HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE BEQUEST OF EVERT JANSEN WENDELL Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by ROBERTS BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. BOSTON: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON, No. 5, Water Street. Dedication. то THE YOUTH OF AMERICA, WHO LOVE AND WOULD SERVE OUR COUNTRY, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. 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 Lieutenant General. 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. |