Vicksburg was pretty smart, you've gotta give Grant that.
Defense also had the advantage at the time. You can certainly argue that Grant's tactics resulted in too many casualties, but given the alternative (McClellan, who just wouldn't engage), whaddya gonna do?
Besides, didn't Lee get his ass handed to him on the few occasions he attempted offensive operations? The man was clearly excellent on defense, but like I said defense had the advantage, so Lee's greatness may be magnified by that. He gets points for having all manner of supply problems and for being consistently outnumbered, though.
-Arrian
Defense also had the advantage at the time. You can certainly argue that Grant's tactics resulted in too many casualties, but given the alternative (McClellan, who just wouldn't engage), whaddya gonna do?
Besides, didn't Lee get his ass handed to him on the few occasions he attempted offensive operations? The man was clearly excellent on defense, but like I said defense had the advantage, so Lee's greatness may be magnified by that. He gets points for having all manner of supply problems and for being consistently outnumbered, though.
-Arrian
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