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Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant:
In his memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant wrote: "One of my superstitions had always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything, not to turn back, or stop until the thing intended was accomplished." This was precisely what President Lincoln was looking for in his generals, and not finding often enough. Grant was a man of action, dogged and determined, willing to take risks and intent on hammering the Confederate army without wavering. |