I BELIEVE YOU ARE AS BRAVE, PATRIOTIC AND JUST AS THE GREAT PROTOTYPE WASHINGTON; AS UNSELFISH, KIND-HEARTED, AND HONEST, AS A MAN SHOULD BE, BUT THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTIC IN YOUR NATURE IS THE SIMPLE FAITH IN SUCCESS YOU HAVE ALWAYS MANIFESTED . . . . I TELL YOU THAT IT WAS THIS THAT MADE US ACT WITH CONFIDENCE. I KNEW WHEREVER I WAS THAT YOU THOUGHT OF ME, AND IF I GOT IN A TIGHT PLACE YOU WOULD COME IF ALIVE.

- General William T. Sherman to General Grant