My great-great-great grandfather Samuel Logan Peters, 32nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. 1861 (1170x1118). Shortly after enlisting at 18. Served under Grant at the Battle of Vicksburg, Shiloh and under Sherman in the “March to the Sea”. Mustered out 1865 and lived a long life thereafterSubmitted by mrnastymannn t3_z8jrvh in OldSchoolCool
IDiggaPony t1_iybyyww wrote
To serve under both Grant and Sherman and live a long life afterward is a life well lived.
mrnastymannn OP t1_iybz1lt wrote
Tell me about it. Particularly given the high casualty rates for troops who served under Grant
IDiggaPony t1_iyc00t4 wrote
Grant understood that the North would win a war of attrition as Lincoln did. Grant was willing to use the numbers to his advantage and fortunately your ggg-grandfather made it out alive.
mrnastymannn OP t1_iyc07ut wrote
Ya, the war probably would have been a lot shorter if Grant had been in charge earlier
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