Confederate troops stop to salute General Grant
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The two sides met at a stream in Tennessee and the Confederate troops all rose to salute General Grant as he stopped for a drink.
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Most people don't know that a large majority of confederate officers were graduates of West Point , a large group were classmates with Grant at the academy!!!!
Honor, Duty, Valor ❤
Sherman, Longstreet,
Yes we all watched Grant. Of course they all went to West Point it was the only military school and basically still is lol
Most of us do.
@koDaffi what about VMI?
At Appomattox, when Confederate General John B Gordon surrendered his command, the Union soldiers started cheering. Union General Joshua Chamberlain stopped his men's cheering, not wanting to rub it in. Another quite respectful gesture.
There is more to it.
General Chamberlain called his men to attention and ordered them to present _honours_ (a form of salute). Upon hearing this, the confederates, whom until this point were a disheveled and defeated band, brought themselves together, formed proper lines and marched up to surrender weapons without incident.
Afterwards both armies mingled about the area as they awaited orders.
Much later, soldiers from both sides stated that the healing started there, and credited General Chamberlain for it. He was one of the most respected officers after the war.
@@nautifella11 men of Virginia from my line of descent died in Confederate Service.
Chamberlain was a brave man and able Commander.
May we never know the waste and horror of War amongst our own People
That may well be true, but it does not alter the fact that Andersonville will be forever a blot on Confederate history.
So much suffering for a dishonorable war.
@@jmjones7897 May we not destroy ourselves defending the indefensible.
May we show compassion and tolerance for the needs of those who differ from us.
And may the government not meddle in the health care decisions of others and take away the right to reproductive freedom amd healthcare.
God I love my ancestors @@nautifella
Even enemies can show respect to each other
Soldiers can
But politicians can’t.
They could then. Lincoln asked the band to play Dixie to honour the Confederacy when the war was over. @@petergould9174
Warriors will always show honor, & respect to warriors.
@@petergould9174just like any men, there's good and bad. John McCain and many others showed that.
If only the South had been willing to show respect to blacks without needing the federal government to force them
“I don't know. I sometimes feel troubled. Those fellas - those boys in blue - they never quite seem the enemy.”
Longstreet, “Gettysburg”
Back when Honor meant something.
Back when Slavery meant something to be obliterated...
@@cordongrouch9323. Slavery was a side issue. The Union was the thing.
@@josephtobin3347 You must be a Revisionist from Earth Two.
Slavery was the central issue.
Go crawl back under your rock and stay there.
@@josephtobin3347 It seems that people like you would wish a return to slavery... Yet you are terrified of AI and robots.
@@josephtobin3347 Slavery was _not_ a side issue.
And, the South attacked first, several times.
In more ways than one.
Get your facts straight.
This reminds me of the Christmas Truce on the front lines of WWI. It lasted the entire day.
Longer
It lasted long enough the commanders were forced to reassign the troops so the war could continue.
Oh man!!!! That Christmas truce really puts the hook in me every,,,,as a Marine grunt on somewhere on post cold and and filthy,,,
Family story. The brother of my great grand father was in the Austro-Hungarian army in WWI. On the Eastern front at Christmas the Hungarian and the Russian officers ate at the same table sitting alternately, joking and respecting each other.
@@christopheralbano7862Such a terrible thing honestly
Union troops and officers saluted Lee at Appomatox
Total BS.
@@cordongrouch9323Lee was a Commission military Officer of the United States be fore resigning his Commission to the United States to fight for his Home State; He was a General thus he is to be saluted by Soldiers and Junior Officers no matter what military they fight for; there is Honor and Tradition which a civil (not military; weak and worthless) will never under stand;
@@paulrodgers252 So, it is OK with you that Donald Trump saluted Korean Generals?
I am a Disabled Veteran and I found it disgusting.
And Union POW were treated horribly by their captors.
You are a liar, and you would probably salute a Nazi.
@@paulrodgers252 So, what I think I hear you saying is, that our Military is so craven that it even salutes General Officers of other armies that we are at war with?
