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NNadir

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2. Sorry, I missed it. I have a very high opinion of General and President Grant, and have read...

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 20, 2021, 01:51 AM

Jun 2021

...many biographies of him, but I do miss some stuff about him.

I regard him as the Second best, and in many ways, one of the most essential Presidents of the 19th century, and I am very pleased that a historical reevaluation of his Presidency is underway, as well as appreciation of his Generalship.

I would be very pleased if Congress posthumously raised him to 5 Star Rank, as they did for General Washington. Without General Grant, there would be no United States, and without President Grant, it may not have held together, nor would it have been set on a regrettably interrupted path to realizing its ideals.

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Three Generals Reconsider Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. [View all] NNadir Jun 2021 OP

Thanks for posting. Did you happen to catch "Grant" on the History Channel... brush Jun 2021 #1

Sorry, I missed it. I have a very high opinion of General and President Grant, and have read... NNadir Jun 2021 #2

Agreed. He kept the nation together during his presidency... brush Jun 2021 #3