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I received Bill O'Reilly's Killing Crazy Horse -The Merciless Indian Wars in America as a Christmas gift and just started reading it. O'Reilly provides a bibliography but does not provide endnotes or footnotes. On page 98 of this book, he writes the following:
"On August 18, 1847, the Mexican War offered Sam Grant another yet another encounter. He had just returned to General Scott's headquarters after a day of foraging for food to feed the troops. His uniform was unbuttoned, and his face was covered in dust and grime. A colonel approached, his uniform spotless, and he sharply scolded Grant for his slovenly appearance. The man spoke with a Virginia drawl and insulted Grant so completely that the memory would never fade.
In this way Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met for the first time. They will not speak again until 1865, at a remote farmhouse in the Virginia village of Appomattox Court House, where Grant will accept thee surrender of Lee's Confederate troops, bringing the American Civil War to an end."
I have never heard this before. Are any of you familiar with this and if so, do you remember the source? I checked Grant's Memoirs and unless I missed it, I could not find any mention of this. I also checked Grant biographies by Smith, Simpson, Garland and Woodward without finding any mention of this.
"On August 18, 1847, the Mexican War offered Sam Grant another yet another encounter. He had just returned to General Scott's headquarters after a day of foraging for food to feed the troops. His uniform was unbuttoned, and his face was covered in dust and grime. A colonel approached, his uniform spotless, and he sharply scolded Grant for his slovenly appearance. The man spoke with a Virginia drawl and insulted Grant so completely that the memory would never fade.
In this way Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met for the first time. They will not speak again until 1865, at a remote farmhouse in the Virginia village of Appomattox Court House, where Grant will accept thee surrender of Lee's Confederate troops, bringing the American Civil War to an end."
I have never heard this before. Are any of you familiar with this and if so, do you remember the source? I checked Grant's Memoirs and unless I missed it, I could not find any mention of this. I also checked Grant biographies by Smith, Simpson, Garland and Woodward without finding any mention of this.