. The life of General Ulysses S. Grant. Containing a brief but faithful narrative of those military and diplomatic achievements which have entitled him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen. ately wrote General Grantthe following characteristic letter, dated at the ExecutiveMansion, Washington, July 13, 1863 : — 154 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT. My dear General, — I do not remember that youand I ever met personally. I write now as a gratefulacknowledgment for the almost inestimable service youhave done the country. I wish to say further, whenyou first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I
. The life of General Ulysses S. Grant. Containing a brief but faithful narrative of those military and diplomatic achievements which have entitled him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen. ately wrote General Grantthe following characteristic letter, dated at the ExecutiveMansion, Washington, July 13, 1863 : — 154 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT. My dear General, — I do not remember that youand I ever met personally. I write now as a gratefulacknowledgment for the almost inestimable service youhave done the country. I wish to say further, whenyou first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought youshould do what you finally did, — march the troopsacross the neck, run the batteries with the transports,and thus go below; and I never had any faith, excepta general hope that you knew better than I, that theYazoo Pass expedition and the like could you got better, and took Port Gibson, GreatGulf, and the vicinity, I thought you should go downthe river and join General Banks ; and, when you turnednorthward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mis-take. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgmentthat you was right, and I was wrong. Yours very truly, A. CHAPTER XII. THE PERIL AT CHATTANOOGA. Results from the Fall of Vicksburg.— Humanity of General Sherman.—Peril of the Army in East Tennessee.—Disaster at Chattanooga.—General Grant placed in Command. — His Wonderful Energy. — Open-ing Communications. — The Pontoon Bridge. — Movement of Hookerand Howard. — The Repulse of the Rebels. HE fall of Vicksburg rendered it necessaryfor the rebels to evacuate Port every barricade of the Mississippi wasswept away, from Cairo to the Gulf; andthe Father of Waters rolled — to use anexpression of President Lincoln — unvexed to thesea. General Grant did not allow himself one momentto rejoice over his great victory. On the night of the4th, Generals Sherman, Ord, and Steele were on themove with forty thousand men, retra
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