Ulysses S. Grant considered the Civil War God’s punishment for what the United States did to Mexico in the Mexican-American war
“Ulysses S. Grant considered the Civil War God’s punishment for what the United States did to Mexico in the Mexican-American war”
I’ve seen that before. I can’t remember where, perhaps excerpts from his post war memoirs. He had a great deal of respect for the Mexican mestizo rank and file soldiers. For their officers and government, not so much.