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Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 50: (search)
e printed without revision by some one conversant with the subject. This letter is his reply. Young of course acted with the best intentions, and thought, very naturally, that whatever General Grant said about the war must be authoritative. But no man's memory is infallible, and General Grant's more than once played him false. What I wanted was for him to make no statement for print on important historical subjects till he had verified his own recollections. Vienna, Austria, Aug. 22d, 1878. My dear General,—I have your letter of the 17th with chapter enclosed, which I have read and have no comments to make upon. I agree with you in the impropriety of the publication of my table talk upon military or other matters. There is not a word I said which was intended for publication or even to be taken down. But traveling together as long as Young & I did conversation naturally covered a good many subjects civil & military. Many things I said explained matters, or put a new