Below is a small excert from the Annals of Iowa. You can view the whole letter by going to the Iowa History Site. It is quite long with lots of information. Every detailed. ~~~~~~~~~~ JANUARY, 1921 ANNALS OF IOWA MAJOR-GENERAL LEWIS ADDISON GRANT By Charles Keyes* Dr. Charles Keyes, the writer of this article, was a neighbor of General Grant for many years and talked with him frequently concerning the events herein related, and other phases of the Civil War.-Editor. The real hero of "Sheridan's Ride," and the one personage of all others who made the great fame of that ride possible, appears to me not to have been the commander himself but one of his lieutenants, who, with a relatively small force, had fought and held back an entire Confederate army all day while the rest of the Union regiments were in disastrous retreat. The recent announcement of the demise of that hero recalls the fact that for a quarter of a century he was an honored and distinguished citizen of our state, and was for years one of the most widely known survivors of the Civil War resident in the West. Major-General Grant, at the time of his death, March 20, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the ripe old age of four score and ten years, was the sole survivor, save one, of the famous Old Vermont Brigade which was one of the most active units throughout the Civil War. Of the many engagements in which he took part two in particular stand out prominently. At the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, he saved the Union army from signal defeat. Before Petersburg he planned and led the assault which broke the Confederate lines and opened the way for Lee's surrender seven days later. Subsequently he became assistant secretary of war, and acting secretary of war, under President Harrison. ``````````````` Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/