But General Grant was the head, the front, the selected leader; and therefore his name is the impersonation of that power in the war which broke the old south, and preserved our Union to your children, and I trust your children's children, to the remotest posterity.
Sherman emphasizes Grant's leadership role in the Civil War and his significance in preserving the Union.
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