Ulysses S. Grant: Final Report of Military Operations

( 1865 ) Commentary by Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University

“I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy; preventing him from using the same force at different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistance. Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our common country to the constitution and laws of the land.” - Final Report of Military Operations

Ulysses S. Grant (Library of Congress)

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