Congressmen in Gop Should Honor Ulysees S. Grant's Legacy

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Shame on the 14 Republican congressmen who last week proposed substituting Ronald Reagan for Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 bill. Their action suggests they need a history lesson about the northern general who won the Civil War and went on to lead the country.

Having enjoyed brief acclaim during the Mexican-American War, the one-time farmer was toiling in obscurity when he answered President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers in 1861. He rapidly won fame in the western theater, scoring decisive and morale-raising victories at Shiloh, Vicksburg and Chattanooga. When Lincoln tapped him in early 1864 to be the leading general, Grant directed victories that vindicated his strategic vision and guaranteed his president's re-election.

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Congressmen in Gop Should Honor Ulysees S. Grant's Legacy

Although rumors of Grant's drinking circulated during the war, evidence showed he rarely imbibed and never when it counted.

The Union's hero was praised for the magnanimous ter...

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