| Show an object afon to grant this story Is told ot the first time grant ever had charge of a large body ot inen bent out to give battle he was colonel in the early part of WS de tailed to go to the relief of an illinois regiment supposed to be surrounded by confederate nt 1 mo but when he arrived the regiment bad re llevad itself by retiring grant then went out to florida in the same state end as the regiment tolled over the bill beyond which the enemy was supposed to be in waiting grant says he would have given anything to be back again in illinois at the top of the hill instead of troops drawn up in battle array grant baw deserted camp it occurred to me at once that harris bad been as much afraid of me ae I 1 had been of him said grant from that event to the close of the war I 1 never experienced trepidation upon confronting an en eroy though I 1 always felt more or less anxiety I 1 never forgot that be had as much reason to fear my forces as 1 had bis syracuse post standard |
