Comments on: The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 20:53:06 +0000

> A letter from Grant to his sister, Mary, in 1859

ChatGPT reports:

> Ulysses S. Grant … freed his slave, William Jones, in March 1859. …

So either the letter was written within the first three months of 1859, or the freed man was kept on under wage terms other than hiring “by the year” like the others.

p.s. Dents was the maiden name of Grant’s wife — which the freed slave may have felt reason to want to change to “Jones”.

By: Pez

Pez — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 11:08:37 +0000

He wasnt that steadfast an antislaver.

‘ A letter from Grant to his sister, Mary, in 1859 describes “I now have three negro men, two hired by the year and one of Mr. Dents, which, with my own help, I think, will enable me to do my farming pretty well’

By: Praps

Praps — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 04:13:37 +0000

After reading this article I feel that Grant was a great man who really cared for his wife because despite the pain and weakness from the disease he kept on writing so that his wife would not have to go through the hardship after he was gone.

By: JarvisLoop

JarvisLoop — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 02:16:36 +0000

Just checking back in to see who else has checked in since 2017.

By: Roadrunner

Roadrunner — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 22:55:47 +0000

It’s been a few years since I’ve stopped to read your articles, I miss them, must try to catch up.

By: Mount McGregor

Mount McGregor — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 19:16:55 +0000

I read this article after just having finished Ron Chernow’s biography of Mr. Grant named Grant. For all of you grammar bloodhounds, I would have underlined the title except that this little comment program wouldn’t let me. You are welcome to pull me apart on anything else.

I highly recommend that book. I fell in love with Grant, the book and the man. Chernow covers the drinking in a comprehensive way. The letters, quotes, and anecdotes that he provides give a nuanced analysis of a sticky issue in Grant’s life. His military aide and self-appointed personal protector John Rawlins’ descriptions of his boss to others, and his uber-vigilance of him during the war are particularly telling. Anyway, read the book. You’re gonna love it! I guarantee it!

By: GerryUK

GerryUK — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:22:40 +0000

May I point out that unlike your more educated commentators I have no opinion of the grammar etc of this article. I would point out however, the content was fascinating and the writing style, in my humble opinion, excellent. Put it this way I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot. That works for me. Thank you.

By: da

da — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 04:26:04 +0000

There was much to admire about Grant, but his administration has been compared to that of Harding’s. The level of corruption is almost unmatched. What are your views on that?

By: Water MAtters

Water MAtters — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:17:24 +0000

An interesting note is Ferdinand & Ward’s scheme to augment NYC’s drinking water supply by piping water across the Hudson River from the Ramapo River. The profit from that scheme would have been a 50% net profit.

By: The Ide

The Ide — Thu, 11 May 2017 07:53:13 +0000

Love it!