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seldom, if ever, surpassed; but the biggest part of him was his heart.”
And again: “As the world continues to look at and study the grand combinations and strategy of General Grant, the higher will be his reward as a soldier.”
While his achievements in actual battle eclipse by their brilliancy the strategy and grand tactics employed in his campaigns, yet the extraordinary combinations effected, and the skill and boldness exhibited in moving large armies into position, should entitle him to as much credit as the qualities he displayed in the immediate presence of the enemy.
With him the formidable game of war was in the hands of a master.
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