Ulysses S. Grant Quote

That is, by arming the negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weaken him in the same proportion they strengthen us. I am therefore most decidedly in favor of pushing this policy to the enlistment of a force sufficient to hold all the South falling into our hands and to aid in capturing more.


Letter to Abraham Lincoln (1863)


That is, by arming the negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weaken him in the same...

That is, by arming the negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weaken him in the same...

That is, by arming the negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weaken him in the same...

That is, by arming the negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weaken him in the same...