“A steamroller would be more appropriate, based on how he eventually won the war.”
You mean with an industrial base run be what were essentially slaves?
“A steamroller would be more appropriate, based on how he eventually won the war.”
‘You mean with an industrial base run be what were essentially slaves?’
Ah, no.
I meant if you are going to assign a vehicle to represent U.S. Grant, a steamroller is more appropriate than a GTO. Grant understood the unique advantage of the North in the war that was, until he assumed overall command, never utilized effectively. Which is why the war lasted four years, instead of 18 months in my opinion.
Grant put all the Union armies into motion at the same time, something Lincoln had wanted from each of the previous generals. The refusal to coordinate in every theater allowed the Confederates to ‘hold in place’ in one theater of the war and reinforce wherever the Union was attacking heaviest. For example, Lee detailed Longstreet’s corps to Tennessee at one point to stop Rosecrans and force him back into Chattanoga where his army almost starved before Grant opened the ‘cracker line’. The only reason Lee was able to do this was the lack of concerted action on all fronts, specifically in this instance the ‘eastern theater’ (Virginia).
Grant ‘steamrolled’ the South in short. Which is why the war ended so quickly after he assumed command (comparatively).