Quote#Success & Failure
Burnside wanted to put his colored division in front, and I believe…
Quote byUlysses S. Grant · 1822–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To the Committee on the Conduct of the War, as quoted in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (1884-1888), edited by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence C. Buel, New York: Century Co., Volume 4, p. 548.
English (original)
Burnside wanted to put his colored division in front, and I believe if he had done so it would have been a success
— Ulysses S. Grant
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