Grant, for all his genius had some world class goofs to his name.
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One could make that statement about almost all Civil War Army Commanders.
I give Grant credit for accepting responsibility and acknowledging his mistake.
That is a hard thing for a high ranking flag officer to do.
A fighting admiral like Halsey had his mistakes that he felt the need to evade, and even though I admire him, I would admire him more if he had just acknowledged them.
Grant, for all his genius had some world class goofs to his name.
I doubt that he could be classified a genius but, he certainly was ruthless.
Grant was not a genius. All he ever did was throw more men at the south than they could handle.
Yes, well we all can't order the attacks at Malvern Hill and Pickett's Charge.