Quote#Remembrance
Many of our comrades of those days paid the latter price for our…
Quote byUlysses S. Grant · 1822–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to the Society of the Army of Tennessee (1875).
English (original)
many of our comrades of those days paid the latter price for our preserved Union! Let their heroism and sacrifices be ever green and in our memory. Let not the results of their sacrifices be destroyed. The Union and the free institutions for which they fell, should be held more dear for their sacrifices.
— Ulysses S. Grant
More from Ulysses S. Grant
Burnside wanted to put his colored division in front, and I believe if he had done so it would have been a success
We are responsible for these things in his race. It is not fair to visit our faults upon him, let him alone.
Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. I look forward to an epoch when a court, recognized by …
I only know two tunes. One is Yankee Doodle, and the other one isn't.
My lord, I have heard that your father was a military man. Was that the case?
You must take it; I cannot live with anything in my possession that is not mine.