As a Disabled Veteran, this shames me to the point of wanting to puke.
I would never salute someone trying to kill me.
@@cordongrouch9323
They actually did. They went to “present arms” where the rifles are held straight up in front perpendicular to the ground. They gave confederate general John B. Gordon of Georgia a salute also.
We were the best of friends, when we weren’t killing each other!!
That was Lincolns doing grant and Lee were respectful and respected
Many of the officers had served together with their opponents prior to the war. Some fought together in the Mexican-America War.
@@iviekicklighte673Based Lincoln
tcod maybe so, but the damn yanquis did a lot of damage to our beloved SOUTH, and I know what they did because I was informed first handed by an employee who worked with me 😢😢
@@ronaldmessina4229 well the only thing worse than war!! Is a civil war!!
Amazing how much respect was shared then.
That’s what we in the military call discipline and respect
Thats what the world needs today.discipline and respect
"with malice toward none"
... and charity for all.
I have a feeling that the 600000 who died felt some malice was directed at them
@@jamesmcdonough2726 I have a feeling that the millions who died and would continue around the world to die in chains treated as farm equipment felt quite a bit themselves.
Actually a lot of that farm equipment was still in service to the farm during the war. After the war that farm equipment was left to rust by the political victors and repurposed as flower pots.
@@NoBody-lj5xhwell young lady we don't have enough Kleenex for everyone,
There was respect because they were all brave men putting their life on the line
Every other war had brave men putting their lives on the line.
Shame we don't have honorable leadership like that today!!
If we dont have honorable leadership today, we had even less from conald dump yesterday🤷♂️. At least Biden did not say that he could not do what the millitary does, and then criticize them for getting shot down, caught, and tortured🤦♂️. His words were: I dont like when you get caught. At least Biden did not refuse to meet with injured vets because he thought it looked too depressing🤷♂️. At least Biden did not suggest that an American general be executed🤦♂️. At least Biden did not say that he wants to pull America's founding membership out of NATO🤷♂️. At least Biden did not meet with the russians when they were still the ussr and express his distaste for NATO🤦♂️. At least Biden did not complain about a matter, and then when having a chance to fix it, decides not to so it will make the other side look bad 🤷♂️. At least Clinton did not raise a crowd to interrupt the final vote process at the capital when she lost in 2016🤷♂️. At least Clinton in 2016, Biden in 2020, and all other presidents, did not send groups of false electors to 14 states to steal their election. Oh yeah, thats leadership alright - not🤨!
I’m not sure how things are done in the military? I would hope, honor, and respect still exists there, in all of its magnificent military traditions.
In Desert Storm, an Iragi general came to surrender to the Americans. He was very nervous, fearful he was about to be killed or taken prisoner. Instead, he was greeted with respect by a line of troops presenting arms to the general. He made his surrender and was allowed to leave, with another salute.
Yes, what was done to the Kurds in northern Syria was shameful. First telling them we had created a "safe zone" for them & then a month later giving the Turks permission to eliminate them w/o repercussions.
@@dlsamson Yes, that was kremlin conald who lifted the protection of the kurds when he was president. I would call that ungrateful, but that would not shame him or maga because it was on intentional. Conald saw them as worthless enemies, not friends, because anyone who is the enemy of russia, is an enemy of conald. The kurds saved American lives, but they did not save russian lives 🤷♂️.
That’s a beautiful story. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
President Grant is the most underrated man in U.S. history.
Without him, the United States would not exist.
The man who saved the Republic.
Let’s not get carried away here, gentlemen. Good grief.
Didn’t he also steal from the treasury?
@@joshuaa7813 Those were his friends. He wasn't corrupt but he was naive.
@joshuaa7813 Nope. Grant would never. He was as honest and honorable as they come. It was men in his Cabinet. They betrayed and took advantage of him.
