IDiggaPony
IDiggaPony t1_iyc00t4 wrote
Reply to comment by mrnastymannn in 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 thereafter by mrnastymannn
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.
IDiggaPony t1_iybyyww wrote
Reply to 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 thereafter by mrnastymannn
To serve under both Grant and Sherman and live a long life afterward is a life well lived.
IDiggaPony t1_jedavfp wrote
Reply to The original Ronald McDonald 1963 by iosews
Look at those fries. Wish they made them like that today.