Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by . When he retired from thearmy by resignation on the 31st of July, 1854, as a cap-tain, he selected Missouri as his home and settled on afarm near St. Louis. He had won promotion at thebattles of Molino del Rev and Chapultepec in the Mex-ican War, and was brevetted for special gallantry. Dur-ing the nearly seven years between his retirement fromthe army and re-entering the military service at the be-ginning of the civil war he had done lit
Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by . When he retired from thearmy by resignation on the 31st of July, 1854, as a cap-tain, he selected Missouri as his home and settled on afarm near St. Louis. He had won promotion at thebattles of Molino del Rev and Chapultepec in the Mex-ican War, and was brevetted for special gallantry. Dur-ing the nearly seven years between his retirement fromthe army and re-entering the military service at the be-ginning of the civil war he had done little or nothingto make himself known to fame. He had moved fromMissouri to Galena early in i860 to improve his worldlycondition by accepting a salary of $600 from his twobrothers, who were then engaged in the leather remaining with them for a year his salary was ad-vanced to $800, and in a letter to a friend he exhibitedhis gratification at his business success and expressed thehope of reaching what then seemed to be his highestambition—a partnership in the firm. His life in Galenawas quiet and unobtrusive as was Grants habit under 171. (Photo by Gutekunst, Phila.) GENERAL U. S. GRANT, 1064. LINCOLN AND GRANT. 175 all circumstances; and when the first call for troops wasissued and Grant brought a company from Galena toSpringfield without any friends to press his promotion,it is not surprising that, while political colonels wereturned out with great rapidity, Grant remained withouta command. He served on the staff of Governor Yatesfor several weeks, giving him the benefit of his militaryexperience in organizing new troops, but it does notseem to have occurred to Grant to suggest his own ap-pointment to a command or to Governor Yates to tenderhim one. He returned to Galena, and on the 24th ofMay, 1861, sent a formal request to the Adjutant-Generalof the army at Washington for an assignment to militaryduty until the close of the war in such capacity as maybe offere
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