Hey Stugots..Granny Lee sucked as a tactical commander ok? You want to tell me why you think I'm wrong [and hopefully provide some specific examples] fine, but stop acting like you possess some superior intellect, when all you really are is just another neo-confederate Fessacchione whose opinion smells like a baby's used diaper. Capisci?
from http://italian.about.com/library/slang:'fessacchione/a n. a f*****g idiot; (lit.): big idiot.'
That's why Lincoln offered Lee command of the Union forces FIRST - so the union would lose right?
Examples? How's about this: A great tactical commander inflicts a large body count and executes a specific battle with great efficiency. He lures his opponent into an untenable situation in which they are slaughtered. He inflicts loss of life to the tune of 50,000 men in a single campaign while suffering a relatively low casualty count within his own ranks.
A great strategic commander, like Grant, remains firm in will and doggedly pursues in light of his tactical shortcomings knowing that's what it's going to take to win the war. A great strategic commander takes the body count, at times retiring to his tent and sobbing uncontrollably while listening to the wailing of his troops as they're burned alive; but doesn't give up. Don't get me wrong, I think it's natural for a man to be a little over-emotional when he's drunk.
You can always hang your hat on the fact that he went on to preside over what many historians agree was the most corrupt administration in US history, I suppose.
but stop acting like you possess some superior intellect,
Parse our prior conversations, and look at who's hurling insults like a three-year-old. It's not an act.