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n2doc

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18. Lee made major mistakes

Reply to Telcontar (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 12:52 PM

Apr 2015

So did Grant, and Sherman. Warfare is nearly impossible without making mistakes.

Lee did not have the room to recover from those mistakes as he did not have the reserves in men and manpower. Fortunately.

I personally think Lee deserves far more blame than he gets. He could have chosen to serve his country (he was asked, and declined), and if her had done so, I feel the war would have been over much more quickly and with less bloodshed. The Union Generals in command of the Eastern Armies in the first years of the war were terrible.

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How did Civil War champion become a disgraced figure, and the champion of slavery become a hero? [View all] bigtree Apr 2015 OP

Well, for one thing, Grant was a pretty bad president. malthaussen Apr 2015 #1

read the article bigtree Apr 2015 #2

Because I was answering the literal question, malthaussen Apr 2015 #4

as I said bigtree Apr 2015 #5

Well, you can toss in "is regarded" to the statement about his presidency if you want. malthaussen Apr 2015 #9

great summation, Mal bigtree Apr 2015 #10

I suppose Grant was a bad president tabasco Apr 2015 #12

Reagan was re-elected in a landslide, what's your point? malthaussen Apr 2015 #14

Reading comprehension not your strong suit? tabasco Apr 2015 #17

how would you describe the reflexive view expressed by so many when referring to him bigtree Apr 2015 #16

Thank you. This is a history that I was not aware of. And the sad thing is we are still fighting it. jwirr Apr 2015 #3

good question about his presidential paper repository bigtree Apr 2015 #6

That does make some kind of sense. jwirr Apr 2015 #8

Ultimately, Lee was the worse general Telcontar Apr 2015 #7

Lee made major mistakes n2doc Apr 2015 #18

� bigtree Apr 2015 #11

Very interesting. Thanks for this post. panader0 Apr 2015 #13

glad to find some readers bigtree Apr 2015 #15

Thank you for this OP! Interesting thread, too. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #19

Lee had the "good fortune" to die soon after Retrograde Apr 2015 #20