Show Ss ia f i 1 l fc baft t fo j S azat on odthe Wilden wih the general in da chief ea grat grant talked for same time with officers of the staff about the results of the battle of the previous days iffe he said in this connection AU all things in this world we are relative while gewere we were engaged in the Wild wilderness ernesR I 1 could not keep from think ing ingot of the first fight I 1 ever saw the battle of palo alto alta As I 1 looked at the long line of battle cou consisting of 3 men I 1 felt that genez general al taylor had such a fearful responsibility resting up upon him that JE I wondered how he ever had the nerve to assume it and when after the fight the casualties were reported and the losses ascertained to bo be n nearly early 60 in killed wounded and missing mi gring the engagement ga assumed a magnitude in my eyes which was positively startling when eo the news of the victory reached the states the windows in every household id were illuminated and it was t largely V instrumental in making general taylor president of the united states now such an affair would scarcely be deemed important enough to report to headquarters he little thought at that moment that the battles then in progress would be chiefly instrumental in making the commander himself president of the united states general horace porter in century |