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		eggoa on June 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Coffee helped the Union in the Civil War Ulysses Grant was pretty much a machine that consumed cigars and emitted union victories.

ProjectArcturis on June 30, 2024 [–]

Whiskey was also one of the inputs.

seizethecheese on June 30, 2024 | [–]

He didn’t drink much while in charge of troops engaged in battle, then he’d go on massive binges where he got silly drunk. So, sort of?

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