Like I said, not taking anything away from General Grant, as he truly was a man for the times, but how much of his success was due to the fact that he also had General William Tecumseh Sherman within his ranks? He was also a man of the times and a true leader, unabashedly brutal, as well as, a military genius.
Grant had a lot of good commanders in his armies.
He was also a man of the times and a true leader, unabashedly brutal, as well as, a military genius.
Sherman was a loyal subordinate and carried out Grant's orders very well. But on his own? If you look at Sherman's Atlanta campaign one has to come to the conclusion that he was a better strategist than tactician. His strategy for forcing Johnston back on Atlanta and his later overland campaign to Savannah and through the Carolinas was brilliant. But his execution of that plan between Chattanooga and Atlanta left much to be desired.