Excerpt from General Grant and His Campaigns IT is fitting that the American people should know more of General Grant than is usually found in the ordinary histories of the times of his early days; of his training and characteristics, as he is another example of the man, ner in which our men Who have made their mark have risen to eminence from the ranks of the upright and well-to-do classes among the people. The aim, there fore, of the present volume is to give a sketch of his boy hood, including the preparation for the ...
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Excerpt from General Grant and His Campaigns IT is fitting that the American people should know more of General Grant than is usually found in the ordinary histories of the times of his early days; of his training and characteristics, as he is another example of the man, ner in which our men Who have made their mark have risen to eminence from the ranks of the upright and well-to-do classes among the people. The aim, there fore, of the present volume is to give a sketch of his boy hood, including the preparation for the work in life that fell to his lot, by means of his education and training at West Point his services in the Mexican War, and, afterward, his experience as a subordinate officer on duty in Oregon and California. Then we see him resigning from the army and entering upon the life of a farmer he was honest, truthful, indefatigable, always at work, but he did not possess the knack of making money, says one who knew him well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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