Grant's famous motto, "Let us have peace", adorns the entra… - Eric Foner

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Grant's famous motto, "Let us have peace", adorns the entrance to his tomb in New York City. Brands rightly emphasizes that this was a call not simply for national reconciliation but also for consolidation of what had been won in the war. Union and emancipation. By the time Grant died, the first was secure. It took a long time for the nation to try once again to fulfill the promise of the second.

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Eric Foner (born 7 February 1943) is an American historian from New York City, best known for his writings on the American Civil War and its aftermath.

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