Bust of General Grant, in uniform, facing
the left. In the upper part of a circle, branches of laurel and oak;
in the lower part, sugarcane, the cotton plant, tobacco leaves and
wheat, united by the national flag; in a second circle, thirteen
stars, emblematical of the thirteen original States of the Union.
ANTROBUS. D. (_delineavit._) PAQUET. F. (_fecit_).

America, personified as a maiden, is seated on a rainbow, with the
eagle at her side. She holds in her left hand a cornucopia of flowers,
and in her right a crown of laurel and the American shield, on which,
in bend, is the word DONELSON. Below, dividing the medal into two
parts, is a trophy of arms, surmounted by the cap of liberty, and
protected by two sentinels kneeling; to the left is the city of
Vicksburg, at the foot of which flows the Mississippi river, bearing
two steamboats; VICKSBURG; to the right are Lookout Mountain and
Missionary Ridge; the Federal army encamped on the banks of the
Tennessee river; CHATTANOOGA. In a first circle the Mississippi river,
on which are four steamers, two of which are gunboats; MISSISSIPPI
RIVER; in a second, thirteen stars--emblematical of the thirteen
original States of the Union.[117]

[Footnote 117: See INTRODUCTION, page viii.]

ANTROBUS, who designed the medal to General Grant, was living in (p. 371)
Iowa in 1870.

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT was born at Point Pleasant, Clermont County,
Ohio, April 27, 1822. He was graduated at West Point as second
lieutenant in the 4th infantry, July 1, 1843, and served under General
Taylor at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Monterey, and in all
General Scott's battles, from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. He was
breveted first lieutenant at Molinos del Rey, and captain at
Chapultepec, for gallantry in the field. He resigned in 1854, and in
the early part of 1860 removed to Galena, Illinois. In the Civil War
he entered the service as colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteers,
May, 1861. As brigadier-general of volunteers he fought the battle of
Belmont, November 7, of the same year; captured Fort Donelson,
February 16, 1862, for which he was appointed, on the same day,
major-general of volunteers; and won the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and
7, 1862. He took Vicksburg, and was made major-general in the United
States Army, July 4, 1863; won the battle of Chattanooga, November 25,
same year, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general. He
became commander-i