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  • Ulysses S. Grant before the Civil War: "I have been quite unfortunate lately"
  • The national conflict begins: "We are now in the midst of trying times"
  • Grant's biggest mistake: "They are a curse to the army"
  • Grant captures Vicksburg: "White flags will be displayed along your lines"
  • Victories make Grant commanding general: "An army never was whipped as badly as Bragg was"
  • The institution of never-ending war: "It is proposed to have co-operative action of all the armies"
  • Lincoln is reelected: "Congratulate the president"
  • Grant receives Lee's surrender: "The hopelessness of further resistance"
  • Postwar commanding general: "I dread going back to washington"
  • The military hero is nominated for president: "Let us have peace"
  • Grant becomes president: "The choice has fallen upon me"
  • Grant's first term: "An occupation uncongenial to me"
  • The Panic of 1873 and other second-term problems: "Matters are worse in New York than yesterday"
  • The Grants tour the world: "I have now been absent from home nearly two years"
  • A charlatan bankrupts the ex-president: "Financially, the Grant family is ruined"
  • Grant's death from cancer: "I am unable to converse even in a whisper."