Ulysses S. Grant and Loudoun County Quakers
“During all of the trying winter of 1860-1, when the Southerners were so defiant that they would not allow withinContinue Reading
Letters, memoirs and documents of 19th century Quakers in Lincoln, Virginia
“During all of the trying winter of 1860-1, when the Southerners were so defiant that they would not allow withinContinue Reading
“During all of the trying winter of 1860-1, when the Southerners were so defiant that they would not allow within their borders the expression of a sentiment hostile to their views, it was a brave man indeed who could stand up and proclaim his loyalty to the Union.” – Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) quoted from his Memoirs (Chapter 16)