One of My Own.

Growing up in Illinois in 1859, it was great to hear the news of Lincoln running for the title of President. I have been working with my father in his leather shop this year. On March 4 of this year, Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth president. All of Illinois was in an uproar of support seeing as how Lincoln is from Illinois. I have been contacted by the army, which is a big deal since I retreated from the army. The army has said that I might be needed as a General or Lieutenant against the Confederate. So I think that this has been great news for me and I would love to fight once again for our new president: Abraham Lincoln. I hope one day to be someone like him. 

-Ulysses S. Grant

Resources: http://millercenter.org/index.php/academic/americanpresident/grant