[bcsco]

Well he finally did end the suffering by giving Grant and Sherman the go-ahead to "press the issue".

Yep! It took awhile for him to find the military leaders he needed. And that opens up a whole 'nuther discussion about what would have happened had Robert E. Lee not resigned his commission and stayed with the Union.

[rhombus]

Yep! It took awhile for him to find the military leaders he needed. And that opens up a whole 'nuther discussion about what would have happened had Robert E. Lee not resigned his commission and stayed with the Union.

I still think Wesley Clark Ashley Wilkes er... George McClellan would have wasted a lot of good opportunities to end it sooner rather than later. ;-)