For a relatively young country, America has been involved in many critical wars. However, the Civil War stands as one of the most substantial blemishes in American History. It was a time of division, where the agricultural South and industrial North fought to abolish slavery, which was the backbone of the South’s economy. Nothing exemplified the countries division like the contrast of both sides’ military generals. The South’s general, Robert E. Lee was traditional man, rooted in the mindset of privileged upper class dominance, and class segregation. He desired an unequal social structure. The North’s general, Ulysses S. Grant was the polar opposite of Lee. Grant’s was not born to a wealth and successful family, rather he worked his way from
