How U.S. Grant Learned to Win “The People’s War”
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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Adam Badeau, an officer on Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's staff, wrote of the unique traits and experiential knowledge that bolstered the general as he took on the job of commander of all the Union armies and waged relentless war on his adversaries. Here's Badeau's comments.
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