Humanity's bravery & sacrifice & divinity’s vengeance & wrath, Grant & Lee, sorrowful victory & unacknowledged defeat at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865…
You are getting into Heather Cox Richardson territory here, meaning treating past as instructional, meaning a compliment.
Dear Prof. DeLong:
Your insights and commentary are, as usual, sobering, inspiring, thought provoking and
thrilling in their broad historical perspective, humanity, and probity.
thx much... - B.
I m getting to Volume II of Grant's memoirs. He considered himself a soldier first i think.
You are getting into Heather Cox Richardson territory here, meaning treating past as instructional, meaning a compliment.
Dear Prof. DeLong:
Your insights and commentary are, as usual, sobering, inspiring, thought provoking and
thrilling in their broad historical perspective, humanity, and probity.
thx much... - B.
I m getting to Volume II of Grant's memoirs. He considered himself a soldier first i think.