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To: circlecity

Because he would have prevailed against Lee if he had had Lee’s manpower and resources, and Lee had had Grant’s?


15 posted on 04/27/2022 7:33:53 AM PDT by Romulus
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To: Romulus

Grant used what he had to his best advantage. He certainly didn’t have a massive advantage in manpower while fighting in the west. He also never made the same mistake twice - he learned. Lee repeated made the same mistakes. Further, Grant had a solid strategic vision while Lee had none. You can argue that Lee was a great tactician but Grant’s Vicksburg campaign was the greatest tactical campaign of the war.


19 posted on 04/27/2022 7:43:10 AM PDT by circlecity
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