What do you think Grant was saying about what it means to be an American when he stated, "The war is over. The rebels are our countrymen again"?

Primary sources are usually  more accurate and are written by someone who experienced it or witnessed it. secondary sources are those who heard of it after the fact that can lose details and or twist the event in a light that benefits them.

Answership building; new england was almost entirely mercantilist

Iam in the 7th grade