Irrelevant to my point entirely. I conceded to Lee’s losses before Grant-Lee went head to head (read my post). My point remains entirely: Grant entered the Overland Campaign with around a 160 thousand men to Lee’s 65 thousand. Grant chose to drive, throw, push and (at times) recklessly waist his men against Lee because Lee would run out of men a lot quicker than he would.
“Grant chose to drive, throw, push and (at times) recklessly waist his men against Lee because Lee would run out of men a lot quicker than he would.”
Within six weeks of the start of the Overland Campaign, Grant had Lee’s army penned up in the works around Petersburg. Yes he lost a large number of men, but victory never comes cheaply.