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Quotation from Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant

“I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made”

Ulysses S. Grant

Personal Memoirs, Vol. II, Ch. LV

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

A rare explicit admission of error about the costly frontal attack of 3 June 1864.

Citation: "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made" — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, Vol. II, Ch. LV. (id personal-memoirs-q9)

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

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