Grant on Confederate War Morale: "The South Was a Military Camp"
Life on the Civil War Reserach Trail
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In his Personal Memoirs, President Ulysses S. Grant wrote extensively about the South, sharing his observations and experiences during the Civil War. He dedicates part of one section to comparing the morale of the armies and the relative conditions in which they operated. Here's his conclusions.
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