(Rediscovering Our Past) One of the most widely disseminated myths about Ulysses S. Grant is that he regularly smoked "20 cigars a day." Like most myths, it has a basis in reality, but it's the nature of the statement that is misleading to the point of becoming mythological in nature. The image of the stern General puffing away on his trusty cigar as he directs the Union to victory has certainly been ingrained into the popular persona of Grant.
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