I am anxious to get as many of these negro regiments as possible, and to have them full, and completely equipped. I am particularly desirous of organizing a regiment of heavy artillery from the negroes, to garrison this place, and shall do so as soon as possible.


At Vicksburg (11 July 1863), as quoted in Words of our Hero: Ulysses S. Grant, edited by Jeremiah Chaplin, Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, p. 13.

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I am anxious to get as many of these negro regiments as possible, and to have them full, and completely equipped. I am particularly desirous of...

I am anxious to get as many of these negro regiments as possible, and to have them full, and completely equipped. I am particularly desirous of...

I am anxious to get as many of these negro regiments as possible, and to have them full, and completely equipped. I am particularly desirous of...

I am anxious to get as many of these negro regiments as possible, and to have them full, and completely equipped. I am particularly desirous of...