H.W. Brands, The Man Who Saved The Union: Ulysses Grant In War And Peace Quotes
He was like a man thinking on an abstract subject all the time.
He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind's eye. It was one of the secrets of his military success.
Proving himself to himself was no small matter.
Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them.
Even when he played, he made a business of it.
Employment was better than idleness for men, because it kept the enemy guessing.