POLITICALsteria: Best Civil War Memes
When I took US history in (a private, all boys) high school in '76, my teacher referred to Ulysses S. Grant as "Useless S. Grant". He was what we call today a "functioning alcoholic". Somebody told Lincoln that Grant (a thoroughly competent killer) drank on the battlefield, to which Honest [sic] Abe replied "Find out what he drinks and send a barrel to all my other generals." As President, he enjoyed riding a buggy down Pennsylvania Avenue behind four galloping Clydesdales after getting totally 'faced. Not as dangerous as drunk driving today, I suppose.
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