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re: 154 Years Ago Today: The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down
Posted on 4/9/19 at 8:38 pm to Tangineck
Posted on 4/9/19 at 8:38 pm to Tangineck
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It's not an argument. I didn't see the edit you made before replying. I think Grant probably realized after Vicksburg that the war was really ending, and that softened his stance on terms of surrender. I just think Grant takes a bad rap as a general because he was a terrible president.
I don’t really think he was a bad general. It would be interesting to see how he did if the shoe was on the other foot and he had less men and resources. But he pretty much always accomplished his goals and that’s all he needed to do. You are probably correct on him softening his stance once war was closing up. I’ll admit I don’t know much about his presidency as far as what all went wrong.
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Posted on 4/9/19 at 8:46 pm to windshieldman
He had zero political experience prior. Corruption ran rampant. That's it in a nutshell.
I agree it would have been interesting to see how he would have fared on the other side of the conflict, and I also believe the results would be surprising to many people. I don't believe any general could have won the war for the South however, assuming that external variables can't be changed, such as foreign support. On a long enough timeline its impossible to overcome the manufacturing and manpower deficit.
I agree it would have been interesting to see how he would have fared on the other side of the conflict, and I also believe the results would be surprising to many people. I don't believe any general could have won the war for the South however, assuming that external variables can't be changed, such as foreign support. On a long enough timeline its impossible to overcome the manufacturing and manpower deficit.
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