmoreland to |