Show LIM ABRAHAM motherland mother mothe anil fedier etere ere sa married tarried june 12 li ahue hlat in if washl comity eu neal ken tacky by ile alei jesse blead n nichi 0 list preacher who TIO binm alao a ju jut ice of I 1 the pence Is clear ind the ink ns as strong and black a ns though written that leml or of the grant acceptance Is quite faded b irely barely legible tills till Inel dental ay Is among the relatively few pie cerf Gran tiina tiana and alln coln colt lani ilaria still aej k t in the grant family here lie re it is not unlikely that eventually these priceless relies relics of a great event also will find their ay into tile lie archives of the federal cloral fe go government goern ment which aich was held intact by the statesmanship of lincoln and the military genius of gi giant an I 1 lincoln had to bear tile the brunt of heavy criticism in his appointment 0 of grant to succeed i george washington washing agton ind winfield scott as the only lieutenant generals of the united states army up lip to that time I 1 criticism came not conly only flom officers of the army as lincoln noted when ailien he reminded grant to something to soothe the feelings of jealousy it came from many quarters it came from nien men who pointed to grants lack of outstanding success at west point to his resignation from the army and ili return to private life in 1854 to liis his financial difficulties as farmer storekeeper ind real estate salesman and it came from others mica struck holier than thou attitudes but lincoln nas as not interested in grants past nor in liis his personal habits As the chief LIll lincoln coln was interested in just one thing the win aln ning ding or of the war to preserve tile the federal union lincoln hail had tried many leaders to gain that end beginning with mcclellan and running the gamut of tile the burnsides and the hookers ind and others almost too numerous to mention grant gave the dispirited north its first thrill when lie he captured fort don and when his answer to the confederate general buckner buckler became public lie he was as known to every urchin as unconditional surrender grant he wrote to buckner no terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted I 1 propose to move immediately upon your works grants successes in the west were in striking contrast to tile the decidedly poor sh showing made by the commanders com minders in the fast east lincoln watched grant ill through the years of and 1803 knowing full well tile criticism which would be leveled at him within tile the army and ami out despite the remarkable decord I 1 by grant lincoln nevertheless erth eless made ills his decision and went ent through with it so it was that tile the man who had acknowledged himself to be a failure before received the highest military command within tile the power of tile the nation to bestow ile he received it at the hands of an unerring judge of human in kind who felt lie he finally had found tile the leader lie he had been seeking for three long and bitter bears and grint grant had answered it will be my earnest earliest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations |