The Unexpected Pallbearers At Ulysses S. Grant's Funeral

Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy during the American Civil War. So how did two Confederate generals end up being pallbearers at his funeral?
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[@GrungeHQ]

Rest In Peace Ulysses S. Grant.

[@garymuhlenforth7251]

Than they allowed women to vote and here we are now

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

We won WWII with women voting.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

Germany's women also voted.

[@Ultrad321]

Rest in peace robert e lee.

[@garymuhlenforth7251]

@@Ultrad321 traitor and he lost

[@marycopeland4049]

Once upon a time men had honor, decency, and respect for character in others, even if views did not agree.

[@M167A1]

I'm going to be a bit political but not directly partisan. One of the ideas of the far left that has crept into our mainstream politics is that to tolerate something is tantamount to approving of it. This makes it very hard to maintain the previous model of cooperation on those things we agree on and fighting without malice on those things we don't. Likewise no one is going to defend their opponents rights as if they were their own because they view that as enabling someone to do something evil. This is the sort of thing that always ends badly

[@jonesjw765]

I disagree when it comes to the area of treason. Treason is treason and that is what the South did and they did it for one reason they didn't want to give up their precious slavery. So yes I think the "southern cause" is an abomination of the human race anyone involved in its attempt at insurrection should have been shot. Also, The Constitution cannot be a rigid tool for conservatives to keep things the way they want. Just remember the Constitution does guarantee the right for slavery. The Constitution is not perfect it needs to evolve.

[@jonesjw765]

@@M167A1 really? Really? Well that's set something straight. It is the right wing nut jobs who are absolute and who do not compromise they absolutely DEMAND to abolish all abortion, they DEMAND to abolish women's rights, they DEMAND abolish LGBQT+ rights and people, they DEMAND to abolish freedom to use contraception, they demand to abolish masturbation, they DEMAND to abolish equal rights for all, they DEMAND to abolish separation of church and state. The Christian nationalist want to force all of us become their version of Christianity which is totally sacrilegious and hypocritical to the teachings of Jesus Christ. The right wing will all burn in a fiery blaze of hell one day. By the way I am no left winger and no Democrat I am a very proud progressive independent Libertarian. I've never felt pressure from the left in this country like I have from the right and it's because the right are violent non-compromising and quite frankly; very stupid. They've joined the cult that leads them down the road of nothing but violence and hate. That says everything about who they are.

[@Boomhower89]

This was even present in the not to distant past.

[@donyoung7874]

@@M167A1 Is that like tolerating "wokeness"?

[@MrAschiff]

Many of the generals in the Civil War came from the same military schools, so it's not surprising that they would have this type of respect.

[@-.Steven]

And so many of America's generals from WWII were the grandsons of both Confederate and Union officers.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

There was really only West Point and VMI.

[@robertbasin1518]

@@anthonyfuqua6988 there were smaller ones.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

@@robertbasin1518 Majority came from VMI or WEST Point. Some arent functional.

[@williammacdonald3173]

And or had served together

[@jameshepburn4631]

Americans have much to appreciate in how both Grant and Lee handled the surrender at Appomattox. Civil wars have ended a lot worse, some have never really ended at all. To this day there’s many years and even centuries of enmity, bitterness, and conflict still from such endless civil wars. Lee had the honor and great foresight to forbid his men from scattering and continuing a never healing guerrilla war. Grant likewise allowed Confederates to rejoin the U.S.A. under honorable terms and without humiliation. Both deserve our gratitude.

[@Christina-bz3mo]

Many people don't know that Grant is buried in New York City, as his wife's family had the mausoleum. Always admired General Grant. 🌹❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@mrdanforth3744]

There is a post script to this. President Truman was a southerner, raised on stories of the war and reconstruction. He modeled the US policy toward Germany after WW2 on Grant's policy. The result was peace and prosperity in Europe ever since. Contrast with the post WW1 policy which was the opposite, and helped drive Germany into WW2.

[@fightingbear8537]

Grant was an honourable husband, while sick with cancer, he wrote the memoirs to support his wife. This is one of the most selfless things that I have ever read about. He really loved his wife.

[@morefiction3264]

In great pain from throat cancer he dictated them to a secretary. Nothing but respect for the man. He was described as "He habitually wears an expression as if he had determined to drive his head through a brick wall, and was about to do it."

[@bobbys417]

You are not aware of who he took that loan for the reconstruction from once you know the truth you will never think of him the same weather he was a good man or not please investigate this quickly as that same feeling will soon be universal of most all icons as the world and this life is not as we have been told or programed to believe and this is true like it or not please research this topic as it leads to all matters corporate 😉

[@dougthegreat1808]

Throat cancer.

