[Pharmboy]

Grant wasn't a drunk and only an ignorant southerner would think he was. Try opening a book sometime before embarrassing yourself in by flaunting your ignorance in public.

From InfoPlease:

Ulysses Simpson Grant

Born: 4/27/1822
Birthplace: Point Pleasant, Ohio

Ulysses Simpson Grant was born (as Hiram Ulysses Grant) at Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822. He graduated from West Point in 1843 and served without particular distinction in the Mexican War. In 1848 he married Julia Dent. He resigned from the army in 1854, after warnings from his commanding officer about his drinking habits, and for the next six years held a wide variety of jobs in the Middle West.(Emphasis added so you wouldn't miss it)

You are obviously a dumb, sour Yankee (but wait...is that triply redundant?)

[mgc1122]

You know the funny part about the drinking rumors? They almost all were started by jealous Yankee army officers. Grant had similar drinking habits to many of his brother bluecoats ... to his credit, he didn't drink while planning a battle or near his wife. But otherwise, as stated earlier, when he started, he went from sober to slobbering drunk pretty quick.