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grantcart

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3. Right and if people form into armies and attack Fort Sumter we should take a page from that book.
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 05:21 PM
Aug 2017

If however you are in a personal situation where you are one on one with someone who is filled with hate you might want to open a door for him to leave that world.

Grant took a hard line to shorten the war but was always considerate and generous once the fighting stopped. He insisted on "Unconditional Surrender" and then would accede to almost all the requests that the opposing general requested. It is well known that he allowed generous terms but he also would extend a personal touch. After taking Fort Donelson he offered Gen. Buckner money from his own purse to assist him (Buckner declined)

When President Grant's body was taken to his final resting place two Confederate Generals, Buckner and Johnston served as pallbearers. The man that was responsible for the most Confederate fatalities during the war was known as being humane and generous after the fighting stopped and it helped a lot of people reconcile.

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