[@GH-oi2jf]

@@morefiction3264- According to Ron Chernow, a biographer who inspected the original manuscript, most of it is in Grant’s handwriting. Near the end, he dictated the text.

[@robertodeleon-gonzalez9844]

@@morefiction3264 As I heard, he was only able to finish the book by recurring to a very powerful painkiller, made from cocaine. True, it is addictive, but the man was dying...

[@tomjones2202]

I am a former teacher and I had a student in one of my classes back in the late 80's. His last name was Buckner. One day I asked him if he was related to the Confederate general Simon Bolivar Buckner and he said,, " I dunno". Well, he came back to my class the next day all excited and said,,, GUESS WHAT!! I AM!. The reason I asked him was of course his last name but,,,, he looked JUST LIKE his relative Simon Bolivar Buckner!! General Buckner, if you've ever seen his picture had a very square jaw and my student had the same feature! I was amazed to say the least! lol,,,

[@rufusray]

Very Interesting. Glad someone still takes pride in teaching these kids, bravo sir.

[@randyhodder8186]

I used to eat...lunch on the the exact spot where General Buckner was killed on Okinawa Japan.

[@kentkearney6623]

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

[@michaelbayer5094]

Too bad he was not related to Cubs and Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Sure, he made the error that gave the Mets the '86 World Series, but he never made the error of betraying his country.

[@peterkilbridge6523]

Knew a woman from Georgia named Lynn Stevens. I thought she looked familiar. I used to have some old Confederate currency and Alexander H. Stevens, the Vice President of the CSA, was on one. So I asked her if she was related. Sure enough: his direct descendant. It's sad that the Reconciliation Monument at Arlington was removed by vengeful fools. I fear that that's a bad omen for our once-great country.

[@m_hub3957]

we need someone like Grant now RIP Good Sir

[@andrewpestotnik5495]

His admin was riddled with corruption. Things wouldn't change much

[@JohnYoga]

@@andrewpestotnik5495 Yes, but that doesn't imply that HE was corrupt.

[@MrSymbolic7]

He signed the Currency Act of 1873 into Law that Demonetized Silver and started a Great Depression that was as bad or worse that the 1929 Depression ( which was an excuse to Demonetize Gold in the U.S.A. , Hmmm ) , it was how ever stricken from the History Books , so if you never learned of it until today don't feel bad 99.999999% of Americans don't either !

[@jamestaylor5641]

We have someone like him now. He's not a career politician like so many who have occupied the Oval Office. He's a businessman. Half of Americans love him; half have a vitriolic hatred toward him. The same was true in Grant's time. Both men loved their country and would do most anything to preserve it. One's mentor was Lincoln. The other's mentor was Reagan. One was a cigar smoking drunkard. The other doesn't smoke or drink but has other vices. Both men hated war. One of them is a blue collar billionaire who connects well with the working men and women of America. Both men were Republicans. If you don't get it, you don't get it. RIP, President Grant and thank you for your service to our country!

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

I like Lincoln's comment, when refusing to get rid of Grant, who was disliked by some other senior officers. "I need him. HE fights!"

[@sirwinston2368]

What kind of whisky does Grant drink? Give some of that whisky to all my generals.

[@nohandle62]

Actually it was "I can't spare this man. He fights."

[@Hoaxer51]

@@sirwinston2368, That’s the one that I heard when I was growing up. I’m 72 now so that was a long time ago. Lol

[@Uncle65788]

I hear it was Mrs. Lincoln who may have referred to Ulysses Grant as a Butcher. Abraham Lincoln knew he had a fighting man with real leadership skills in Grant. I can't spare that man as there were rumblings after a number of horrendous days chasing a retreating Army of Northern Virginia under Confederate General Robert E. Lee.(Grant even said after one such day that that particular day's events he regretted committing his troops because Union Forces under Grant gained nothing on that particular day, with an expense in men to be equal to a Butcher's bill.

[@Uncle65788]

I believe it was "The Battle of The Wilderness" that exacted a cost that drew the comment that Grant was a butcher. It is worth noting that one of Grant's real strengths was his ability to utilize the Union's real strengths and that was The Union's reserves and stores of Goods and Services. Most Generals would have folded after that particular day in the Wilderness But not Grant by the very next morning Union Forces were bristling with new recruits, ammunition stores had been replenished, food stores were filled and the Union Army under Grant was moving

[@MrDan708]

Confederate Gen. Joe Johnston also appeared at William T Sherman's funeral. As the story goes, he refused to wear a hat despite the chilly weather and remarked that if their places were switched, Sherman wouldn't wear a hat, either.

[@haledwards4642]

I believe General Johnston became ill during that time and died shortly afterward.

