To anyone interested more about this guy I highly recommend reading his 2 volume memoirs. They were very enriching and he had a very colorful interpretation of a lot of things going on during the Mexican and civil war.
And after reading one could conclude a very deep Christian belief as well though many don't attribute his religious life, there was no doubt after reading his memoirs that he was a Christian.
No Saint of course but after reading his 2 volumes one could not assume that he himself was not aware of the hand of God in Jesus Christ's name moving his life.
The very first thing Grant says in his memoirs is this:
"Man proposes, but God disposes. "
Which is ironic. The last thing he wanted to be was a soldier. Yet God, for the purposes of saving this great nation from crumbling via social divide, thrust Hiram (Ulysees) into it by the will of his own birth father.
A true testament that God guides us even though we may not see it.
God bless us brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may be used, if He wills, to effectuate change just as He used Grant. In Jesus name, amen.
The last thing he wanted to be was a soldier? He was a West Point graduate! You don't go to West Point UNLESS you want to be a soldier (a leader, but still a soldier), and in most cases, people go to West Point because they are passionate about becoming a soldier, so I don't know where you would get that the last thing he wanted to be was a soldier.
It's in his memoirs. He went on his own dad's orders.
In fact he wanted to be around horses more than anything else. West point also offered him the opportunity to travel which he also wanted to do. From his writing you get obedience and expediency, not excitement. Based off the book, I get he had a staunch hatred of war.
Here i got my copy out right here:
"During this vacation my father received a letter from the honorable Thomas Morris, then united states senator from Ohio. When He read it he said to me, 'Ulysses, I believe you are going to receive the appointment.' 'What appointment?' I inquired. 'To west point; I have applied for it. ' ' But I won't go, ' I said. He said he thought i would, ( and I thought so too, if he did. I really had no objection to going to west point, except that I had a very exalted idea of the acquirements necessary to get through. I did not believe I possessed them, and could not bear the idea of failing. "
So granted I stand corrected. He didn't hate to go... but he did not rejoice the fact either. He went on obedience to his father and for expedient reasons.
Wasn't Grant the one who pledged the lives of American citizens in some deal making the US a company, or something? Hard to get reliable info on this...
No not Wilson, it's Grant, the 18th president. So people keep saying Trump will be the 19th. Like we didn't have one of those because the actual 19th was president of the corporation rather than the republic.
To anyone interested more about this guy I highly recommend reading his 2 volume memoirs. They were very enriching and he had a very colorful interpretation of a lot of things going on during the Mexican and civil war.
And after reading one could conclude a very deep Christian belief as well though many don't attribute his religious life, there was no doubt after reading his memoirs that he was a Christian.
No Saint of course but after reading his 2 volumes one could not assume that he himself was not aware of the hand of God in Jesus Christ's name moving his life.
The very first thing Grant says in his memoirs is this:
"Man proposes, but God disposes. "
Which is ironic. The last thing he wanted to be was a soldier. Yet God, for the purposes of saving this great nation from crumbling via social divide, thrust Hiram (Ulysees) into it by the will of his own birth father.
A true testament that God guides us even though we may not see it.
God bless us brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may be used, if He wills, to effectuate change just as He used Grant. In Jesus name, amen.
The last thing he wanted to be was a soldier? He was a West Point graduate! You don't go to West Point UNLESS you want to be a soldier (a leader, but still a soldier), and in most cases, people go to West Point because they are passionate about becoming a soldier, so I don't know where you would get that the last thing he wanted to be was a soldier.
It's in his memoirs. He went on his own dad's orders.
In fact he wanted to be around horses more than anything else. West point also offered him the opportunity to travel which he also wanted to do. From his writing you get obedience and expediency, not excitement. Based off the book, I get he had a staunch hatred of war. Here i got my copy out right here:
Volume 1 Chapter 2 page 14 (may vary depending on edition)
"During this vacation my father received a letter from the honorable Thomas Morris, then united states senator from Ohio. When He read it he said to me, 'Ulysses, I believe you are going to receive the appointment.' 'What appointment?' I inquired. 'To west point; I have applied for it. ' ' But I won't go, ' I said. He said he thought i would, ( and I thought so too, if he did. I really had no objection to going to west point, except that I had a very exalted idea of the acquirements necessary to get through. I did not believe I possessed them, and could not bear the idea of failing. "
So granted I stand corrected. He didn't hate to go... but he did not rejoice the fact either. He went on obedience to his father and for expedient reasons.
More like The last thing he wanted was to be the General of the North.
That's how I see it.
Two scoops
This.
He was kind of a piece of shit.
Funny how Grant still owned slaves long after the war. Lee freed his slave before the war.
In Lee's day patriotism was to your State. That's because constitutionally the State was more important than the federal government.
This^^
hoping this is where wr headed .../!
Wasn't Grant the one who pledged the lives of American citizens in some deal making the US a company, or something? Hard to get reliable info on this...
If someone could clarify this, thanks in advance
He was president from 1869-1877. The (illegal) Congressional Act of 1871 was passed during his administration.
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/the-act-of-1871-the-2-constitutions-corporate-america/276232
Maybe you're thinking about Woodrow Wilson... not sure. I haven't heard that about Grant.
No not Wilson, it's Grant, the 18th president. So people keep saying Trump will be the 19th. Like we didn't have one of those because the actual 19th was president of the corporation rather than the republic.
What does that mean
Kill it before it hatches
He sided with the aggressors. Revisionist historians want everyone to believe it was all about slavery, but here’s what the war of northern aggression was really about: https://theferalirishman.blogspot.com/2017/08/just-so-we-are-clear.html
if you say "Heritage, not Hate" in the mirror three times, General Sherman comes and burns your house down.
Grant was okay but he was a drunk and his wife wanted to be excused from freeing her slaves.
No but then I also have not witnessed the perversions of people we have been posting about since Oct 2017. It doesn't mean that they're not true.
Okay, did you witness Grant not drinking alcoholic beverages?
Testosterone probably