5. Tell, in your own words, what you have learned of his honesty, sympathy, and kindness.
6. The greatest act of Abraham Lincoln's life was the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation. What was this?
7. What do you admire in the character of Abraham Lincoln?
Ulysses S. Grant.
CHAPTER XXV
Ulysses
Simpson Grant
and the
Civil War
[1822-1885]
In tracing the leading events in the remarkable career of the martyr-President, we have had occasion to refer briefly to the causes and results of the Civil War. It was a struggle that tested the manhood quite as much as the resources of the warring sections, and each side might well be proud of the bravery and military skill displayed by its officers and soldiers. Certainly each side had among its generals some of the greatest military leaders of all time. One of these, who is by common consent regarded as the ablest general that led Northern troops in battle, was Ulysses Simpson Grant.
He was born in a humble dwelling at Point Pleasant, O., in April, 1822. The year following his birth the family removed to Georgetown, O., where they lived many years.