[@eq1373]

And Johnston died a few days later from pneumonia IIRC

[@richardlahan7068]

A lot of these officers knew each other from West Point and service in the Mexican War.

[@johnassal5838]

@@richardlahan7068 Iirc Grant, Lee and several other future Civil War Generals all fought together in the Mexico campaign as very junior officers.

[@theoverunderthinker]

were hats magic back in the day? you don't wear one and you die? how chilly was that day? 😱

[@brandonarmienti7734]

The more I learn about Ulysses S. Grant, the more I admire and idolize this man. He was truly a great general and a great human being.

[@fetusbelt6851]

Wrote the book on terrorist tactics he did

[@richardmason7840]

You should read his memoirs because he was a very good writer.

[@brandonarmienti7734]

@@richardmason7840 I have his memoirs. It is a amazing that he was able to write such a great book when he was suffering from throat cancer and completed it just before he died.

[@rolotomassi9806]

Me too

[@statuesdesigns4223]

Possibly the greatest American ever including Lincoln. Grant not only won the Civil War but he also defeated the first Klan.

[@wheeler71]

We need Unity like this now ! 🙏 🇺🇸

[@Comdesron17]

I didn't know about this ..... impressed even more with Grant ....

[@djbriggs813]

This was a time when men truly practiced honor. It was taught in our culture and in the military academies. We have totally lost that as we have become hyper-individualistic.

[@jerrypeukert5732]

Leftists are individualist or seek conformity?

[@paulsawczyc5019]

Practiced honor? - by killing people and burning their homes and farms?

[@BoaConstrictor126]

Facts

[@andrewstackpool4911]

During my years in the RAN that honour and respect were SOP which continues among veterans today. "I don't care where you are from. You wore the Navy value, that makes you my brother".

[@michaelplunkett8059]

How appropriate, when West Point is bowdlerizing their oath.

[@dmmchugh3714]

The conduct of General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox set the tone for the reunification of the country. President Lincoln had stated that if the South surrendered, they would be welcomed back as brothers. And so at the surrender, the 2 generals shook hands after the "paperwork" was done and that was it. According to Ken Burns' marvelous series, "The Civil War", General Grant allowed the southern army to keep their horses (as it was planting time back home). And Grant asked Lee if his men needed rations. Lee replied that he no longer knew the size of his army, but he believed all his men were hungry. Whereupon Grant gave Lee 30000 (I believe) food rations for his army. Then the generals parted ways, but it was the beginning of the reunification of the country. Such an immortal moment in history between two great generals on behalf of our country.

[@SandfordSmythe]

The Union troops saluted the Confederate troops with a "Present Arms" as they made their way home. What a feeling both of them must have had with this act of honor.

[@cedricgist7614]

Thanks for this short piece recognizing a man I had little regard for until the last decade. In high school, I learned that Grant's presidency was connected with corruption and scandal. Per, "The Peter Principle," he had risen to his level of incompetence - and the nation suffered for it. To this day, I have not read a full biography of the man - yet, over the years my esteem for him has grown. I learned he was against American imperialism during the Mexican-American War. He did his duty, but the impression I got is that he saw us bullying and exploiting a weaker nation on a pretense. I learned that he had a deep-seated antipathy toward slavery and some regard for blacks as people meriting respect. He had a hard life as a civilian and resumed his calling as a military man at the outbreak of the Civil War. I thought Grant was successful because he had the plentiful resources of Northern men and materiel. I've learned that his tactical genius rivaled that of Robert E. Lee's - and Grant may have been the better general after all. I've learned that he was loyal to his friends like Sherman, Sheridan, and Buckner. I learned that another Confederate general, James Longstreet, was probably closer than Buckner as a friend. Maybe Grant's loyalty blinded him to the machinations of his political friends. In high school, I also learned that Grant contracted cancer and raced to finish his memoirs before his passing to gain security for his family. That seemed so sad, even for a man with a tarnished reputation. But his reputation really wasn't tarnished as your video indicates. There is a statue of Ulysses S. Grant in military garb outside the City Hall of St. Louis, Missouri. When I returned to the city from my undistinguished military service, I didn't much care for the tribute paid the man in that sculpture. These many decades later, I am grateful we had a leader like Grant who soldiered with the greatest of them and didn't bury his enemies' noses in their defeat. Turns out, Grant was a great man. Thank you.

[@frankstefini3392]

Well spoken.

[@michaelbayer5094]

I have not read Ron Chernow's bio of Grant, but I have his other works. He is an excellent author.

