lee represented and was probably the last practitioner of the old style of warfare, the gentleman general and all that old world bs, while grant and sherman were the first true modern generals that understood war as a cold industrial enterprise
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That is part of the Lee myth. It is false. He just lost.
aug 31, 2025, 12:31 am • 0 0 • view
He was no more a gentleman than Grant (though Grant was not very gentlemanly when he drank, I will give you that).
aug 31, 2025, 12:35 am • 0 0 • view
grant was a smart hardscrabble no frills no bs guy, vs grant who was to the manor born
aug 31, 2025, 12:39 am • 0 0 • view
*lee on the manor… lol
aug 31, 2025, 12:41 am • 1 0 • view
True.
aug 31, 2025, 12:41 am • 0 0 • view
to be clear i’m a “grant guy” and consider lee a traitor, and generally see the entire confederacy the same way
aug 31, 2025, 12:45 am • 1 0 • view
Understood.
aug 31, 2025, 12:46 am • 0 0 • view
And I don't feel the need to over-demonize Lee. He chose to serve an evil cause, though. And that is a taint he chose to bear.
aug 31, 2025, 12:47 am • 3 0 • view
And Marshall is, objectively, right about who the truly great commanders were in the war (though the Union also had some terrible ones, of course).
aug 31, 2025, 12:49 am • 4 0 • view
Grant was not a cream of West Point type. But he did graduate from West Point.
aug 31, 2025, 12:44 am • 1 0 • view