True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 144
followed willingly whereverhe led. In one of the hardest battles in this war with Mexico ULYSSES S. GRANT? 145 —the battle of Monterey—the American soldiers charged intothe town and then got out of ammunition—that is, powderand shot. To get any more, some one would have to ridestraight through the… … GRANTS CHILDHOOD HOME. Lieutenant Grant said at once he would go. He mountedhis horse, but slipped over on the side furthest from the housesin which the Mexicans were hiding. Then he set his horseon a gallop, and so dashed through the town and past all thehostile houses, and brought back the…