[@lonniemonroe2714]

He was not better then Lee. He knew early on he had him outmanned. stopped prisoner exchange. Spread Lee's line out over extending Lee. He had numbers & utilized them. But better than Lee. Don't think so. You learned wrong. We will never know if they met with equal forces evenly equipped how it would have turned out. Grant had him better than 7 to one. No brainer.

[@frankstefini3392]

@@lonniemonroe2714 Indeed ! You are correct about that. We‘ll never know.

[@JohnYoga]

@@lonniemonroe2714 I would say he was better. Lee was a defensive General and Grant was an offensive General. You don't win wars being defensive. One of the only times Lee was offensive was at Gettysburg, and although not against Grant, he got his ass kicked.

[@richardmason7840]

General's Grant, Johnston, Sheridan, and Sherman were all West Point men. They held the highest honor and respect for one another, something that is very alien to us in the twenty-first century . May GOD have compassion on our souls.

[@gmanette188]

First time hearing this. It's a lesson to be learned. Thanks much

[@peterterry7918]

Grant was a distant cousin of mine so his life was always of interest to me. He was a great gentleman, general and author. Not a great president, but not the worst. His character was the best part of his legacy.

[@paulbenford354]

A head and shoulders above the current crop of Presidents. He was great man.

[@joycefranklin8981]

I found out a few years ago that we shared a great grandfather. It made me very proud to share an ancestor with him. He truly was a great man!

[@johnlansing2902]

He fought like a lion against his enemies then cried like a father over the lost sons of both sides .

[@peterbellini6102]

Maybe one of the finest comments I've ever read on this subject. Kudos !

[@SoonerBear]

@@peterbellini6102 Same here.

[@GrinninPig]

Didn't cry much for the Indians he robbed and slaughtered

[@richardgeisel4290]

@@GrinninPig How do you know?

[@theamericanpotatonamedphil4306]

@@GrinninPig Grant was one of the only presidents that actually tried to avoid fighting the natives as best he could. He wasn't always successful but he tried, that's better than anyone else before him for the most part.

[@jodywho6696]

May he rest in peace. Thank you sir for preserving the country💙💜💚

[@yeayea828]

Once upon a time there were real, honorable men.

[@Novideos00]

Gen Ulysses S Grant one of America’s brightest and best. His character shines out in the way he handled and treated his enemies and people who had views that differed from his and the writing of his memoirs while he was dying from throat cancer to financially secure his family and loved ones. A true hero is more ways than one.

[@earlaagaard8175]

With a tip of the cap to Mark Twain, without whom there would have been no autobiography/memoir. Check it out.

[@Novideos00]

"the autobiography of General Grant, which I think is the most admirably simple, direct and unpretentious story that was ever put on paper by a supremely great man" Mark Twain

[@blumobean]

And now we are allowing our history to be destroyed. This little snippet of history should be a lesson in honor.

[@morefiction3264]

No statue should be torn down. I want to except the statue of Marx at his grave but even that. Put up a plaque that explains any change in perspective we may have in the present.

[@TommyAndrews-jd9zh]

An Exactly!!

[@lonniemonroe2714]

By Barrack HUSSEIN Obama & the rest of the Marxist Democrats

[@peterkilbridge6523]

​@@morefiction3264Chemnitz in Germany was renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt in the DDR (East Germany). There is an enormous sculpture of Marx's head still there. The "falsification of history" is not permitted in Germany (for obvious reasons).

[@retriever19golden55]

History can't be destroyed. It happened, and there are millions of books about it. Everyone has heard of Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein, but you will find no statues of them in places of honor.

[@whippet71]

So proud President Grant's library is at my almamater Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS.

[@glennrishton5679]

As a Mississippian I was about to mention that.

[@caiobabe]

Exceptional video! President Grant was truly one of the greatest leaders ever to live and serve the United States. I have followed his life for years and I've said he was the greatest US President to date. He was all about unity. He was against slavery freeing the slaves that his own family had "owned". No US President had more in attendance in honoring their life than Grant after he passed away. So many false stories of excessive drinking were unfounded and made to make him look vulnerable and insecure. Grant was an example to his men leading a very moral life. God was always in his sights. An exceptional man!

[@craigkdillon]

It is a shame that this great man is mostly forgotten now. Factoid: A great statue of Grant is in Lincoln Park in Chicago, while a great statue of Lincoln is in Grant Park in Chicago.

[@casssmith2610]

I’ve never forgotten him, mainly as we are related. Secondly, because he’s on the $50 bill.

[@craigkdillon]

@@casssmith2610 That's good. Most people only know him as the general who won the Civil War. Grant's presidency and leading the Reconstruction is not as well known.

[@edpra7068]

Grant is a highly underestimated figure in American history.

