Live him or hate him
Grant knew how to win.
Wish we had him for the fight against muslim terror
Grant was good at turning the handle on Lincolns meat grinder.
There is an interesting monument to him west of Palm Springs on I-10. It is a combination luxury hotel, resort, casino, museum, store and truck stop run by the Morongo Indians, a tribe which only got recognized as a tribe because their progenitors made an appeal to Grant, who declared them to be a tribe independent of the other so-called Mission Indians.
Grant was very sentimental about such things. He wanted all Native Americans to embrace being Americans just as he wanted all former Confederates to embrace rejoining the union. Most of the time, this didn't work out so well, but the tiny Morongo band saw an opportunity and approached Grant.
It has paid off handsomely for their 400 or so descendants. Even the cars which don't take their I-10 exit to gamble or shop will take it to buy gas since it is cheaper than anything in the area, courtesy of favorable taxes which their tribal recognition gives them.
I’m a Southerner, and I think Lee and Jackson were the best one-two punch in U.S. military history. But I have always had great respect for Grant. He did, indeed, know how to win.
Yes, he had the numbers, the resources, the equipment and machinery and money on his side. But so did McDowell. So did McClellan. And they had no clue what to do with their advantage.