When I was in high school 75 years ago, I was taught that Robert E. Lee had been a brilliant general, while U. S. Grant had been a bumbler who prevailed only because he had a large army.
Today historians are apt to say that Robert E. Lee enjoyed two or three brilliant if rash tactical victories early in the Civil War. Then he invaded the North twice (really bad strategy) and got clobbered, and then he spent the rest of the war skillfully retreating from Grant while the Army of Northern Virginia dwindled to nothing.
With Lincoln, Sherman snd Sheridan, Grant planned to reduce his opponent to nothing at all.
Grants used his assets: the railroads, the telegraph, a constant stream of new recruits, his ability to write clear, definite orders, etc.
In short, Grant started with a winning strategy, employing five Union armies at once. Something like Eisenhower in World War Two. Not like Trump's Iran war. Trump has no strategy.
Imagine starting a war without a strategy. Trump is an idiot.
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