. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . CAMP OF THE MISSISSIPPI The story of this regiment is told on page 201. To no one who was close to him in thestirring scenes of the early conflict in theWest did Grant pay higher tribute than tothis veteran of the Mexican War who washis Chief of Staff. He was a man to berelied upon in counsel and in emergency,a fact that the coming leader recognizedfrom the very outset. artillery officerand engineer, his military training andpractical experience made him a most
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . CAMP OF THE MISSISSIPPI The story of this regiment is told on page 201. To no one who was close to him in thestirring scenes of the early conflict in theWest did Grant pay higher tribute than tothis veteran of the Mexican War who washis Chief of Staff. He was a man to berelied upon in counsel and in emergency,a fact that the coming leader recognizedfrom the very outset. artillery officerand engineer, his military training andpractical experience made him a mostvaluable executive. He had also the giftof leading men and inspiring \lways cool and collected in the face ofdanger, and gifted with a personality thatwon friends everywhere, the reports of allof his superiors show the trust and con-fidence that were reposed in him. In. I?\. J. D. WEBSTER April, 1861, he had taken charge of thefortifications at Cairo, Illinois. He waswith (irant at Paducah, at Forts Henryand Donelson, and at Shiloh where hecollected the artillery near the Landingthat repelled the final Confederate attackon April Gth. He remained Chief ofStaff until October, 1862. On October14th, he was made a Brigadier-General ofVolunteers, and was appointed superin-tendent of military railroads in the De-partment of Tennessee. Later he wasChief of Staff to General Sherman, andagain proved his worth when he was withGeneral Thomas at Hoods defeat beforeNashville in December. 18G4. On March13,1865, he received the brevet of Major-General of Volunteers. Meantime, the Union army had moved southward and wasconcentrating at Pittsburg Landing, on the Tennessee River,an obscure stopping jjlace for boats in southern Tennessee,and some twenty miles northeast from Coi-inth. The namemeans more now tlian merely a landing place for river was clear
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