Even with those odds Lee could not afford the losses.
true. Grant could replace the losses. Lee could not do that.
true. Grant could replace the losses. Lee could not do that.
“Even with those odds Lee could not afford the losses.”
Correct. The South could not maintain their rate of losses.
The North could maintain their rate of losses.
Lee needed a military, economic, or political “something” to change the trajectory.
That “something” did not happen resulting in the disaster at Appomattox.