Ulysses S. Grant Part 2: There Were So Many Flies Hovering Over the Bodies, the Sky Went Dark.

In Part 2 of the 1877 call with Ulysses S. Grant, you’ll hear him talk about:

Why as quarter master he would run towards the sound of the guns.

What turned the civil war into a holy war for the north.

And finally why grant attempted to move the mighty Mississippi River to a new location, even though he thought the idea given to him by his superiors was absurd.

After that, Grant will tell a story to close out this podcast that will leave you speechless. After the surrender at the Appomattox courthouse which more or less was the end of the civil war, Grant was invited to join Lincoln in his box at the Ford Theater. Grant turned down the request and regretted it for the rest of his life. Hear how his presence would have altered history.

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