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 Posted: Wed Jun 6th, 2012 05:00 pm
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According to Williams, “Grant was fundamentally superior to Lee because he had a modern mind and Lee did not.  Lee was the last of the great old fashioned generals and Grant was the first of the great moderns.” 


Really?

I seem to recall several old-style frontal assaults made by Grant.  All of which failed.

Chickasaw Bluffs

Vicksburg (May 19)

Vicksburg (May 22)

Crater #1-Vicksburg

Cold Harbor

Crater #2-Petersburg