[DoodleDawg]

including Union military officers were saying at the time.

These would be the Union officers who were busy losing while Grant was busy winning?

You just don't like it because it contradicts your narrative.

You like like it because it's disparaging, it's from someone with no qualifications on the topic they are speaking on, and it fits your agenda.

[DiogenesLamp]

These would be the Union officers who were busy losing while Grant was busy winning?

I doubt such high ranking officers would voice such a public opinion. More like it is the lower ranking officers who have seen their friends and comrades killed in a futile and undeserving way.

You like like it because it's disparaging, it's from someone with no qualifications on the topic they are speaking on, and it fits your agenda.

Not so much those things, but I thought it would get a rise out of you. :)

Sometimes I find it amusing to stir the pot.