Grant wasn't that bad of a general. And there were times when he should have used a little more tactics than might but other times he showed some excellent leadership skills. He certainly was a cut above average for a general. Lee wasn't perfect! He threw men into the meat grinder for no purpose also, ie Malvern Hill and Gettysburg were really bad decisions. The Pickett's charge probably lost the war for South. George Pickett, "what division, sir."
Keith
P.S.
Can you imagine how villianized Lee would have been after Gettysburg if the modern press had been there?
Or . . . George W needs to get a good press secretary like Lee.
