[MNJohnnie]

Always find it amusing that Grant gets such a reputation as a “butcher” while Lee, who lost a proportional number of solider from his smaller army, is hailed as some great military genius.

[Non-Sequitur]

Always find it amusing that Grant gets such a reputation as a “butcher” while Lee, who lost a proportional number of solider from his smaller army, is hailed as some great military genius.

Not to mention that Lee lost to lesser generals - Meade and McClellan, for example - while Grant beat every Southern general sent against him.

[central_va]

Always find it amusing that Grant gets such a reputation as a “butcher” while Lee, who lost a proportional number of solider from his smaller army, is hailed as some great military genius.

Except for Gettysburg D-3, what example do you have on the scale of Grant's headlong approach for Lee?