• VHS [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    literally who cares about graduating top of the class? pure cope. grant did way the hell better where it actually counts

  • xantoxis@lemmy.one
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    10 months ago

    “unimpeachable character” idk the slaves he was fighting to keep probably had a different take on his character

  • CluelessLemmyng@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 months ago

    General Grant was not an alcoholic. He drank missing his wife. He never drank while in battle. That’s one of many slanders of the Lost Cause that victimizes the South as well as proposes the South to be superior in many aspects.

    Grant was by far the better general. While Lee fought a mostly defensive Virginia campaign, Grant was out completing the North’s military objectives in aggressive, modern strategies. His rally and subsequent victory at Shiloh, despite his mistakes. His Vicksburg Campaign that is still studied to this day. Grant’s ability to fight the war that Lee could not win when Grant finally took over the army of the Potomac and hounded Lee, when previous generals would turn, until he had nothing but a ragged army.

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      He never drank while in battle

      damn fr? that sucks, it’d be fucking hilarious if he’d whupped the confederates like he did while drunk