[@charlieryan6550]

Simon Buckner (the father on Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner, the most senior US General killed in the war, on Okinawa) was Grant’s fellow officer who lent Grant the money to go home after Grant resigned his commission in California before the war. Grant then would only accept unconditional surrender from Buckner at Fort Donelson, which Buckner felt was very ungentlemanly considering their previous relationship

[@GH-oi2jf]

Business comes before friendship. A gentleman is not required to set aside his professional duty to do a favor for a friend.

[@UrbanCohort]

Correct on all points, but we should also acknowledge that Grant was very lenient to the rebel soldiers following their unconditional surrender. If I recall from Grant's memoirs, they had a moment after the battle in which they both took a dig at Gen. Pillow.

[@rolotomassi9806]

The more I have read the more battlefields I visit the more I realize how right General Grant was. His success in Tennessee and Mississippi decided the outcome of the war.

[@jeffreycarroll5920]

It was a strange time that we Today can’t comprehend! These generals all went to West Point together, fought in the Mexican war together, fought against each other, then with respect for each other became friends again! There are all kinds of historians who have written books, made speeches, etc But……unless u lived during that time…..nobody has a clue As to what it was like!

[@bethloomis8961]

What it was "like" were men who swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States and then BROKE that oath. Where's the honor?

[@mikmik9034]

Prior to the twentyith century, HONOUR was a fact of life. Even an enemy who was honourable was exalted. Because Grant died a pauper, the congress established a Dole for all future presidents. Little did they (congress) realiize that many would earn much more doing lectures. A recent president even gets paid for lectures without anybody showing up. The power of foundations, and graft.

[@79klkw]

I have read many times, about men from both sides of a war, any war, sitting down before or after a fight, in the same establishment, and sharing a drink, or meal. Also, of similar stuff years afterward. I enjoyed this video, I never knew very much about Grant. I love what he stands for. Very interesting that Simon Bolivar and Grant knew each other!

[@andrewstackpool4911]

This is correct. After the fall of Singapore Australian and Japanese soldiers at one site shared beers together. And at The Nek at Gallipoli Australian Lighthorse soldiers and their Turkish counterparts called an informal truce at 6:00 every night and shared meals and companionship.

[@vintageadventure-l6m]

"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." George Orwell

[@calvinmcfarlandsr.707]

All hail, General and President of these United States of America. One of the greatest ever. Rest in peace brother.

[@outdoorlife5396]

I am surprised that Longstreet was not one of them. He and Grant were buddies also

[@imyourdaddy5822]

Very close, Longstreet knew Grant back when his first name was Hiram.

[@fatfeline1086]

Longstreet was not well and could not make the trip from Gainesville Ga. He was interviewed and said some very fine things about Grant.

[@edwardgray4693]

Lóngtreet was also a member of the Republican party like Grant.

[@donpietruk1517]

Longstreet was one of the few Confederate Generals not of English or Irish descent. His family was Dutch originally from the New Amsterdam (later New York) colony.

[@delstanley1349]

They were friends well enough that it was written and oft repeated that Longstreet was the best man at Grant's wedding. The claim was made in a book by a brig gen on Longstreet's staff named Gilbert Sorrel. The book was published in 1905, more than a half century after the wedding. Sorrel wasn't at the wedding, and by the time the book was published all the principals (Grant, his wife Julia and Longstreet) were dead. No one has ever confirmed that Longstreet was Grant's best man, and Julia didn't seem to recall him. In any event they were friends well enough.

[@crapphone7744]

Grant did everything he could to heal the wounds of the Civil War. Sam Grant was one of our greatest.

[@Magnetron33]

We could use a man of such courage and decency right now.

[@Skarbrand_the_exiled]

Buckner’s son also shared his name, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. And would go on to lead American forces in the last major battle of WW2, Okinawa. Very close to the battles end, Buckner went to check on the frontline and was killed by a Japanese artillery shell, and was the highest ranking American commander killed until 9/11

[@gudmundursteinar]

Those wars were almost 90 years apart. I'm guessing grandson or great grandson. Iirc Buckner died on Okinawa. Just checked, holy shit he was his son.. Buckner fought in the First American Land Battle of World War 2 in the Aleutians and he fought in the last at Okinawa, where he died.

[@edmain1137]

CSA General Johnston walked behind Sherman's casket parade. It was a chilly rainy day and serval told the General that he could get sick , his reply was 'If I was in that coffin, Sherman would be here marching.' He got a cold shortly afterward and died. Those were men of honor. I visited Sherman's grave in St. Louis last year and paid my repects to this great man. He gave quarter, (mercy) to surrendering conferates so I left a quarter on his stone in memory.

