General Grant Koepke

Dear Journal,                                                                                                                    January 1, 1866 Since the Civil War has come to an end, I thought I might review this last year. Of course with my promotion to General, the Union has had many successes . Lincoln was re-elected president and in his second Inaugural address he extended an olive branch to the confederacy. His brilliant words, " With Malice towards none; with charity for all... Let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the Nation’s wounds", and thanks to my command the war was looking like a Union victory. And then in April, Lee surrendered 1/3 of his army . We met in Appomattox Courthouse and discussed the terms of surrender . It was bittersweet. I was glad that we could restore the Union and the war was over, however no matter which side they died fighting for, the men that died were Americans. I have great respect for General Lee and I have t

My 1864 Blog Post will be a rap made and preformed by myself (featuring Bryan Graham) Use link to see it preformed:  https://youtu.be/t7Hc4dzjjPQ Lyrics: Well, I wrote this song for the Union troops I wanna teach them the union truth If you wanna reach those union soldiers Then you gotta do a rap to a hip hop beat So I gave them a lesson on the war My lesson was about 1864 My union troops keep getting bigger That's cause Ulysses S. Grant is our commander He’s a life changer, mounted horse ranger Would take command of an army later Sips a lot of wine, he’s a drink exchanger Lincoln was reelected for the win I only speak the truth and McClellan acts like a kid He never even had any big wins All the other generals didn’t do so well And Spotsylvania was burning like hell Now i'm gonna pass the mic to Mr. Tim He was a great soldier and one of my friends So to tell a story of truth, without further ado take it away my dude. Ulysses S.