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you need to study the US civil war and compare MCCLELLAN and Grant to
see why the US didnt like Monte. Grant lost way more people in one day then MCCLELLAN would loose in his whole tour, but Mcclellan would not gain any ground, Grant did. All Overwhelming force (translation lenty of gun fodders) makesButchers like Grant or Sherman win and the finest officers North American continent has ever seen like Lee,Forrest or Stuart lose. More in one day? Didn't McClellan command at Antietam? Bad civilian leadership will negate any military prowess. Look at the Germans. The rebel government was extremely incompetent. State governments often just ignored edicts from Richmond. The rebel government also had to resort to conscription early on. When things started going badly, the rebel armies largely faded away. There was little that the government in Richmond could do to stop it. Neither Grant nor Sherman were butchers. They were both masters of Maneuver. In his campaign around Vicksburg, Grant used maneuver well and extensively to defeat the rebels when they had generally more forces available than he did. In the overland campaign, Grant constantly maneuvered around Lee's left. This was ultimately successful. Grant did order the Cold Harbor assault. He learned from that. Lee it was for 'hey-diddle-diddle-right up the middle' tactics. He lost more men on every day of the Seven Days Battle than little Mac did, and don't forget the third day at Gettysburg. No wonder Lee's army was riven with desertion. Sherman constantly turned the rebel forces out of ther positions during the Atlanta campaign. After he left Atlanta, no sizeable rebel force opposed him at all. And don't forget Hood, who had seen that third days' attack at Gettyburg, yet practically immolated his army at Franklin. Walt |
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