Oh, yeah.
*13 years later* he “gets religion”.
Talk about revisionist BS.
OK, how about this?
"I was never an abolitionist, not even what could be called anti-slavery, but I try to judge fairly and honestly and it became patent in my mind early in the rebellion that the North and South could never be at peace with each other except as one nation, and that without slavery. As anxious as I am to see peace established, I would not therefore be willing to see any settlement until the question is forever settled."-- Ulysses Grant 1863 letter to Elihu Washburne
Better? Oh and by the way, you wouldn't happen to have a date and source for that Grant quote you've been tossing round, have you?