[@GrinninPig]

Men of honor 😂

[@earllutz2663]

Thank you for the video, and the mini history lesson. It is too bad, that the opposing parties today, of Republicans and Democrats, can't agree to disagree, and still have honor & respect for one another, as they did, during U.S. Grant's time.

[@Dannysoutherner]

Respect among prior enemies. And most of these generals knew each other before the war.

[@G1951-w1y]

A great prayer. Thank you for having the fortitude to stick to your conviction and your faith. And thank you for reminding the representatives they will answer to you Dear Lord Jesus for the conduct they display while in office.

[@richardwalling845]

Timely and well done. Thank you.

[@NeilGastonguay]

A fair and historically correct video. Well done.

[@alanstrong55]

Grant did fine in spite of any pitfalls in his path. I am glad that his photo is still on a fifty dollar bill. Grant led the Union forces to victory. Good enough.

[@jameskennedy721]

Grant was noted for his habit of going on a drunken spree after doing well on the battlefield . Lincoln gave him more and more control of Union forces after McClellon held back from attacking when victories were within reach . Lincoln's trust in Grant ended up being the deciding factor in the defeat of the Confederate cause . Nobody saw the true potential in Grant when the war had just begun .

[@lonniemonroe2714]

And Grant finally freed his slaves in December 1865

[@lanemeyer9350]

General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to someone who had slandered Grant: "Sir, if you ever again presume to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this University.”

[@trooperdgb9722]

Speaking of fine personal honour? Rober E Lee seems hard to beat.

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Thank you for an educational video. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[@danielhess1082]

Knowing Grant's history with Buckner, I was not surprised that he would be a Pall Bearer. Joe Johnston was more surprising to me, I would have thought Longstreet would have been one

[@SteelWalrus]

Some others here are pointing out that Longstreet was ill at the time. That being said, Grand had a tremendous amount of respect for Johnston and says so in his memoir.

[@gregb6469]

pall-bearer

[@EclecticHillbilly]

It's interesting that the people who actually fought the war, by and large, had no hatred for the people on the other side. Far different than what we find several generations removed.

[@erinobrien8793]

There is an interesting story of a reunion of Civil War soldiers who met as old men. They were re-enacting (without guns) the formations of Pickett’s Charge. As both side reached the other they fell upon each other crying and hugging each other, calling each other friend or brother. No hatred. Remembering those not able to join them that day.

[@lonniemonroe2714]

Because of community agitators like Marxist Barrack HUSSEIN Obama.

[@lonniemonroe2714]

​@@erinobrien8793Those same men helped to fund & erect the statues that the Democrat party insisted on being torn down. These men fought each other. Saw friends & family killed by the other side. And after the war came together again. Even blacks..which fought on the Confederate side. They erected these monuments & statues..a lot of them to honor the fallen..on both sides. Then come today & age where a bunch of America hating Marxist stir up hatred with lies to get them torn down. Should never have happened. All to please Barrack HUSSEIN Obama.

[@toryhenrikson1990]

I hope we yet see an epic movie about Grant and his life's work. The people he interacted with would fill a history book.

[@thomaschew2191]

In my cubicle at work I have a bookshelf. On the top shelf there are a few books, a few of them are related to our industry, several on my hobby of bicycle riding, a Bible and commentary, personal finance books and Ron Chernow"s book on Grant. I admire the man so much.

[@redwolverine5496]

Grant is probably my favorite US president because of how much he cared for the Union. He fought hard to basically erase the KKK from America (until Wilson revived it), established the department of justice and national weather service, and actually wanted to help rebuild the south, unlike some northern politicians. His presidency had downsides, the biggest being that his appointees had many scandals, including people he knew.

[@conorsheehan9929]

Another great American , Mark Twain was a great friend of Grant’s . Twain encouraged Grant to write his biography and helped him every step of the way to publication and success .

[@muffassa6739]

I never knew that. Grant was a good President. I couldn't imagine living in those times.

[@Teelirious]

Grant was a very decent man who believed his "friends" could not possibly be dishonest or deceitful, as he was not. He was loyal to an actual fault. The great Lie that personal loyalty is preferable to moral decency has deep American roots. His administration was riddled with corruption despite his own deep personal integrity.

[@edwardclement102]

Grant was a great army commander, but a poor president.

[@artlover1477]

@@edwardclement102 His first term was rather good, it was the 2nd term with the accusations of corruption that tainted his presidency.

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

@@Teelirious Thanks to you, and the other gentlemen, for clarifying that. I know his presidency best for the Credit Mobilier scandal of the Union Pacific. Like our King Charles 1, strange how so good a man could make so bad a president.

[@paulhomsy2751]

Very informative and extremely well narrated,Thank you .

