Excerpt from History of U. S. Grant Post No. 327, Brooklyn, N. Y: Including Biographical Sketches of Its Members<br><br>In 1852 he removed with his regiment to Oregon, and 011 the. Thi1ty first of July, 1814, he 1esi91ned his commission. He took up his residence 11ea1 St Louis whe1e he engaged in fa1111in91 and at thes same time set. Himself up as a 1eal estate agent. He was not successful in this, and in 1859 he was invited by his fatl1e1, who was then e1'1g11ged in the business of buying and selling leather, at Galena, III to 1i'cept 11. Clelkship. His sal111y was but $40 a month He is desc1il1ed by those 111111 knew him at this time as one who appealed always to be thinking of some abst1act subject.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.