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The Ultimate Civil War Debate: Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee?
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:25 pm
The two premiere generals of the War Between the States. One an aristocrat from Virginia, the other a store clerk from Illinois. Both men were known for their aggressive tactics, and both men are regarded as two of the most successful commanders in American military history. That all being said....who do you think was better?
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Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:26 pm to RollTide1987
Who won?
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:27 pm to RollTide1987
This should make for an interesting Sunday.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:28 pm to RollTide1987
StrongSafety, LSUTANGERINE inbound
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:29 pm to RollTide1987
stonewall Jackson
if he doesn't die, the south wins easily. and that was said by Robert e. lee many times.
if he doesn't die, the south wins easily. and that was said by Robert e. lee many times.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:30 pm to RollTide1987
Boh overrated. Lee was a Napoleonic general at the dawn of modern industrial warfare. Grant had a poor grasp of tactics, but he understood logistics and attrition.
The real debate should be Jackson vs Sherman.
The real debate should be Jackson vs Sherman.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:30 pm to RollTide1987
whoever has overwhelming advantages in men and materials
Anybody who isn't an idiot (like the first 2 or 3 guys Linoln picked) could win
Anybody who isn't an idiot (like the first 2 or 3 guys Linoln picked) could win
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:30 pm to oldcharlie8
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the south wins easily.
Negative.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:30 pm to RollTide1987
Cigars, Whiskey, & Winning.
I'll take Grant.
I'll take Grant.
This post was edited on 4/23/17 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:31 pm to RollTide1987
Lee was better (, by how much? I don't know). Even with overwhelming resources, it took Grant a year to wear down Lee's army.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:31 pm to RollTide1987
William T. Sherman. Keeping America United and free from oppression one bullet at a time. tGOAT rebel slayer. 
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:32 pm to Jim Rockford
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Grant had a poor grasp of tactics
Point of order, his Vicksburg and Chattanooga campaigns tell me the exact opposite.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:32 pm to Tuscaloosa
Grant was a drunkard
Lee bested him at West Point
Lee was the Union's first choice
Lee bested him at West Point
Lee was the Union's first choice
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:33 pm to TigerTalker16
too gutless to do that type of war now?
or was it barbaric to do it then?
cannot be both
or was it barbaric to do it then?
cannot be both
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:34 pm to Sticky37
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Even with overwhelming resources, it took Grant a year to wear down Lee's army.
It actually only took him a month and a half to completely immobilize Lee's army and lay siege to it south of the James River. While he had wanted to destroy it, he had effectively checked it by June 1864.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:34 pm to nevilletiger79
Lee was a poor strategist and neglected his troops.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:34 pm to RollTide1987
How much of that was Grant and how much was Sherman?
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:36 pm to gthog61
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too gutless to do that type of war now?
or was it barbaric to do it then?
cannot be both
Sherman did what had to be done. He had to send a message to the South what happens when you step out of line. People had to be made an example of.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 1:36 pm to Jim Rockford
Lee/Jackson > Grant/Sherman
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