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 1. The State of Ohio gave to the United 
 States the Hero of the American Republic, — 
 General U. S. Grant. 
 
 2. Ohio enlisted 301,000 good soldiers and 
 sailors for the U. S. Army and Navy in 4 years, 
 1861-1865. 
 
 3. Ohio is the birthplace of five great Ameri- 
 can soldier-Presidents, 1868-1900, — Grant, 
 Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, and McKinley. 
 
 4. Ohio gave birth to 12 out of 36 Brigadier- 
 Generals and Major-Generals who won distinc- 
 tion in the Civil War in America. 
 
 5. Ohio gave to the world the greatest of all 
 modern orators, Thomas Corwin, and the 
 greatest wizard of modern inventors, Thomas 
 A. Edison. 
 
 6. Ohio gave to the world of Letters the 
 greatest American Diplomat, John Hay, and 
 the Dean of American Novelists, Wilham 
 Dean Howells. 
 
 7. Ohio contributed to the Civil War History 
 5 of the wide-aw^ake newspaper^ correspondents 
 who were at the front and "on*the firing-line" 
 — 1861-1865 -—Whitelaw Reid, J. B. McCul- 
 lough, Capt. David A. Murphy, William S. 
 Furay, and WiUiam H. Chamberlain. Mr. 
 Reid and Capt. Murphy are still living. 
 
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 INSCEIBED TO 
 
 WHO FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED FOR THE PRESERVATION 
 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC. 
 
 Oxford, Ohio, the author. 
 
 September 15, 1912. 
 
J^n^ral ^Igss^s ^impsmt (Brant 
 
 I. 
 
 O silent Commander, whose gift was 
 
 achievement. 
 On Mount McGregor his soul found 
 
 release; 
 His passing, though, foretold a Nation's 
 
 bereavement. 
 War's greatest Captain said, "Let us 
 
 have peace." 
 Ohio his birth State, Point Pleasant his 
 
 home town. 
 In Army and Nation won the highest 
 
 renown. 
 
II. 
 
 O struggling Citizen, whose youth was 
 
 prosaic, 
 His hardships out West show mettle 
 
 and worth; 
 His vicissitudes limn a striking mosaic. 
 War's greatest Captain a marshal from 
 
 birth. 
 Heroic in battle and resistless as fate. 
 His coolness and vigor gave prowess 
 
 double weight. 
 
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III. 
 
 O sturdy Warrior, whose soul was re- 
 liant, 
 The sphinx and victor on every battle- 
 field; 
 
 He conquered Southern hosts and armies 
 defiant. 
 War's greatest Captain made his foe- 
 man yield. 
 
 From Vicksburg to Richmond all critics 
 fain agree. 
 
 He routed Buckner and Pemberton, 
 Bragg and Lee! 
 
IV. 
 
 O splendid Peace-maker, the Nation 
 his debtor, 
 Like Lincoln pluck'd weeds and planted 
 a rose; 
 
 The Union grown larger, the Union lov'd 
 better. 
 War's greatest Captain made friends 
 of his foes. 
 
 One country, one banner, all section- 
 alism blocks, 
 
 Americans and freemen — since Appo- 
 mattox ! 
 
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V. 
 
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 O stricken Patriot whose name is im- 
 mortal, 
 No nation on earth has produced his 
 peer; 
 
 His thrilHng Memoirs were written at 
 death's portal, 
 War's greatest Captain compiled his 
 career. 
 
 His trials all ended and his triumphs 
 complete. 
 
 Bravely died as he lived and sounded 
 no retreat! 
 
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VI. 
 
 O sterling Traveler, welcom'd by all 
 nations, 
 Modest and manly midst glamour 
 that clings; 
 
 The victor feted by foreign legations, 
 War's greatest Captain the comrade 
 of Kings. 
 
 Plain soldier, world Knighted, their hom- 
 age half express'd, 
 
 The greatest of rulers greeted him as 
 their guest! 
 
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VII. 
 
 O stalwart President, his greeting was 
 
 hearty, 
 His friendship regal, his word men 
 
 could trust; 
 Good measures he approv'd as mandates 
 
 of party, 
 Gold standard he judged was timely 
 
 and just. 
 The soldier and statesman, not seeking 
 
 praise or blame. 
 Hero of our country and resplendent 
 
 his fame! 
 
 — Capt. David A. Murphy. 
 
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 THE GREATEST CAPTAIN OF THE CIVIL WAR 
 
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 THE GEEATEST ALL-AROUND COMMANDER 
 OF THE world's HISTORY. 
 
 His Personal Description and 'Characteristics^ 
 and How the People May Honor Him. 
 
 I. 
 
 •General Ulysses Simpson Grant. 
 The hero of the American Republic.- 
 The most sturdy fighter of modern 
 history. 
 
 The savior, under God's blessing, of 
 our country. 
 
 Grant ranks high with the world's 
 greatest warriors. 
 
 Buckner, Johnston, Pemberton, Bragg, 
 and Lee were defeated by Grant's armies. 
 
 The four great American Presidents 
 now dead are Washington, Jackson, Lin- 
 coln, and Grant. 
 
