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Old 06-17-2008, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by patriot2342001 View Post
This is not correct. They were not friends. They had met in the Mexican war and Grant remembered Lee but Lee did not remember Grant. Their meeting at Appomatox was between two strangers
Not surprising, Lee was the golden boy, Grant the exact opposite. Amazing how similar yet totally different their lives were.
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