Truly remarkable how far we've fallen. Im not sure we can survive civil war today
I can, been waiting
Don’t worry, there won’t be one; it was a different code of honor in those days
@@Bill_tyler i agree
We won't, and THAT is the point.
@@markbrewer2923I’ve been to war, you clearly have not.
That is honor and respect. And for those that believe those are archaic, they still mean something to a great many of us, especially those of us that served. God Bless you all.
Absolutely true...
God bless...
I agree there was honor and respect here, but don’t pretend the civil war was some honorable war. The civil war was outright brutal. African American soldiers were executed at fort pillow. Conditions in both Union and confederate prison camps were utterly terrible. Sherman fought one of the first modern wars using total war tactics in which he destroyed confederate cities, towns, and railroads. Trench warfare first began in the civil war. Cannons would rip men apart, and sharpshooters would snipe officers. It wasn’t some war of honor. As if any war truly is. It was brutal. And this is forgetting confederate and Union partisans.
Never forget.. The Rebel Flag is the Symbol of the Democratic South, the Party of Slavery, Jim Crow, Segregation and the Klan...
War is... Brutal by definition, My respect is for those willing to stand and fight..
At least the North won...
The better half...
Cheers from Southern California 🇺🇸
There is no Abrahamic god.
Hebrews, Christians, Muslims, LDS Mormons: All BullShit.
Grant was extremely generous towards the confederates when they surrendered at Appomattox. He gave them badly needed food, supplies and essentially let them all go home in peace after confiscating only their weapons. The surrendering soldiers had great respect for Grant due to this and General Lee held him in high regard for the rest of his life
US Grant was a badass. Read of the story of why he decided to write his memoirs on his deathbed, and what he had to endure to complete it. Total badass and brilliant too.
Yeah, Grant was in constant pain from the throat cancer he was suffering. Army surgeons periodically had to scrape away the cancerous tissue building up inside his throat; that's all anyone could do for the patient back then.
Mark Twain urged Grant to publish his memoirs - and also made a decent sum off the printings as Grant's exclusive publisher. Grant finished up his memoirs and within a week he passed away.
he was a drunkard
I'll paraphrase President Grant here: 'although a soldier by profession I am an advocate of war only as a means to peace'. Wish we had this kind of leadership today. 🇺🇸♥️🙏🇺🇸♥️🙏
@@yb-rk5oh Still buying into that myth.
@@yb-rk5oha drunkard who kicked the shit out of the south and put down their insurgency.
When war is fought by true soldiers there is always respect.
Dude thinks there was always respect in this war and throughout history with true soldiers who saw combat.
Much RESPECT to those soldiers 🙏
This is the Proper Way for Real Men to Conduct Themselves. 😮
Right. And then return to Jim Crow and Segregation because Real Men deny Basic Human Rights to others.
And yet it was the bloodiest, most horrible war in history, in terms of American losses.
One of many things we've lost today.
@@thebestlayahead7331 ... Only when _you_ don't do it...
@@thebestlayahead7331 Sayin' a thing don't make it so.
Remember when even War had honor? Nobody even knows what word means anymore.
Say this to bloody Jews!
I'm pretty sure honor is considered racist these days
War and honor have no place in the same sentence. You fight to win. Yes, you treat your prisoners well, since they can no longer do you harm, but any other time (unfortunately) - they are the enemy, and this is war.
That Word Was ALL !!!that MATERED !!! Its ALL BULLSHIT Mixed Up Now a Limey !!!Ps MOST Confederates WERE !!!ENGLISH ????In ALL they DID GREAT Horsemen g
Actually, imho there are a lot of people that have honor. But MOST do not. I'd would guess 98% do not. But 2% in today's population is a lot.
Just because they are your opponent, maybe even your enemy. Doesn't mean that you can't have respect for them. I believe in these situations. You would probably have more respect for them. You are both doing what you believe is the right thing. And are facing the same circumstances. Little food, fighting the elements, and hoping that you are able to see your loved ones again.
The north closed off the poor southern troops so the southern men were much less cared for than the northern men.
