Our Vicksburg correspondent, in his letter published elsewhere, gives Gen. Grant’s views of the war, in a casual remark made to some Chicago friends, by the General. They were conversing upon Gen. Logan and his extension of furlough. Gen. Grant remarked that he extended Gen. Logan’s furlough, because while he was in Illinois fighting Copperheads, he still was in the field, doing duty. In this laconic remarks as in a nutshell, lies the duty of every loyal man. Copperheads will derive small comfort from the Hero of the Mississippi. He believes in sustaining the Government against traitors at home and in the field, and knows no better way of accomplishing that end than by a vigorous prosecution of the war.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, IL, September 1, 1863
