. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . His mother, Hannah Simpson, was of a sterling Amer-ican family of pioneers, noted for integrity, truthfulness, andsturdy indej^endence of character. She was a noble woman ofstrong character, and it was from her that the son inherited hisremarkable capacity for reticence, tempered in him by an oc-casional relapse into the garrulity of his father. If he was in-capable of indirection in thought or speech, he could be silentA\hen speech might betray what he did not wish to have known. Among his friends, when occasion served, he was a f
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . His mother, Hannah Simpson, was of a sterling Amer-ican family of pioneers, noted for integrity, truthfulness, andsturdy indej^endence of character. She was a noble woman ofstrong character, and it was from her that the son inherited hisremarkable capacity for reticence, tempered in him by an oc-casional relapse into the garrulity of his father. If he was in-capable of indirection in thought or speech, he could be silentA\hen speech might betray what he did not wish to have known. Among his friends, when occasion served, he was a fluentand interesting talker. He never gossiped, never used profaneor vulgar language, was charitable and generous to a fault,and considerate in his treatment of all. He was good-naturedand fond of his joke. Uncomplaining self-control was char-acteristic of both mother and son, as was also equability oftemper and saving common sense. To estimate Grant correctly, it is necessary to considerhim apart from the personal influences by which he was swaj^ed, [38] V^. IX THE AUTUMN OF 1863—GRANTS CHANGING EXPRESSIONS Although secure in his fame as the conqueror of Vicksburg, Grant still has the greater part of his destiny to fulfil as he facesthe camera. Before him lie the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the slow investment of Petersburg. This seriesforms a particularly interesting study in expression. At the left hand, the face looks almost amused. In the next the ex-pression is graver, the mouth close set. The third picture looks plainlj obstmate, and in the last the stern fighter mighthave been declaring, as in the following spring: I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. The eyes,first unveiled fully in this fourth view, are the unmistakable index to Grants stern inflexibility, once his decision was made.
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