I can respect the Germans and the Japanese but not the other
Can't have the same respect for our enemies anymore. This was a war with Christians fighting Christians. Honor was held in high regard.
Those days of respect are long gone.
They need to come back.
@@sce2aux464too much poison in the air and in the people.
Growing up in the deep south i used to think Yankees were all pompous a-holes. When i actually met normal northern folks i realized they're just like us. No difference beyond the accent. No more brother wars here or in Europe.
May we never fight again. Cheers from the state of Maine.🇺🇸❤️🦞
The pompous a-holes live in the cities, both North and South
Man this is all good guys, I've got ties to both sides of that one BUT if you guys are keeping up just a little bit with current events we've never idiologically been more divided in this country and rough times ahead are in the forecast
We have much more in common than differences, now more than before the war. I grew up in Georgia, and then in the midwest. There is little difference, though perhaps more hospitality down south.
@wiliamsherman
You know I think we might have been a teensie more divided in 1861
So familiar yet so distant. This was the civil war I fell in love with studying as a child.
Another definition of Civil. Grant and Lee.
This shows the respect soldiers showed even to the enemy General. Truly a great geature by the Confederate Troops towards General Grant of the Union. How men back then respected even the enemies top field commanders. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨
Not soldiers, insurgents and traitors to their country. Domestic terrorists
Honor and Respect is what is needed most at this present time we live in
Honor and respect for opposing forces.
You can't hear a single bad thing about General Grant from a Southerner's mouth, the man was such a gentleman.
I've heard heaps. You aren't thinking of Lee?
I mean southern revisionists ruined Grant's reputation which is finally being mended now.
@@karlkobler218for real, branding him an alcoholic and giving him the name "Grant the Butcher" while idolizing and sucking off Lee and Stonewall
People don’t realize what a great Man Grant was!! Truly one of America’s greatest heroes !….just saying 🫡❤️🇺🇸❗️
Seriously? I've read he mostly stayed drunk during the war and was only able to achieve victory by the North out-producing the South.
And that as President he was an abject failure of the highest order.
Now I don't know what to believe??
Absolutely...
Great wartime military leader. Lousy civilian. His Presidential administration was so corrupt the US instituted the civil service to reign corruption. Creating a civil service loyal to the Constitution, the Laws, and their institutions.
He was a racist slave owner with a drinking problem and didn't supply black soldiers with proper equiptment. He also said he never fought the war over slavery.
The huge Chernow biography of a few years ago was the best.
People who smirk and thumb their noses at the memory of the Confederacy and smugly say "Rebel tears!" forget the entire course of the war, the tragedies of the war and who fought in it, and the gestures of humanity throughout.. Not only by the primary combatants involved, but the leadership that led them, including at the very end of the war.
Wow, respect in the face of disagreement.
Imagine that.
Disagreement? Civil war is beyond disagreement don't you think. Read about what the Gettysburg battle field looked like afterwards and tell me that's just a disagreement. He got saluted as a loser
"How many are Grant's men? How many are Lee's? Does it matter? When we meet in battle, we will fight to the death, but here, here we're all warriors,!"
We were at our best when things were at their worst
Oh that’s a great thing then that its coming back around 😮😂🎉
@@JFEnterprize most of us would rather be drafted now than for that sh**show back then. They earned their peace
Courtesy behest Courtesy.
Did autocorrect get you or did you mean to say behest? I think you may have meant begets.
@@baldeagle5297 Thank you for the correction. Tired.
Back when Americans were forced to fight Americans by politicians.
I hope we never see that again.
Ralph what you said sums up why the war happened in the first place. Politicians and of course slave owners, by the way, whether people know it, there were people in the north who had slaves also, although they would not admit it.
@@fredachildress3728Plenty admitted it. They ended slavery in the North. While the South continued it. As it was their most of their entire economy. At least until it was forced to end. Which is how we got into one of the worst predicaments ever. Which has reverberated for centuries now. If you head to Upstate New York, you'll find a number of towns with a VERRRRRY let's say, "antebellum South" attitude.
