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Nellie Grant (search for this): chapter 49
paid his expenses at the hotel where he and Mrs. Grant occupied two rooms. He kept no carriage. Fall. The Trust Fund of $250,000 raised for General Grant, the interest of which was devoted to his and other personal friends had been induced by Grant's name and advice to invest still more largelyshare for services ending April, 1865, and General Grant gratefully accepted the offer. About thhatever was made either to the General or to Mrs. Grant. At the same time a piece of the affected tate medical attendants, could conceal from General Grant for more than a day or two the fact that hministration. The news was telegraphed to General Grant by numerous friends, and the same day the and afterward frequently at the request of General Grant himself. His prayers had one quality in w Once or twice his opponent got him down, but Grant arose almost stronger in his agony than the One great expression of public sympathy that General Grant began to improve, after his place in the a[126 more...]
G. F. Shrady (search for this): chapter 49
The malady made incessant advance. The terrible darting pains increased in intensity. Another medical attendant, Dr. G. F. Shrady, was called in to assist and relieve Dr. Douglas. The great fear of the physicians now was of the horrible cancerou Where is it? On the table. Shall we use it? Is it worth while to bring him back to pain? Yes. Hold the Fort. And Dr. Shrady administered the brandy, which Dr. Douglas had prepared. It stimulated the nerves, it produced another pulsation. Theou mean to take that dog into Richmond? I think I shall, said Ingalls; he belongs to a long lived breed. After this Dr. Shrady sat down to write the bulletin for the morning. What shall I say, General? he asked. How shall I tell them you are any one an enemy; and finally made use of the circumlocution,—Those who have not hitherto been regarded as friends. Dr. Shrady wrote out the bulletin, and read it aloud, when the General added: I desire the good — will of all, whether heretofore
George Washington (search for this): chapter 49
and letters were sent to me to present at the fitting time, offering worthy sepulture. The people of the District of Columbia, through their representatives, declared their desire that the revered ashes should rest at the capital of the country, and the General-in-Chief of the army, the friend and follower of General Grant, sent proffers of a place for him at the Soldiers' Home,—a fitting spot for the last habitation of a soldier. The President of the United States sent a messenger from Washington to say that he would attend in person the august obsequies, and I was requested to communicate in time the probabilities and the arrangements. All these sad secrets were to me especial signs of the universal grief that kept pace with the still more sacred sorrow which I saw; but I was anxious not to intrude prematurely upon the family the preparations for what seemed then inevitably at hand, and I bore about with me for weeks the knowledge, undisclosed, that armies and presidents were wa
Victor Newcomb (search for this): chapter 49
ne Bank, where Grant and Ward had large deposits, was in danger, but that speedy assistance would enable it to overcome the difficulty. The assistance, however, must be immediate if they would save themselves. He urged General Grant to obtain at once a loan of $150,000 for this purpose; and Sunday though it was, the old warrior sallied out at the instance of the partner, who knew at that moment that all the fortunes of General Grant had been lost through his means. He went first to Mr. Victor Newcomb, who was not at home, and then to William H. Vanderbilt, who at once agreed to let General Grant have his cheque for $150,000 without security. He said that he had never done such a thing before, but he would do it for General Grant. The General expected to return the money immediately; he wanted it only to enable the Marine Bank to find time to collect its loans. Ward had assured him, and he repeated to Vanderbilt, that there were securities for more than a million of dollars in th
Slocum (search for this): chapter 49
change, but soon his strength was so far gone that he recognized the need. The two great chairs in which for months he had sat, leaning back in one with his feet in the other, were taken into that room in which all now thought he would die. Still, he walked almost daily into the apartment where he had spent so many hours during the winter. Meanwhile the efforts to pass the bill for his retirement continued. This one Mr. Arthur would sign. It had passed the Senate, and Mr. Randall, General Slocum, and other prominent Democrats wrote to General Grant's family and friends that the final result would be favorable. Mr. Randall had greater power in the matter than any one else, his party being in the majority, and no one was more earnest than he. But General Grant remained indifferent, and this time his indifference was real. He was absorbed in his sufferings, and believed the bill would be of no use to him now. His family, too, cared little for success, save as it might soothe or p
