. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . ldest by the second wife, then in order cameJesse Root, Margaret, Xoah, John, Roswell and U S. Grant s father was five years of age, his fatherCaptain Xoah Grant in 1799 again emigrated, this time toOhio the Eldorado of the West. Bidding his brothers Johnand Captain (ieorge adieu he turned his face toward thesetting sun. Embarking on board one of those rude vesselswhich navigated the Monongahela river at that ti
. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . ldest by the second wife, then in order cameJesse Root, Margaret, Xoah, John, Roswell and U S. Grant s father was five years of age, his fatherCaptain Xoah Grant in 1799 again emigrated, this time toOhio the Eldorado of the West. Bidding his brothers Johnand Captain (ieorge adieu he turned his face toward thesetting sun. Embarking on board one of those rude vesselswhich navigated the Monongahela river at that time, withhis wife and family, a horse, two cows, and a small supplyof household goods, he passed down the beautiful Monon-gahela into the Ohio river, landed in Columbia county,Ohio, at a small hamlet of a half dozen cabins where thetown of Deerfield now stands. U. S. Grants mothersfamily lived in Montgomery county, Pa., for several gen- 310 ELWOODS STORIES erations. Ulysses S. Grants parents, Jesse Root Grantand Hannah Simpson were married June 1821. Ulysseseducation at West Point and his experience in the Mexicanwar was of great advantage to him later during the Re-. ANDREW B. GRANT bellion when it was necessary to have such men and suchmen as his cousins who so bravely volunteered to cometo their countrys aid, as did all of those brave boys ofthe Ringgold cavalry When the Civil war broke out and Andrew B. Grant were among the first tovolunteer to go to the front. They joined the first cavalryformed in the Civil war, The Ringgold Cavalry. L. itit} UKAJNT iAMltil 611 George Grant in company with Adam Wickerham (the lat-ter the only surviving member of the original RinggoldCavalry formed at Monongahela City in 1847 and now 84years of age) joined the other members of the Ringgoldcavalry at Beallsville, Pa., at the boyhood home of WilliamElwood, June 24th, 1861. Andrew B. Grant joined, TheLoyal Seventy* (there were only seventy when first or-ganized) at Grafton. AY est Vir
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