Wherein Captain Galligasken has Something more to say about the glorious Campaign of Chattanooga, and illustrates some of the personal Characteristics of the illustrious Soldier. 259 CHAPTER XXV. Wherein Captain Galligasken follows the illustrious Soldier to Washington, where, after enduring many Hardships, he is commissioned Lieutenant General in the Army of the United States. 272 CHAPTER XXVI. Wherein Captain Galligasken has Something to say about the illustrious Soldier's Views of Strategy, and follows him across the Rapidan into The Wilderness. 284 CHAPTER XXVII. Wherein Captain Galligasken follows the Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, and the illustrious Soldier announces that he shall fight it out on that Line, if it takes all Summer. 296 CHAPTER XXVIII. Wherein Captain Galligasken describes in brief Detail the Siege of Petersburg and Richmond, and attends the illustrious Soldier to the End of the Campaign at Appomattox Court House. 310 CHAPTER XXIX. Wherein Captain Galligasken has a few Words to say about Lee's Surrender, and demonstrates to his own and his Reader's entire Satisfaction, that the illustrious Soldier is not an accidental Hero. 323 CHAPTER XXX. Wherein Captain Galligasken follows the illustrious Soldier in his Career after the War, relates several Anecdotes of him, and respectfully invites the whole World to MATCH HIM. 337 =Our Standard-Bearer;= OR, THE LIFE OF GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT. CHAPTER I. _Wherein Captain Galligasken modestly disparages himself, and sets forth with becoming Enthusiasm the Virtues of the illustrious Soldier whose Life he insists upon writing._ Who am I? It makes not the least difference who I am. If I shine at all in this veritable history,--which I honestly confess I have not the slightest desire to do,--it will be only in the reflected radiance of that great name which has become a household word in the home of every loyal citizen, north and south, of this mighty Republic; a name that will shine with transcendent lustre as his fame rings along down the grand procession of the ages, growing brighter and more glorious the farther it is removed from the petty jealousies of contemporaneous heroes, statesmen, and chroniclers.