[WhiskeyPapa]

In another case, historians William McFeely and Gene Smith write that Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant threatened to "throw down his sword" if he thought he was fighting to end slavery.

Absolutely false. Typical Neo-confederate lies.

Walt

[Grand Old Partisan]

Yes, another neo-Confederate lie, but all they have is lies. Ulysses Grant was first, last, and always a patriot, who got his Colonel commission by recommendation from one of Abraham Lincoln's closest political allies. Grant stated the the rebels fought for one of the worst causes ever, and he was right!