 General James Longstreet's estimate 
 of General U. S. Grant's military ability 
 
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in 1865: ^'I regard Grant as the best 
 all-around soldier in the world." 
 
 II. 
 
 General U. S. Grant was born at 
 Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, 
 April 27, 1822. If living now he would 
 be ninety years of age. 
 
 There was nothing in Grant's boy- 
 hood or early manhood that marked 
 him as "the coming great" general or 
 President. But he was a good boy, with 
 no evil habits. General U. S. Grant's 
 ''grand strategy" was to get his army 
 as close to the enemy as possible. ''And 
 what then?" asked a friend. "Why 
 then," said Grant, "up guards and at 
 them!" Grant was superb in decisive 
 battle moments, and he excelled in that 
 coolness of judgment in action which 
 Napoleon described as "the foremost 
 quality in a general." Mount McGregor, 
 where Grant died July 27, 1885, is one 
 of the Adirondack Mountains, and is 
 situated ten miles from Saratoga. It 
 is reached by a narrow-gauge mountain 
 road that branches from the Hudson 
 Hiver Railroad at Saratoga. 
 
 Grant was the soul of honor and 
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purity. He never swore and he hated 
 deceit. On one occasion an officer of 
 high rank rushed into Grant's presence 
 and asked: ''Are there any ladies pres- 
 ent.^ I have a salty story to tell." 
 Grant replied, "There are no ladies here, 
 but there are gentlemen." The salty 
 story was not told. 
 
 III. 
 
 General U. S. Grant, as a military 
 personage, was not as handsome as 
 McClellan nor as impressive as Thomas. 
 Grant w^as five feet eight inches in height, 
 and was therefore taller than Napoleon, 
 Nelson, Wellington, and Farragut. He 
 w^as slightly round-shouldered, but car- 
 ried himself erect when on horseback. 
 He was a man of cleanly habits, and 
 required clean underclothing, but he 
 seldom buttoned his uniform coat. He 
 had a well-formed head and w^ore a hat 
 of seven and one-half inches. He had 
 a high brow and a firm-set mouth; his 
 eyes were expressive blue, and his hair 
 was brown or tawny shade. He had a 
 small wart on his right cheek just above 
 his beard. His countenance was some- 
 times careworn, but his temperament 
 
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was buoyant and cheerful. He disliked 
 music, and had small use for brass bands. 
 He weighed at Cairo, 135 pounds; at 
 Shiloh, 145 pounds; at Appomattox, 155 
 pounds. In a single campaign of less 
 than twelve months Grant did what 
 McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker, and 
 Meade failed to do — captured Richmond 
 and Lee's shattered army of Northern 
 Virginia. At Appomattox the silent 
 soldier happily became the speaking 
 statesman. 
 
 IV. 
 
 I had the honor of meeting and shak- 
 ing hands with General U. S. Grant four 
 times after the climax at Appomattox. 
 The first time Bishop John H. Vincent 
 placed my hand in Grant's at Lake 
 Chautauqua, in August, 1875. President 
 Grant was there two days. The second 
 time was at the Palmer House, Chicago, 
 in December, 1879, just after his return 
 from his travels around the world. Dur- 
 ing the day I was quite close to him 
 several times. The third time I shook 
 hands Grant was in his office on Wall 
 Street in New York, in December, 1881. 
 Taking up a copy of my newspaper, the 
 
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Danville (Kentucky) Tribune^ he re- 
 marked, "Captain, your paper was a 
 Grant paper," and he indorsed me for 
 an official position without my asking 
 him to do so. The last time I shook 
 hands with him was at the Gibson 
 House, Cincinnati, in May, 1883. He 
 had just buried the remains of his mother 
 at Spring Grove. He was alone for the 
 moment, and there were tears on both 
 of his cheeks. I was stricken dumb in 
 the presence of his great sorrow. I 
 clasped his hand in sympathy — his eyes 
 said, ''I thank you." Alas! it was our 
 final interview on earth. • . 
 
 V. 
 
 I think now that the people of the 
 United States should purchase six hun- 
 dred and forty acres of ground at Point 
 Pleasant, Ohio, and erect there a grand 
 memorial building, with fifty-two rooms 
 in it, one room for each State in the Union, 
 and four to be reserved for new States; 
 the building and grounds to be called 
 ** Grant Park." A subscription of one 
 dollar from each one of Grant's admirers. 
 North and South, would provide ample 
 funds. There should be a large hall in 
 
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the main building for war relics and 
 trophies and curiosities, a greenhouse 
 for growing choice flowers and plants, 
 and an amphitheater capable of seating 
 twenty-five thousand people; trees to be 
 planted so as to transform the farm- 
 land into a wooded park, the park to 
 be well stocked with deer and squirrels; 
 the main building to be constructed so 
 as to front east, west, north, and south. 
 There should be twelve gates to *' Grant 
 Park," and over each gate, in letters of 
 gold, these words: *' Behold, how the 
 United States delights to honor General 
 Ulysses S. Grant!" 
 
 Faithfully, your fellow-citizen, 
 
 David A. Murphy. 
 
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