And yet he captured three confederate armies, including the one that Bobby Lee surrendered to him. That must just embarass the hell out of you, huh? Losing to a confused alchoholic?
More cognitive dissonance on the part of Neoconfederates.
Lee was the greatest general of the war...er...but...U.S. troops and genrals sucked!
Ahem...
Which is it? How did the greatest general (and he was good!) lose to such incompetants?
The central illogical point upon which the whole Lost cause myth rests.
If Lee had possessed the same logistical/industrial attributes that the Yankees had, Grant would be an asterisk.