A Memorial Sermon On The Death Of General Ulysses S Grant Delivered By Rev Dr Byron Sunderland

Author : C. H. Fowler
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333930417
Total Pages : 26 pages
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Download or read book General Grant written by C. H. Fowler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General Grant: Memorial Address We must, this day, recount some of his achievements. Look at the adversary against whom we sent him into the arena. Four months after the firing on Sumter the Southern Confederacy seemed as firmly established as if it had stood for centuries. It had more territory than any state in Europe, save Russia: larger than the empire of Napoleon at its best, with a fertile soil filling the marts of the world with products which the world must have; with thousands of miles of water front, where all the eets of the earth could anchor; with vast mountain ranges, with their impenetrable fastnesses; with marshes and bayous that could swallow all the armies Of strangers that might venture into them; with vast regions more wild and difficult Of access than was Gaul to the legions of Caesar; with a brave and warlike people, born of the conquering race, counted by millions; with leaders Of great ability, and renown, and confidence; with munitions of war the most perfect and abundant; with a resistance against the Federal forces that had been nourished and strengthened for three generations; with millions of obedient and devoted slaves who had' supported the people in luxury for a century, and could support them in the frugalities of camp life for ten centuries; with out-spoken friends in every court and cabinet Of Europe; more important still, with a great host of friends who had done the bidding of the South for years in every State and community of the North - the Confederacy, thus planted. Manned, armed, equipped, lead, in spired and encouraged, rose at once as a mighty nation into the midst Of all the nations of the earth. It was the most widely extended, most numer onely accepted, most thoroughly organized, most solidly compacted, most ably of cered, most lavishly enriched, most intelligently defended and most terribly purposed rebellion known to history. Against this colossal power, crouching among the jungles Of the South, fattening on the poisonous ex halations of a hostile climate, and under the burning edge Of a tropical sun, we sent forth our captain from the leather store of Galena, into a struggle that could be ended not by any possible treaty, but only by the utter destruction of the enemy. In four years he marched from Paducah to Appomattox, threading every river and brooklet, wading every bayou and marsh, scaling every mountain and hillock, walking every beach and landing, seizing every harbor and inlet, sinking every ironclad and gun boat, taking every city and hamlet, conquering every army and legion, cap turing every O icer and soldier, utterly annihilating the colossal structure6 general grant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."