This is what they've been doing and continue doing. Only thing now is it's on the scale of thought to action. Politicizing things that shouldn't be. And then sending us off to fight wars we've got NO business in. Both sides of the aisle do this.
@@Lunacyk One and the same party that loves war from a save place.
As a freshman in high school, I was once asked “if I could be any person from American History, who would I like to be?”
I replied “Union officer John Thomas Wilder, The man who created The Lightning Brigade.”When asked why, I said “Because he always behaved with honor and I respect that!”
Close to 5 decades later, I learned that he was my great, great, great grandfather and I broke down and cried with pride and then I understood why I am who I am.
And respect to you ma'am.
@@joelee2371 Thank you. I needed that.
As a patriot, these last years have been most demoralizing years of my entire life time. I doubt that 95% of the people in DC can comprehend what Honor means, even if you put the H volume from the encyclopedia in their hands. Breaks my heart.
@@tommielourogers4327
I just read up on John Thomas Wilder. He was truly an American hero, a remarkable man.
Awesome
You can thank him for the crap we put up with today.
If anyone has a hour I recommend the History Channel's Fredericksburg. It will bring you to tears. It is a story of Horror but respect from the two American Armies had for each othe. For example, The Union Army Band played Dixie and Home Sweet Home. 200,000 men with tears in their eye's. Probably this was this was the First Army Of The Tennessee who fought until they were all almost dead.
Being a marine combat vet with numerous deployments as a grunt, and I never once had a problem taking a life, but I think being in the civil war would have been the hardest war to deal with mentally, going to war with your neighbors, brothers, and friends would be tough.
Curious then why you didn't capitalize Marine then?
0311 L/3/5 is me. Where'd you go to boot camp Ft. BENNING? LOL!
@@timmcroberts4285 I don’t understand the reference to Benning being that I’m a Hollywood marine, What years were you with lima 3/5 ? You didn’t happen to be 04 fantom fury ?
@@ThestrappedgruntI'm MCRD PI. 1990 2004. Got hit in Fallujah, 2nd Battle of, in June 2004. And that was then end of that
@@Thestrappedgrunt..oh Benning was ...a test. A few dude have told me they were Marines followed with an Army basic training location...funny that, I didn't know Marines went to FT. GORDEN SC!!!! And one Navy dude who trained at "Seal Beach"
WAIT ONE. You went to BUDS at the Naval Mine Warfare Center? Oh please tell more
That is why civil wars are the worse wars!
A humble man, a great man. America's greatest General.
@arturbello4213 Yes, he was. He captured 3 Confederate armies and he was better in strategy and logistics than Lee.
General Lee lost more soldiers compared to General Grant.
@@eddiecreutzburg7375 Grant was a butcher. He had numbers and sent wave after wave of men to their deaths. Mary Todd Lincoln hated him, using the exact word, “butcher” to describe him. Grant could have never pulled off anything close to Lee’s accomplishments with what Lee had to work with. The mere thought is laughable.
Over 100k more northerners were killed in the war.
Washington and Lee are America’s greatest generals.
Grant isn’t in the top 10.
@@Southernguitar74 You know nothing. Watch on CZcams, Ron Chernow ,Pulizer price winner.
Lee lost 55.000 soldiers more than General Grant.
He accepted the surrender of 3 Confederate Armies.
You should not believe the lies that the losing South said about Grant.
@@Southernguitar74Lee didn’t understand modern war. He thought pulling off cunning victories meant anything. They didn’t. They drained the confederacies limited pool of manpower and equipment. Grant understood how the Union would win, better than any general before him. Not by some super intricate maneuver or whatever. But by logistics and intel. The union under Grant was able to utterly maul Lee via playing to the unions strengths. Their industry and manpower. If earlier generals acted like him, the civil war would’ve been over so much quicker.
@@Southernguitar74Also this is forgetting that Lee had the advantage of being on the defensive and home terrain most of the time. Grant was on the offensive, and thus would take heavier casualties.
