General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 – 1891) once said of Ulysses, “I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.” He also said, “Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.” It’s obvious they had a mutual admiration society for each other. I’d imagine they shared a brotherly love for Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. President as well.
Shortly after his death, his friend Samuel Langhorne Clemens “Mark Twain” (1835 – 1910) published his memoirs. As a result of the ingenious marketing campaign he devised, the critically acclaimed, two-volume set sold over 350,000 copies.
There’s a reminisence by a fellow officer who served at Fort Humboldt in 1853 with Capt. Grant that tells about his friendship with 1st. Lt. John B. Collins. He may well have been an agnatic descendant of the brother of Edward Collins (1603 – 1689) 1st Deacon of Congregational Church of Cambridge. Between April and June of 1861, Collins issued eight battlefield skirmish reports from Fort Humboldt.
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U.S. President Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant
Birth 27 Apr 1822 in Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio, USA
Death 23 Jul 1885 in Mt McGregor, Saratoga, New York, USA
Ancestry.com citation/Lineages
5th cousin 9x removed WARREN-BARLETT-SPRAGUE-TRIPP-OUTWATER-COLLINS
17th cousin 1x removed SIMPSON-THOMPSON-WHARFEE-GROSVENOR-NORREYS-VERE-HOWARD-WOOD-COLLINS
16th cousin 4x removed GREY-STRANGE-FITZALAN-MOWBRAY-HOWARD-WOOD-COLLINS
1st cousin 4x removed of husband of 2nd cousin 8x removed DELANO-SIMMONS-COLLINS
husband of 10th cousin 5x removed DENT-FOWKES-CUPPER-COOKE-BARLETT-SPRAGUE-TRIPP-OUTWATER-COLLINS.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero
Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President
Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero
The Patricians, A Genealogical Study – Ebook Editions US$5.95
Steven Wood Collins (1952 – ) Antiquarian, Genealogist, Novelist
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