He did:
"I never was 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 live 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." - August 30, 1863, in a letter to Elihu Washburne.
as Grant was a SLAVEOWNER, ex-slave overseer and held HIS slaves until 1866, one wonders if YOU are actually quoting what Grant said, versus what you WISH he had said.
in other words, i'm saying that damnyankees are LIARS, hatefilled, arrogant, ignorant and mean-spirited by their NATURE.
free the southland,sw