Fun fact, when Grant died, his wife understood that he would want Philip Sheridan and Sherman to be his pallbearers but moment of unity she knew that he would want to confederate generals as well and Chose Simon Bolivar Buckner and Joseph E. Johnston what was seeing as a remarkable display of unity after the Civil War. Joseph Johnston would also go on to be a pallbearer at Sherman’s funeral as well.
Chivalry, We are all Americans.
The South was trying to stop being Americans but ok
@@nightmarexgaming120 ^The Confederate States of America, was trying to stop being Americans? 2 American Nations was the Goal. of The South.
General Robert E. Lee got saluted respectfully by Union officers & enlisted alike after he surrendered & was leaving Appomattox courthouse to return to his troops. Zero respect like that today.
One has to remember Lee was the one Lincoln wanted to command the Union Army. Lee had a reputation of being a man of honor and respect, he only fought for the confederacy because he could not in good conscience take up arms against his home state.
@@stevejamieson8468
Yeah, we all pretty much learned that in grade school. Nice try though.
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw Simply pointing that out to anyone who did not pay attention in school as you said
@@stevejamieson8468
O.K. Good job.
Divided but yet united. Long live America 🇺🇲🫡
That made my eyes tear up. Much respect for all soldiers of this caliber.
Mark Twain "Samuel Clemens" who once was a Confederate soldier, later in life helped Grant write his autobiography. All soldiers loved Grant, Confederate and Union. He helped end the most bloody war this nation has ever know and he reunited the nation.
Twain was in a loosely organized militia for all of about two weeks. He wasn't a committed Confederate.
Them southern boys knew how to be soldiers
Back when people were respectful, they said what they meant and meant what they said, and when people had high standards, morals, and values. I wish it was like that today. These men also knew war was war but otherwise treat everyone with dignity and respect. I remember even in the 80’s and 90’s when we knew how to agree to disagree so we could work toward a common goal.
This was also back when half the country was fighting to keep fellow human beings as property. Where was the respect for those people from the Confederacy?
@richardtriolo4383 I personally think that the confederate government was fighting for slavery but people like Robert e Lee hated slavery but believed in states rights to not be in the union if they wanted
Wars are strange in that way. Great respect shown. That’s despite the fact you had been trying to kill each other earlier.
Don’t expect there is much respect shown these days. But the foes are different.
War between one people is the worst war.😢
Grant was a great man. He’s in my top three favorite Presidents
That war thinned our herd of good men on both sides.
I have studied Grant for years and did not know this. A big thank you for sharing this info about one of my hero’s!!
What a different time. Where a man's honor meant everything.
How things have changed.
That's why Lincoln refuse to seat on the Confederate presidential chair.
Brother vs. Brother. Tragic
Respect, honor, and courage. I miss the old days.
He Fought, With Honor!!!!!!!!!! Even They, Couldn't Ignore That!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
General Grant. One of America's favorite sons.
August 9, 1864, Grant was sitting having breakfast, when a Ammo ship was blown up at the dock, the man standing near Grant, was killed instantly, the explosion was a C.S.A. operative, (Capt. Maxwell), he came feet from changing history!
He also was once lying on a couch after a battle, then stood up right as a bullet tore through the ship and hit where he had been lying. He had many near-death experiences
That’s a cool story!
💯👍
The literal definition of Respect your enemy
It's sad that we were fighting our own brothers, but that's the depth of iniquity, it's in the heart not in the head...
This is the day when valor and value meant something - as a man, I love hearing stories like this
Never heard of this incident. It would be prudent to verify this as fact. Has all the hallmarks of a good folk lore story.
There are many small acts that can never be verified; that in itself is never proof that a thing did or did not happen.
Sometimes chivalry exist it reminds me of the Christmas story of World War I which I never knew about until a while back if it did happen
It did
Brothers fighting brothers
We don’t have this level of respect anymore.
