Question
Did General Grant wear a sidearm?
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Matt Anderson
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good question
I have seen hundreds of pictures of Grant. I have never seen one in which he was packin". That certainly doesn't mean he didn't; but if he did, he never wore one in a picture. Seems to me, if he had a favorite piece, he might have worn it at least once. Do you all know about this website? www.generalsandbrevets.com It's pretty cool. Hope it helps.
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Never that I've ever read about. I'm not sure that he even wore a sword.
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In their little conversation at Appomattox, Grant apologized to Lee for not wearing a sword, as well as his generally rumpled dress, saying his personal baggage had gone astray. In a photo of Grant standing with a horse, you can see saddle holsters, but not what they contained, if anything.
There's an early war picture of Grant all gussied up with sash, sword in hand, peacock feather in his Hardee hat but I don't recall a pistol.
A sword maybe if staged photos. I can't recall any mention of his wearing any sidearm.
By the way, see my post on the "Ulysses S. Grant Homepage".
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"Oh, just burn a barn or something. Make smoke like the Indians do." Sherman's reply as to how he would know where his cavalry was in Georgia.
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