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Quotation from Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant

“When the officer reached me I was still suffering with the sick headache, but the instant I saw the contents of the note I was cured”

Ulysses S. Grant

Personal Memoirs, Vol. II, Ch. LXVII

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

Lee's note agreeing to discuss surrender ends Grant's headache at once.

Citation: "When the officer reached me I was still suffering with the sick headache, but the instant I saw the contents of the note I was cured" — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, Vol. II, Ch. LXVII. (id personal-memoirs-q11)

Portrait: Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Public domain.

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