When being a gentleman and personal honor and respect meant more than the battle raging around them. Enemies could and did show mutual respect to one another.
When there was honor and virtue in this country among men
Is there honor in being a traitor to your county? Is that what you think?
I visited that battlefield!!
What a beautiful clip. As most know the General who was imo the 'best' 4 Star General whom Lincoln first requested - President Lincoln was non negotiable on wanting General Lee to command Union troops - but General Lee humbly said in reply 'Mr President my country is Virginia'.
Both Lee + Grant were close friends, the 'winning side' always receives the plaudits - but Lee, who did not have the same 'resources' as Grant achieved stunning victories with far inferior resources.
That it took WELL over a century to return General Lee's US citizenship was a disgraceful indictment on Congress and the US Army.
When was Grant and Lee close friends?? When Lee surrendered to Grant, Grant reminded Lee that they had met once before during the Mexican war.
BTR, CSA Gen. Patrick Cleburne said that "the winning side will write the history." Gen. Cleburne was correct.
Grant and Lee were NOT good friends. As someone else said here, Lee had to be reminded by Grant they had met once before Appomattox Courthouse. Grant treated Lee with courtesy at the surrender, and said Lee's officers could keep their mounts and guns, and also ordered thousands of rations be given to the nearly- starved Confederate troops. Lee accepted these courtesies in a gentlemanly manner, but the emotional pain he was experiencing in surrendering may have made him a tad less courtly than was his usual manner. He wanted to get it over with, and go home. And I don't blame him. He had heart disease, had lost his family mansion of Arlington, and died five years after the surrender, in 1870. Grant became U.S. President, was not a great judge of people in peacetime, had some scandals occur during his office, and later was swindled by a business partner when he left the Presidency. Thus the urgent need for writing his memoirs. Twain brokered an excellent deal for the publishing of said memoirs, and as has been noted elsewhere in these comments, Grant completed the memoirs in Upstate New York and died shortly thereafter of the throat cancer that developed from the thousands of cigars admirers sent him during and after the war. His memoirs were best sellers in their day, and restored his family's fortunes, all thanks to Twain.
Moments like this in history really make me angry at people nowadays who like to dehumanize the losing side. Both sides of most wars had honorable and disciplined men who respected the command structure, even of their enemies.
Honor is so rare these days. I rarely find it,,,& see it often written about on paper.
These men fought for a cause. Now their sacrifice has morphed into dei, race equity, and people who feel slighted about something that happened 400 years ago.
Their own people caught and sold the vast majority of them. Muslims sold aot. The Muslims captured and sold millions of Europeans starting in the Seventh Century.
You would have fought for slavery, apartheid, and the Nazis, for sure.
^@@richardtriolo4383 ^
Reported
@richardtriolo4383 When threatened with death, most people would choose the alternative. You can either be executed for treason to the regime, or fight for them and at least stand a chance of survival. If you think you would have acted any differently, you are a fool.
@@SentinelAntiochlarge majority of southern soldiers believed in slavery
Southern respect.
Yep there was a lot of bigotry on both sides and a lot of good men. Many were fighting against slavery many were fighting for states rights. Some even were so confused in right or wrong did what honor demanded and let God decide by who won and who lost. A lot of Americans fought for the South because they where born a Southerner, more fought for the North because they were born in the North. Many of the winners were bad winners and cause more pain and confusion so they could make a dollar. Some of the losers were the best men in America and proved it for the rest of their lives trying to make America whole again. As Mr. Lee said on the first Sunday in Church after the end of the Civil War “when it’s over it’s over”.
Many of the losers were bad losers. Along with the bad winners, they engineered the purposeful disenfranchisement of millions of emancipated Americans over the next near century. The America they were trying to make isn't solvent to an America where 'all men created equal'. A real burr in Uncle Sam's saddle. A pebble in a shoe.
Tell me you’re from the South without telling me you’re from the South ….
