the war began over the wrong issue - Grant Emerges Here is a link to a short essay by John Y. Simon on the rise of Grant in the West. (Sorry if the title of the post was misleading, but it is a quote from the essay!) http://historicaltextarchive.com/sec...icle&artid=661
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"It was a very peculiar time." - Franklin D. Cossitt
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