# What The Horrors and Cost of War means in Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

> The narrative recounts the immense suffering, loss of life, and destruction of the Civil War, including Grant's somber feelings at Lee's surrender and his reflections on the war's unjust origins.

## Explanation

The narrative recounts the immense suffering, loss of life, and destruction of the Civil War, including Grant's somber feelings at Lee's surrender and his reflections on the war's unjust origins.

Grant describes the brutal realities of battle and the immense human toll of the conflict.

Grant condemns the Mexican War as 'one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation.'

Grant reflects on the political expediency of war, noting that obstructing a war is unpopular and that the defeated rebel may be honored more than the Northern traitor who conspires against his government.

The harsh treatment of mules and the loss of horses hint at the broader costs and brutalities of military life.

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