Lee, a devoted Napoleon acolyte, believed victory still came from concentrating your forces for decisive battle. Grant understood that war was evolving to one of extended, coordinated fronts & campaigns & operational tempo. Of course, Lee lacked the resources for that kind of war
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(Of course, both Grant & Lee made crucial battlefield mistakes at times, from Pickett's Charge to Cold Harbor. Neither was perfect. Arguably the greatest general of the age was Moltke, although he had the chance to study & learn from the American experience.)
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Yet now his statues must come down and that will cure racism

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How would you feel if they erected a statue of Osama Bin Laden in your community?
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Lee was also hamstring by his projective thinking — he did not prosecute war against civilians or take other tactics that Grant had less restraining influence against employing. He thought, initially, that this code would be followed. See his life & letters for insight.
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Largely fair. But Lee, then, misunderstood the direction of warfare -- and that detracts from his generalship. He also had no problem with his army's rounding up free blacks and former slaves during the Gettysburg campaign.
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robert e lee was a dumb ole cunt
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