Cobblestone articles from December 2006

Cobblestone archives from December 2006

Editor's note.(great leaders)(Editorial)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Perhaps the greatest measure of a true leader is his or her ability to achieve success even after failure, At various times during his life, Ulysses S. Grant was a student, soldier, civilian, husband, father, general, president, and author. He...

A passion for horses.(Ulysses S. Grant's passion)(Biography)
December 1, 2006... Georgetown, Ohio, was full of excitement. A traveling circus was in town. In the ring, a trick pony threw off one rider after another. Then came young Ulysses Grant's turn. The pony bucked and kicked, but Ulysses held tightly. Not even a monkey...

First combat.(Second Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant in the Mexican border dispute of 1845)
December 1, 2006... With boundary disputes along the Mexican--American border fueling rising tensions between those two nations, in 1845, U.S. president James K. Polk sent 3,000 troops under the command of Major General Zachary Taylor to take the land by force....

Ulysses & Julia.(Ulysses S. Grant's family life)(Julia Grant)
December 1, 2006... When Ulysses S. Grant was a young lieutenant at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri--his first assignment after graduating from the U. S. Military Academy--the family of his West Point classmate Frederick Dent lived nearby. Ulysses began to spend a...

First in war.(Ulysses S. Grant)(Biography)
December 1, 2006... No American officer ever rose higher or faster through army ranks than Ulysses S. Grant did during the Civil War. By the time the conflict was over, he was the most celebrated military hero in the nation. But a few years prior, in 1854, he had...

At the battle of Shiloh.(Ulysses S. Grant)
December 1, 2006... While Major General Ulysses S. Grant ate breakfast on April 6, 1862, he heard the roar of cannon seven miles away. He suddenly realized that he had made a terrible miscalculation. A great battle had begun! Grant had brought his army up the...

Victory at Vicksburg.(Ulysses S. Grant's strategy)
December 1, 2006... In the spring of 1863, Union major general Ulysses S. Grant had command of 60,000 men in the Army of the Tennessee. He had been given a free hand by his superior Major General Henry W. Halleck, to pick his own battles. Grant chose Vicksburg,...

Can you crack the crossword?
December 1, 2006... Can you find the hidden word? Once you solve the crossword puzzle, you will have the clues you need. Simply unscramble the letters in the yellow spaces. Here is your hidden word question: Control of what river was crucial for both armies during...

Did you know?(Ulysses S. Grant)(Brief article)(Biography)
December 1, 2006... The Grants declined an invitation to attend a play at Ford's Theatre with President and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln on Good Friday, April 14, 1865--the night Lincoln was aSSassinated. Yellowstone National Park was created, the National Museum...

Ely S. Parker: Grant's military secretary.(Biography)
December 1, 2006... In General Ulysses S. Grant's recommendation to extend an army commission to Seneca chief Ely S. Parker, he praised Parker as a highly educated "full blooded Indian" and an engineer of "considerable eminence." Parker was at the Tonawanda...

National hero.(Ulysses S. Grant)(Biography)
December 1, 2006... After the Civil War ended, Ulysses S. Grant began a new career--as national celebrity. Crowds gathered to see "the gallant hero who symbolized the valiant struggle to maintain the Union" Individual citizens, towns, and cities showered him with...

Race relations.(Ulysses S. Grant on African Americans)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... After the Civil War, the South refused to support the civil rights amendments of the 1860s and 1870s that guaranteed freedoms to African Americans. Acts of terror increased against newly freed slaves and other black Americans in the South. An...

'To witness these things.'.(Ulysses S. Grant)
December 1, 2006... On a summer day in 1884, Ulysses S. Grant sat down to lunch at his vacation home in Long Branch, New Jersey. While eating a peach, he complained of a terrible pain in his throat. At first, he shrugged it off as a minor annoyance. But the...

