re: On this date 155 years ago....

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The Union army was not the most powerful army on earth.

Moltke and the Prussians would have smoked them.

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The combined forces of the US and Confederacy with Lee at the helm would've given the Prussian's all they wanted.

The Union on its own with Grant would've had no chance. Setting aside Moltke >>> Grant on the generalship side, the AoP was fielding ~120-150k, Sherman had another 80k, Moltke and the Prussians were fielding 320k against the French.

All of the tactics Grant employed against the CSA would've been useless against an opponent with numerical superiority.