Quote#Wisdom
The negro troops are easier to preserve discipline among than our…
Quote byUlysses S. Grant · 1822–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: At Vicksburg (24 July 1863), as quoted in Words of our Hero: Ulysses S. Grant, edited by Jeremiah Chaplin, Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, pp. 13-14. Also quoted in Ulysses S. Grant, Triumph over Adversity, by Brooks Donohue Simpson, p. 217.
English (original)
The negro troops are easier to preserve discipline among than our white troops, and I doubt not will prove equally good for garrison duty. All that have been tried have fought bravely.
— Ulysses S. Grant
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