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An Uneasy Relationship:
When Grant arrived in Virginia, the men of the Army of the Potomac knew of him only what they had read in the newspapers. They received him cautiously.
"The feeling about Grant is peculiar -- a little jealousy, a little dislike, a little envy,... All, however, are willing to give him a full chance and his own time for it. If he succeeds, the war is over."
-- Capt. Charles Francis Adams, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry |