The Greatest American General was Robert E. Lee.
Even West Point teaches that!
US Grant was not that great of a General. He threw thousands of men into positions to win by sheer numbers. Not the making of a tactician.
Getting defeated several times by an opponent with only a fraction of your strength does not indicate a great general. Finally grinding him down shows determination but losing more men killed than Lee's army ever numbered should be telling.
I would agree with that. Lee was better. Grant deserves commendation for his recognition that a bloody war of attrition was the only way to win an early modern industrial age war. The Civil War presaged WW1 by showing how a war between 2 big industrial powers would be waged.
Kinda sorta disagree. Grant's campaigns in the west showed that he had a good grasp of both tactics and strategy. His campaigns in the east simply took advantage of the vastly greater resources he had to wear down the enemy in the quickest possible way. That, in itself, isn't bad strategy or tactics.