Robert Grant

essay, “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts”, he turns his attention towards both generals who are strong and oddly different. Grant and Lee both represented the strength of two conflicting currents. Although Grant and Lee had defined differences, but a few similarities such as both of them wanted the best for their side. Ulysses S. Grant was the son of a tanner on a western frontier, who had a sharp eye for the future and who also had come up the hard way, without much wealth unlike Lee.…

General Ulysses S. Grant. The Confederate states generals were Robert E. Lee and General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. General McClellan was appointed as a commander after the Battle of Bull Run and helped the inexperienced troops become better soldiers in battle. In page 492 in the American Nation book it states, “McClellan, however, was very cautions. He delayed, leading his troops into battle.” While General McClellan went to battle trying to capture the Confederate capital, General Robert E.…

Grant and Lee were both great generals who. Who was the superior leader? Lee was a “text book” general; he followed rules and strategies reflecting his education. Grant, on the other hand, was a more impulsive general (Mcleod) Indifferent to rules; he followed what he thought best. They are complete opposites on how they wage war. How do you judge the superior leader? They came from completely different backgrounds. Lee is the superior leader because of his tactical skill, engineering knowledge,…

military, but was in confederate territory. The confederates claimed it was theirs, but the union said it was theirs. President Lincoln told union general Robert Anderson to stay in the fort. Fort Sumter was attacked by confederates, but since the cannons were facing the sea the people in Fort Sumter had a hard time fighting back. The people in the fort lasted for 34 hours before surrendering to the confederates…

mchair civil war nerd here. General Grant was a brilliant general and changed military tactics during the Civil War. Though, the civil war itself were changing how people perceived war (aka rifles and precise cannons). Early in the war, Grant was an unknown general in the west. He later gain fame with the successful strikes at Fort Henry and Donelson. However, Grant and the army ran into trouble when attacking Corinth, Mississippi. The army was caught unaware and the bloodbath of Shiloh took…

Lincoln’s Assassination Our 16th president was a great at what he did and he made a lasting impression of it as well, Abraham Lincoln, he was our first president to get assassinated and that took a toll on everyone and all the things that were going on at the time. The Civil War was going on and it lasted for three years and we lost so many good people during that war. It put a lot of stress on Lincoln and how he should handle it with care and he had to think about how it would affect us in the…

Why? Grant was very unsuccessful in the start of his military career. After the Civil War broke, he became a very influential person that helped the Union win the war. Afterwards, he was elected President of the United States. He is interesting to study because of his sudden escalation in power after the many failures he came across. Robert E. Lee Who? Robert Edward Lee was the son of the Revolutionary War hero Harry Lee, known as…

During the Civil War, a lot of people played different roles on both the Confederate and the Union sides of the war. There were spies who used their seductive powers to get information out of the officers and women who dressed up as men to be accepted as a soldier 's. The Civil War influenced much of society by beginning segregation, secession, and gave rights to slaves. According to the biography on her website, Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City,…

ended in 1865 during this time there were many significant battles. Prior to General Robert E. Lee’s advancement north into the Union’s territory the Union Army has unsuccessfully attacked the Confederate Army several times. General Robert E. Lee takes the Confederate Army and marches north. The battle of Gettysburg takes place from July 1, 1863 to July 3 1863 in a small town called Gettysburg. General Robert E. Lee is leading the Confederate Army numbering approximately 70,000 troops.…

of life, and their purpose reflected the values of their leaders. But despite their differences, the two generals were able to meet together in Appomattox, bring peace, and reunify the country during a major turning point in our nation's history. Robert E. Lee believed in aristocratic ideals such as "family, culture, and tradition," and adopted the chivalry from "the age of Knighthood" in England. His main purpose for fighting was to preserve the polarizing social classes found in the Southern…