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I never was an Abolitionest, not even what could be called anti slavery, but I try to judge farely and honestly and it become patent to my mind early in the rebellion that the North and South could never live at peace with each other except as one nation, and that without Slavery.

Ulysses S. Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant
Age: 63 †
Born: 1822
Born: April 27
Died: 1885
Died: July 23
18Th U.S. President
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