Every Iconic Civil War General Explained in 27 Minutes

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  @HistoryReloadQuest · 1 month ago · pinned

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  @billyonions-o4m · 1 month ago

  Lee was a good general but the fact is that he could not lead successful offensive operations, Antietam and Gettysburg were both failures.  Jackson was a mad man, he had smashing success but was also immobilized with issues during the June 1862 Seven Days' Battles.  Grant was a winner, he won in the west and then took command in the East and turned the Army of the Potomac from a perpetual loser to the army that won the war.  Grant was truly the best general in the war, IMO.

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  @shawnamericanrebel5676 · 1 month ago

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  @pauldourlet · 1 month ago

  I disagree.Before Grant, the Generals before him saw Richmond -they believed if they took it, the war would end. Grant saw Lee's army as the objective. Grant kept trying to go around Lee's right flank and finally did it by showing up at Petersburg. Another thing, Grant realized that only by closing with Lee could he keep Lee off balance and unable to send reinforcements that would move against Sherman

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  @ParkYongkyuu · 2 months ago

  Some were inspirational

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  @kenrucker7358 · 1 month ago

  It is true that Lee was a Great "Operational Commander," but to state that he was the "most gifted Operational Commander," is a stretch which besmirchs of  of the "Lost Cause" effect.  As a military man, I can definitely state that success in war is directly related to "how" a force "operates."  If a force wins the battle, or war, it has achieved Operational Success."  Grant defeated Lee!  I would also like to address other characterizations which also relate to the lost cause effect. First, it is true that Grant was perceived as a "butcher," particularly so in the press and after the battle at Shiloh ended.  Little, however, is said about the fact that Lee lost between 20 - 35 percent of his men to death, wounds or capture, while Grant lost 15 - 25 percent of his men, to the same causes. Second, there are several indications that Grant was the greatest military strategist of the war. Number 1, his strategic plan won the war. Number 2,  Grant's move towards Petersburg, after the Battle of Cold Harbor, left Lee wondering where had Grant's army gone to! And lastly, Grant's capitulation of Vicksburg is often considered, in military circles, as one of the greatest campaigns of all time.

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  @tyjameson7404 · 1 month ago

  Hancock and Thomas don’t get their due on how great they were on battlefield 💔🙏🏾😢

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  @timadams9189 · 1 month ago

  One of the remaining remnants of the lost cause movement is the claim that Lee was the greatest general the war produced. He did very well against cowards and morons. But when faced with commanders who knew what they needed to do and weren’t afraid to do it, Lee showed his shortcomings.

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  @user-lj3qz7ur9q · 2 months ago

  Interesting

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  @tyjameson7404 · 1 month ago

  Longstreet got a raw deal by confederate sympathizers 💔he was a good man and great leader. If only had Lee listened to him.

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  @Patrick-xj7vo · 2 months ago

  Longstreet learned as the war kept getting longer and longer and the man power and supplies of the southern armies kept dwindling  the only way for the south to win was utilize offensive  strategies  with defensive  tactics

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  @2VagantePriesthoof · 2 months ago

  But Longstreet's choice to join the Republican Party was correct

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