[@quiltfreak64]

Probably went to West Point together. They were men of honor n love for America. Grant was a great man

[@jpmnky]

He was a popular man in the south as a President who would make a real effort at reconstruction. Lincoln’s plans for reconstruction were derailed by his murder. And Andrew Johnson had little interest in making a real effort at it. Grant did make an effort and was beloved and respected for that.

[@markothwriter]

I read his bio. It was crazy how he survived in battles. It was like death could not touch him.

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

The 19th Century Officers were gentlemen, men of honor, conviction, loyalty, ethics, and "whose word was their bond." During my 30 year Army Officer career, I was often told that "I was a 19th Century Gentleman living in the 20th Century!" It was meant as a slur, that I was too old fashioned for the modern Army. I always considered it a complement!

[@terrytenley9327]

I love the fact the respect these folks gave then..

[@keysersoze5920]

RIP U.S. Grant. And thank you.

[@johnstuart7244]

"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other". William T. Sherman.

[@b.strong9347]

In our hyper-political world where which so many have learned only slanted, cookie-cutter versions of history, it’s imperative to go back and learn from people such as Grant and realize that the true story is often much more complicated and gray than many of us want to accept. The Civil War, as it’s become known, was a war of brother against brother, friend against friend. It stemmed deeper than just the basic argument for or against slavery (even though that in itself was one of the obvious primary factors). In the third episode of the first season of ‘Boy Meets World,’ Mr. Feeny said it best: “education is about the overall years of slow absorption of concepts, philosophies, approaches to problem-solving… the whole process so grand, all-encompassing that it really can’t be threatened…” We no longer have this true and honest education, and we need so desperately to return to it. But it’s probably too late.

[@davidanthony4845]

James Longstreet, his lifelong friend, mourned deeply, saying he had never known a better man.

[@timwolgast9906]

Grant was America's greatest general ever produced!

[@stringpicker5468]

Joseph E. Johnston died after standing bare headed at the funeral procession. An aide said General please cover yourself it is cold. Johnston replied "If I was in that coffin and old Billy Sherman was standing here he would not have his hat on" There was more honour in the soldiers than the politicians..... what's new?

[@SebastianJ83-cz5fn]

Great history - Thank You!

[@Roger-fs5yo]

God bless Grant and god bless the South🙏

[@RubyBandUSA]

thank you for this clip

[@Thaddaeus417]

More people today need to see this, the generation that actually fought the war reconciled.

[@oberstraphry]

His book is well worth reading, very well written.

[@RighteousReverendDynamite]

Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner's son, Lt. Gen. Buckner, Jr., (1886-1945) was a VMI and West Point graduate, commanded troops in the Phillipines before WWI, held a training command during WWI, and lead our forces in the Aleutians and then Okinawa in WWII. He was killed during a Japanese artillery strike. He was one of the highest-ranked officers to be killed in WWII. He looked like a badass!

[@FrankFischer-td4og]

As a Union general, UlyssesS.Grant was, arguably, the only military leader that espoused tolerance and forgiveness towards former Confederate military, and civilian leaders. Of course, Abraham Lincoln was of like mind.

[@lindacuster1328]

Today we need a President to unite our country. A President that cares more for the people than their own agenda. What President Grant did and our country did after a bloody war in it's self is amazing. He is a true hero

[@GH-oi2jf]

Before we can unite the country, we must defeat the fascists who are enemies of the Republic.

[@eddieq2189]

There's no question that grant was a great honorable man well respected and admired by many even those in the Confederacy respected grant he was a truly a man of his word and that's why he was so well admired respected and very well known in the world and above all a great president as well God bless you Mr grant for your accomplishments during your lifetime and how you reunited the north & south for continued unity and peace after the war ❤😊👍

[@kneelingcatholic]

Grant knew the importance of RECONCILIATION. Not so the case with modern Rep and Dem politicians who have expunged the names of Confederate generals from places like Fts Bragg and Hood. It's a shame!

[@mikenixon2401]

Humanity and personal respect trumps politics. Sometime see the rare 1936 film of a reunion for both union and confederate veterans. It is very interesting.

[@civilwarguy4740]

“Had his life ended but a few years since, the mourning for the great leader would have been more or less sectional in its manifestation. Dying as he now dies, the grief is as widespread as the Union.” -News & Courier (South Carolina)

[@PeterPan54167]

South Carolina? Bloody South Carolina? Kinda puts the Lost Cause into perspective, personally I don’t think the majority of the Southern Civl War generation espoused the Lost Cause, the problem is that by the time the fighting was done that generation was tired or very ill. They didn’t participate in public life right after the war even when they were permitted. Reconstruction was a shit show anyway and having the Confederate Civil War generation absent really screwed up the South, because the most of them were sane, their kids on the other hand weren’t.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Become bros, fight on opposite sides of a civil war, become bros again, and hold a position of high honor and the other's funeral. Now THAT is a whirlwind friendship!

