People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.
A combination of all that was best in the gladdest days of the departing year.
A fact is not a truth until you love it.
A rich man's war and a poor man's fight.
Writing is very hard work and knowing what you're doing the whole time.
Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.