Ironically, even thugh Grant is often called a "butcher" and Lee a gentleman soldier, no army commander, North or South, suffered a higher percentage of casualties than Robert E. Lee. Grant did what he had to do to win a war that was a modern incarnation of a new industrial age. He understood ...
@RebelSoldat1 Ok. I have heard that tired out argument before. On what do you base this assumption...that even if correct glibly condemns 2-3 more generations of fellow Americans to slavery and abuse. Easier to make the call when you're white huh?
@rebel2276 Lee never appreciated that he never beat the Army of the Potomac (or VA for a short spell) but only their high command. 2nd Bull Run I think was his shining campaign thoroughly befuddling Pope. Antietam a Grant would have ended it by noon. Fredericksburg was a defensive fight...and ...
@DukeofWellington91 Clearly you've never been worked to death in Georgia plantation while your wife is raped by an overseer in his cabin and you children sent away never to be seen again.
@AUG351 A, Stephens in 1861: "[Slavery] This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the 'rock upon which the old Union would split.' He was right. "Our new government's...foundations are laid, its corner- stone rest...
@rebel2276 "Was it wicker when Washington owned 300 saves?" Uh YES you moron. What do YOU think, Rebel? And your take on Lincoln is so simplistic as to be like a southern grammar school version of history. Habeus corpus and other matters of civil liberties are so far beyond your limited brain ...
Ironically, even thugh Grant is often called a "butcher" and Lee a gentleman soldier, no army commander, North or South, suffered a higher percentage of casualties than Robert E. Lee. Grant did what he had to do to win a war that was a modern incarnation of a new industrial age. He understood ...