He knew how to fight as well. He had the resources and manpower to defeat his foes, but as we saw early in that war, it was not enough. I know you are a man of the South and I respect that, but that doesn’t change the fact the Grant was indeed the man for that time on the Union side.
It is true Grant made plenty of mistakes, but so too did famous generals such as Patton and others in various wars, who made up for those mistakes with brilliance, persistence, aggressiveness, and relentlessness.
I don’t place much stock in the negative aspects of Grant’s drinking, though. One has only to look at men such as Winston Churchill (and for me, my father) to realize that daily consumption of alcohol does not incapacitate or significantly diminish the capability of all men. (While not denying that there are plenty of men who do become both incapacitated and diminished)
I’ll say it again. U.S. Grant was the Union’s version of Gen. Hood.