Or it could just be the racism.
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Especially odd given the latter fought for Emancipation and to save the Union while the former committed treason in defense of slavery.
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I think class differences are the least of our concerns when it comes to comparing the two.
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Ben Grierson should be a household name but he was a mere music teacher pre-War. The man was a cavalry genius who was *afraid of horses*
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He sounds like a man ahead of his time. In addition to his civil war record, he championed and commanded the black 10th Buffalo Soldiers
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Interesting! I still think it’s mostly an outgrowth of the Lost Cause prism and pervasive structural racism that permeates the culture.
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Lotta truth to this. After all, Grant soundly defeated Lee's Army of Virginia.
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Same reason the same dupes venerate Rommel
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Rommel wasn't an aristocrat, ironically that's why Hitler liked him...
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FunFact : Meade and his Pennsylvanians broke through Jackson's line at Fredericksburg. Superiors failed to send up reinforcements. Epic fail
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