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"Sometimes it appears to me that the winners of wars are those who avoid the most mistakes."

And one of Grant's attributes was that he never made the same mistake twice. In fact, his only major tactical mistake was the disastrous third charge at Cold Harbor and he admitted as much. He did get caught with his pants down on the first day of Shiloh but I put that much more on Sherman than Grant. And the way Grant followed up and won the victory anyway shows his brilliance as a general.

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And determinedly set out to downgrade and denigrate Buel’s arrival which did probably make victory rather than a messy draw possible.