Currently reading “Grant” by Ron Chernow...I’m Southern Born and Southern bred - and this book has given me more a lot more respect him. It’s a great read.
“This man fights!”
Unfortunately for Gen Grant and the Union side he served under self serving political Generals that suppress his battle field wins and attempted to take the glory for those wins on the battle field for them selves, and back stabbed Gen Grant. Fortunately for Gen Grant, Lincoln eventually seeing through those lies of his worthless generals on the western front and promoted the fighters like Gen Grant.
Here is the newspaper for March 10, 1864 which would have the news from the previous day (bearing in mind that a lot was happening and communication was often slow).
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1864-03-10/ed-1/
RBG was born.