True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 146
from St. Louisto the town ofGalena, in Il-linois, where Mhe becamea tanner andmade leatherwith his fath-er and hisbrothers. WhileGrant wasan unknowntanner in Il-linois a fear-ful thing oc-curred inAmerica.The North-er n andSouthernS t a t e swhich, join-ed together,made theseUnitedStates of… … GRANT AFTER THE BATTLE OF BELMONT i48 ULYSSES S. GRANT But the South determined to go, and, in the year 1861, theyhad gone and had made a new nation of themselves. Thenthe North said the South could not go and should not go, andtried to keep them in the Union by force. They began to fight with each…