Buell (search for this): chapter 49
as well as Northerners. Army clubs and loyal leagues sent messages incessantly. Meetings of former Confederates were held to signify their sorrow. The sons of Robert E. Lee and Albert Sidney Johnston were among the first to proffer good wishes to him whom their fathers had fought. Political opponents were as outspoken as partisan friends, and the bitterest enemies of General Grant in the daily press were generous and constant in the expression of their interest. Rivals in the army like Buell and Rosecrans made known that the calamity which impended over the nation was a sorrow for them, because they were Americans. Mr. Jefferson Davis more than once uttered kind words which were conveyed to the sufferer. The new Secretary of War of the Democratic administration called in person; the new Secretary of State sent remedies and good wishes. The new President dispatched the Marshal of the District of Columbia from Washington to make inquiries. Ex-President Hayes and ex-Secretary L
Hamilton Fish (search for this): chapter 49
ssant in his efforts in the press and in private to secure the passage of the bill, came to General Grant's house and asked for me. He said if a determined effort were made by General Grant's friends, he thought the bill might be passed the next day; and asked me to go to see whoever I thought would have influence. I told the General of the visit. He was gratified at the interest of his friends, but would give me no advice, and I sallied out and spent the day in his service. I found Mr. Hamilton Fish, General Grant's old Secretary of State, Mr. Evarts, who had just been elected Senator, and General Horace Porter, my former comrade on General Grant's staff. All were willing and earnest; all wrote letters at once to reach members of Congress the next day, and Porter went with me to visit others who we thought might help us. But Monday came and the bill was called up and lost. General Grant felt the rebuff acutely. Though he had made no demonstration of anxiety in advance, those
J. H. Douglas (search for this): chapter 49
r that of one of his family, he should consult Dr. J. H. Douglas; and General Grant went the same day to Dr. DoDr. Douglas. This was on the 22d of October. When he returned he said the physician had told him that his throat ough it was afterward learned that he had pressed Dr. Douglas for close information, and had detected a greatevant with him. One or two of the family called on Dr. Douglas to make further inquiry, and the response awakenemily the most painful solicitude. Dr. Barker and Dr. Douglas had as yet retained the case exclusively in their In January he ceased to visit his physician. Dr. Douglas now came to the patient daily, and after a whileG. F. Shrady, was called in to assist and relieve Dr. Douglas. The great fear of the physicians now was of thet. And Dr. Shrady administered the brandy, which Dr. Douglas had prepared. It stimulated the nerves, it produarmony and good feeling between the sections. To Dr. Douglas he expressed the same sentiment in nearly the sam
Caesar (search for this): chapter 49
was no desire to retain him. Reverent sorrow and sympathy had long ascended from every quarter of the land toward the cottage on that mountain-top, but there were no prayers uttered for protracted days. The final crisis was neither long nor painful. On the 21st of July the country was informed that he was failing again. For two days his symptoms indicated increasing depression and exhaustion, and on the 23d came the end. There was no renewed struggle, no distinct consciousness on his part that his feet were wet with the waters of that river which we all must cross; he made no formal parting again with his family; he endured no pangs of dissolution, but passed away quietly without a groan or a shudder, with no one but his wife and children and his medical attendants by his side. He had done most of the great things of his life with calmness and composure, and in the same way he entered the long procession in which Alexander and Caesar and Wellington and Napoleon had preceded him.
Albert Sidney Johnston (search for this): chapter 49
s, army comrades, former cabinet ministers, senators, generals, diplomatists, on errands of inquiry or commiseration. A hundred letters and telegrams arrived each day, with pity and affection in every line. The soldiers all over the country were conspicuous in their manifestations of sympathy—Southerners as well as Northerners. Army clubs and loyal leagues sent messages incessantly. Meetings of former Confederates were held to signify their sorrow. The sons of Robert E. Lee and Albert Sidney Johnston were among the first to proffer good wishes to him whom their fathers had fought. Political opponents were as outspoken as partisan friends, and the bitterest enemies of General Grant in the daily press were generous and constant in the expression of their interest. Rivals in the army like Buell and Rosecrans made known that the calamity which impended over the nation was a sorrow for them, because they were Americans. Mr. Jefferson Davis more than once uttered kind words which we
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