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That does seem highly stupid on the part of both sides to continue to do that. Youda thunk Grant would have learned this before Cold Harbor. But alas, Shelby Foote was right-The weapons of that war were years ahead of the tactic's-.

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Youda thunk Grant would have learned this before Cold Harbor.

In fairness to Grant he had never tried an assault like the one at Cold Harbor before and never tried it again. Lee didn't seem to learn from his mistakes.