[@papawsbackyard8774]

Imagine that. Seems many of these southern generals were men of high values and character. It certainly would be fitting to honor them with statues or perhaps by naming military bases for them. That'd be ok, right?

[@1987phillybilly]

US Grant, one of the MOST underrated leaders and fathers of this nation!! There was a time when LEADERS cared about others and wanted to make sure they were cared for!!

[@billyost1479]

This kind of Honor is rare now a days.

[@usnchief1339]

Without Grant, Lincoln would have been a nobody. Grant made Lincoln and American icon.

[@terryp3034]

If only we had such big hearted leaders today.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

America's greatest soldier. An American first, a Northerner second.

[@davidc6510]

Wow - what an American legend.

[@phlodel]

Adversaries, not enemies.

[@lagayames9034]

Grant was a mist interesting person and a part if dynamic events. Very underrated person in history

[@GasCityGuy]

From the very end of the war Grant recognized the need to quickly reunite the people. His efforts began immediately with him offering incredibly generous surrender terms to Lee at Appomattox Court House and ordering the northern troops not celebrate the southern defeat as he said, "...the rebels are our countrymen again." If Lincoln and Grant had not taken this approach at the conclusion of the war, the post war years could have been much more worse than they were.

[@lewie7820]

The officers on both sides were friends. After all, they had been classmates at West Point.......

[@SoonerBear]

I believe, IF Lee had still been alive when Grant passed, he would've been a pallbearer, or at least an honorary one. It is a truly great honor to be a pallbearer. I've been one @ my cousin Rocky's, my aunt & uncle (his parents), a friend of the family, I was going to be one @ my grandfather's (mom's dad) but I got sick. Oh, yes my uncle (mom's half-brother). There will be other opportunities, I'm sure. When you're asked to be a pallbearer, it shows the respect the family has for you. In reference to this video, it shows the respect Grant had for these men he fought against that he would ask that of them. Grant was a great man. Great military leader, as well. I think the Lincoln quote sums it up: "I can't spare this man. HE FIGHTS!

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for another interesting and informative video

[@DSmith-skeptic]

I love this trivia tidbit. After Lee’s surrender and the two exited McLeon’s house, Grant ordered the the Union celebratory cannon fire cease out of respect for the now ex-Confederates. What a great man Grant was.

[@billmalone5050]

Many of the Union and Confexerate genetals had been classmates with each other at the US Military Academy at West Point, NY and had fought in the US Army together in the Mexican War of 1846-1848 before fighting against each other in the Civil War of 1861-1865. These men had known each other for many years and had histories with each other. So after the Civil War was over it was not surprising that these former battlefield enemies would help to try and reunify the nation.

[@Tune-O-matic]

"There are but two parties now,Traitors and Patriots"- Ulysses S. Grant

[@edwardclement102]

Wrong we should only have Federals.

[@scotttyson607]

Oddly enough that is even more relevant today.

[@lindacuster1328]

@@scotttyson607 it is!! Wise words from our past

[@jessestreet2549]

Unfortunately the traitors consider themselves "patriots". They are not. Patriots don't attack the Capitol. They defend it.

[@bt7843]

If only we had leadership like this now 😢

[@ProjecthuntanFish]

Grant feared a lot more Confederate Generals than just Johnston.

[@anim8torfiddler871]

Not just UNITY, but *_Reconciliation._*

[@smithsonian2464]

I learned about this through Professor Greg Jackson's podcast "History that Doesn't Suck". Great podcast, highly recommend for anyone who is interested in any and all US History.

[@balrog322]

I would have guessed Longstreet was one of the two rebel soldiers that served as pallbearers. He and Grant were good friends and served with distinction together in Mexico.

[@stevengrant8591]

I'm a Grant who is a cousin of Lee, Jackson and Stuart😂. This era of men were true gentlemen and it was in their every move and thought. We need to see the return of that kind of character.

[@maryshanley329]

We must remember that many of these men knew each other well from West Point. For example, Gen. James Longstreet was Gen. Robert E. Lee’s top assistant. He was also part of Grant’s wedding party, and probably his best man. After the signed the of hostilities at Appomattox, generals from both sides greeted each other with great joy. There were salutations of Sam! This was Grant’s nickname at West Point: US Grant= Uncle Sam. We used to be a far better society. Please could get along much better. These men gave us their example. Today? It is impossible to argue with Marxists.