Robert E. Lee was a great tactician who often prevailed or endured against superior forces. As a strategist, even allowing for Jefferson Davis' control of grand strategy, Lee was an 1815 thinker whose Napoleonic ideas were outdated. Grant & Sherman were the men of the future.
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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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Replying to @baseballcrank
Question: Didn't Lee achieve his masterpiece victory (Chancellorsville) by dividing his forces?
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Replying to @SierraSpartan
Dividing on the spot, yes. But he still had his whole army in the field.
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