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To: Iris7

I think Grant was a pretty darn good General, especially compared with his predecessors at the Army of the Potomac.


61 posted on 10/26/2004 2:38:38 PM PDT by colorado tanker ("medals, ribbons, we threw away the symbols of what our country gave us and I'm proud of that")
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To: colorado tanker
Fuller sees Grant's Vicksburg campaign as brilliant. Following Fuller's argument carefully and in the light of my other reading I came to agree with General Fuller.

Fuller on Cold Harbor is very interesting.

The Donalson - Henry campaign is a strategic gem. The repair of the Chattanooga situation was masterly. My own opinion, of course.

Grant himself was very proud of Chattanooga, as well as scandalized by Rosecrans. (From his memoirs.)

122 posted on 10/27/2004 10:15:48 AM PDT by Iris7 ("The past is not over. It is not even the past." - William Faulkner (Quote from memory.))
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