Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Grant” in page 94 of William A. Crafts, Life of Ulysses S. Grant: His Boyhood, Campaigns, and Services, Military and Civil.:
...country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need add that, with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.
Receiving the commission, General Grant replied,--
Mr. President, I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred.
With the aid of the noble armies that have fought in so many fields for our
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