The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
August 17, 1864---"A bull-dog grip."
AUGUST 17, 1864:
General
Grant gives rare vent to frustration regarding the progress of the war in the
Eastern Theatre. Abraham Lincoln responds: "Hold
on with a bull-dog grip, and chew and choke."
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