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To Sherman I told the story of the assault at Fort Donelson, and said that the same tactics would win at Shiloh.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Grant shares his strategic insights with Sherman, suggesting that successful tactics from a previous battle could be applied again.

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