Where are the pictures of General Grant and the Union Army? Were General Grant and General Lee, classmates at West Point?/Just Asking - seoul62.......
Nope. Lee was a good deal older, born 1807 and graduated 1829. Grant was born in 1822 and graduated WP in 1843.
The colonies rebelled against King George III over many things including unfair taxation, and simply wanted to be allowed to be left alone and on their own. Plus they won.
The South was fighting for states rights, but it was misplaced over defending slavery. Not really as good analogy to now. So I'd rather not see us talking about Grant and Lee.
I'd rather see us talking about Washington vs Cornwallis - Yorktown, Saratoga, Trenton, Crossing the Delaware. Only this time we won't need the french to help us win - expect they would be supporting zero, which would be good for our side. The french are excellent at training folks on the proper way to discard an unused weapon and surrender.
Lee - Class of 1829, Grant - Class of 1843.
As others have said, they were not classmates. But they had both served in the Mexican war. Grant resigned his commission but "went active" again after the CW started. Lee was very reluctant to go against the Union, but in the end his Loyalty to Virgina outweighed that to the Union. It was a different time, with most people identifying much more with their states than we do today.