'Let us have peace'.(Ulysses S. Grant)
December 1, 2006... Cold weather and cloudy skies greeted the crowd--estimated at one million--that was present for the New York City dedication of Grant's Tomb on April 27, 1897. The ceremony was held on the 75th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant's birth. It was...

First in war and peace.(Going GLOBAL)
December 1, 2006... Like the general who became U.S. president, leaders of several other nations in the late 1800s combined force and politics to serve their countries. HE WAS NO CANNOLI! No figure in modern Italian history looms larger than Giuseppe...

Army.(Poem)
December 1, 2006... ARMY You tell me you're going away. Is it for good, or just for today? What about tomorrow? Will your future be bright? I wish you wouldn't go, if only for tonight. The army is no place for you. ...

Wind.(Your LETTERS)(Poem)
December 1, 2006... WIND You see it every day, it's the wind you watch. You feel a blow. Look up and you're floating away. The wind, it is releasing you. You feel something special hit you, the wind carrying you to the...

Grant's Ghosts.(You LETTERS)
December 1, 2006... Emma Campbell-Mohn South Burlington, Vermont [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Ulysses S. Grant.(Your LETTERS)
December 1, 2006... Haille Krieg Livonia, Michigan [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Listen.(Poem)
December 1, 2006... LISTEN The sound and sights fill the night with harmony and rhythm and the beautiful souls within. But now children are sidetracked, playing video games, their minds are black from violence and blood ...

Civil War General.(Your LETTERS)
December 1, 2006... Kelsey Seaman Marlette, Michigan [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Books to read.
December 1, 2006... Unconditional Surrender: U.S. Grant and the Civil War by Albert Marrin (New York: Atheneum, 1994, www.simonsays.com) also tells the story of Grant's military career and his rapid rise in the Union army. The mostly text-filled pages are...

The River Between Us.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... THE RIVER BETWEEN US by Richard Peck (New York. Puffin Books, 2003, www.us.penguingroup.com/). The brewing Civil War seems quite far away to teenager Tilly Pruitt, who lives in a remote part of Illinois in 1861. The tensions and...

Ethan rates it ...(www.americancivilwar.com/north/grant.html)(Website overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... ***** The life Ulysses S. Grant was one of adventure glory, and unruliness. Though www.americancivilwar.com/north/grant.html only skims over his many military, political, and personal experiences, it offers an accurate account of a...

'Three cheers for young Grant!'.(Ulysses S. Grant)
December 1, 2006... Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his son Frederick watched from the gunboat Henry Von Phul as the Union fleet steamed down the Mississippi River past Confederate batteries. Fred was very excited--he had begged to be allowed to accompany his...

Brain ticklers.(Ulysses S. Grant)
December 1, 2006... GiVE YOUR BRAiN A LiTTLE TiCKLE TO SEE HOW WELL YOU READ AND UNDERSTOOD THiS iSSUE ON THE LiFE OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. iF YOU BELiEVE THE ANSWER TO BE FALSE, GiVE YOURSELF THE ULTiMATE TEST AND SEE WHETHER YOU CAN EXPLAiN WHY iT iS FALSE. ANSWER...

A final word.(Ulysses S. Grant )
December 1, 2006... ULYSSES S. GRANT'S LiFE SEEMED TO SWiNG BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAiLURE. WHAT DO YOU THiNK WERE HiS GREATEST STRENGTH AND HiS GREATEST WEAKNESS? WHAT ASPECTS OF GRANT'S LiFE DO YOU ADMiRE MOST? Answers to Brain Ticklers from...

Cartoon connection with Ebenezer & the Colonel.
December 1, 2006... Ulysses S. Grant has a fascinating history! He started of as a very ordinary man, and then became one of America's most extraordinary HEROES. Not unlike your truly... Oh, THIS ought to be good! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN...

What is it?
December 1, 2006... That featherbrained Colonel scrambled this photo of a scene connected to Ulysses S. Grant. Can you unscramble these boxes and put the image back together? Try making a copy of the cover and then cutting out the pieces to move them around. The...