@@brynmawrbuilders5419 born on the Northern border of the west coast, raised in the Military and did my time. I studied military history to find the answer to the one question “Why do good people follow bad leaders”.. This was during the Vietnam War and there was so many question and a lot of confusion. My Hero’s as a kid was Lee, Martin Luther King and Rommel.
@@montyhinton4971 as the saying goes … 2 out of 3 ain’t bad
@@brynmawrbuilders5419 You on time and on target with his acknowledgement.
The more I here about Grant and Lee the more respect I have for them. One confederate soldier was heard to say of Lee "I'd charge the gates of hell for that old man". That's respect .👍🏻
When men had Respect and Class .
Grant was a great man that had a lot of misfortune in his life. Read his memoirs about his part in the Civil War. Very clear and concise even though he was suffering with terminal throat cancer as he wrote them. You can listen to the audio book version of his memoirs here on CZcams.
They gave that respect immediately after the war and today we try to erase their memory
Civility still had it's place...unlike today.
Our society is different today thanks to the south losing the war.
@daisydukes8252 yes, slavery was abolished, and inbred racists were put in their place. Thank you for acknowledging the positive outcomes of the civil war.
@daisydukes8252 Our society is divided today because some folks want to keep on fighting that old war, because they're r*cist big*ts who believe the lies told them by a traitorous orange madman who exploits their backwardness and ignorance. Slavery was finally abolished. It's likely your ancestors didn't own any. Stop trying to take us back to the 19th century.
@daisydukes8252 thank God the south lost
In my opinion, respect and recognition is rooted in the Christian ethos.
Was; it's sad what so many atrocities self-styled "Christians" are committing. Ghandi once said, "I do not understand these Christians; they are so unlike their Christ."
Now that's what I call respect.
Truely a brother war that should never have been fought.
Look at Grant
compared to Joe Biteme
Bring back honor to America 🇺🇸
Conservatives come up with the dumbest insults. "Biteme" who thought that up, a 2nd grader? Course, this is also the inbred coalition that came up with "Let's go brandon" because they couldn't understand words
Joe Biden HAS brought honor back to America, after that dangerous clown tRump tried to destroy our Democracy by attempting a coup d'etat on January 6th!
Robert E. Lee was asked to lead the federal Army and he said no….Grant was Lincoln’s second pick…because Grant was a awful commander
First of all Grant was not the second choice he was 6th or 7th but despite my grievances he was an effective general who knew how to beat Lee and for that he has earned the respect of many including myself
People how do not know history should not try to teach it Grant was pick after winning many of battles in the west
Grant was the ultimate winner. So there.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
The shame is that some will read those words, spun up out of nothing but ignorance of history and a pretense of erudition, and will actually believe them.
A reminder that wars are fought by human beings and respect for the honour and military prowess of a worthy adversary is interesting
War is brutal, especially when you’re fighting your own brothers, so moments like these are a little light shining through the clouds
Grant was a bad ass. His Biography is worth a read.
Its hard for a country when you fight on principles , because you never know which side your friends will fall on . Glad they showed each other respect
It’s amazing what Grant did At Vicksburg. If you have never been… You need to go and witness what a battle it was.
Vicksburg & Gettysburg fell in the same day July 4, 1863.
The 4th if July wasn’t celebrated In Vicksburg until 1976… The Bicentennial…
One other thing… Grant’s Presidential Library is at Mississippi State University…
A true soldier understood understood Honor
He certainly has an intelligent cunning and dangerous look in his eyes.
Those were the good old days where men respects another man , and honor is given to whom it is due. Ano toki, motainai 😢
Wild that they held at least grudging respect for one another but nowadays there’s nothing but vitriol from both sides
Now that's a true American.
Heavy shit, man - the Pinnacle of humanity: even in the midst of War, men recognize & honor greatness, leadership. ✊
Even when we wage war on our brothers we show them respect
Grant was so shy that when he got to West Point and was addressed as Ulysses Simpson Grant he didn't protest. From that day he went as U.S. Grant. Friends called him Sam. His real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant.