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Thread #148063 Message #3440960
Posted By: Greg F.
23-Nov-12 - 09:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: Was Abe Really All That Honest?
Subject: RE: BS: Was Abe Really All That Honest?
Yeah, Grant was indeed no stranger to the bottle...
"No stranger"? Which could be said of at least half the officers on BOTH sides in the Civil War, and about the same proportion of the U.S. populationin general at that time. Check the statistics on production & consumption of alcoholic beverages in mid-19th Century U.S.