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On this day in 1866, Ulysses S. Grant became the first 4-star general in U.S. Army history
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:40 am
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:40 am
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Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:41 am to RollTide1987
He looks sleepy
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:44 am to ellishughtiger
Probably because he had a lot of shite weighing on his mind at that particular time. He was the General-in-Chief of what was essentially a military occupation of the former Confederate States of America.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:44 am to RollTide1987
Has he ever done anything slightly racist? Need to know if he’ll eventually be canceled before we can celebrate him today
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:46 am to RollTide1987
That, and the master mind behind the whole operation and recovery plan was killed by an idiot.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:47 am to RollTide1987
Strange that the US doesn’t have the title Field Marshal... pretty much every major military had/has the distinction... Grant would’ve definitely been one.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:48 am to Parade Grounds
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Has he ever done anything slightly racist? Need to know if he’ll eventually be canceled before we can celebrate him today
Where have you been? He married into a slave-owning family and owned a slave himself (a slave which he set free rather than selling for a small fortune). He also worked alongside the slaves in the fields of his father-in-law's plantation.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:51 am to lowspark12
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Strange that the US doesn’t have the title Field Marshal
We have to be different and always have been different. When it was decided that an American officer would be the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, the United States had to come up with a rank that was the equivalent of the British field marshals that would be serving under him. So we created a 5-star general's rank and, instead of naming the new rank "field marshal," we decided to call it "General of the Army."
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:52 am to RollTide1987
Honestly, he looks like a drunk. 
That’s a damn good picture for being that old, though.
That’s a damn good picture for being that old, though.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 11:58 am to RollTide1987
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He was the General-in-Chief of what was essentially a military occupation of the former Confederate States of America.
And having to deal with Andrew Johnson’s insane racist arse as President
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:00 pm to Spankum
It was colorized. Color photography didn’t truly become used until around 1900
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:03 pm to ellishughtiger
I think you mean drunk.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:10 pm to Parade Grounds
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Has he ever done anything slightly racist?
slave owner, he barred blacks from working at the White House during his Presidency, ordered the massacre of 1000s of native-Americans
This post was edited on 7/25/20 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:11 pm to Parade Grounds
Continued policy of forcing Indians into concentration camps and killing those that resisted. If Confederate statues come down so should the Indian killers
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:14 pm to ellishughtiger
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He looks sleepy
Well, he was usually drunk.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:15 pm to TigerintheNO
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he owned slaves
Yes technically and by law Grant did own Blabk man and a Black mother-daughter combo. As the Fugitive Slave Act became the legal law of the land, Grant freed his single Black male slave (even turning down 1 thousand dollars) to free him. He then freed the mother - daughter combo but asked them to stay on a little bit longer as free women.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:16 pm to AUsteriskPride
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Well, he was usually drunk.
Imagine what he could have done to Robert E. Lee and his army had he fought him sober.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:20 pm to RollTide1987
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Imagine what he could have done to Robert E. Lee and his army had he fought him sober.
Imagine what Robert E Lee could have done with Grants resources and manpower.
This post was edited on 7/25/20 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:23 pm to AUsteriskPride
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Imagine what Robert E Lee could have done with Grants resources and manpower.
Probably kill many more of his own soldiers than he did with the Confederacy's resources and manpower. No commanding general had more men killed off from his ranks in the Civil War than that of Robert Edward Lee.
Posted on 7/25/20 at 12:25 pm to RollTide1987
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No commanding general had more men killed off from his ranks in the Civil War than that of Robert Edward Lee.
Well no shite, he was the commanding general of the Confederacy the entire time.
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