James Longstreet knew Grant quite well. Upon hearing others on Lee's staff downplay Grant's capabilities, he offered the following assessment: * "D...

James Longstreet knew Grant quite well. Upon hearing others on Lee's staff downplay Grant's capabilities, he offered the following assessment: * "Do you know Grant? Well, I do. I was in the Corps of C

American War of the Southern Rebellion • 1.9K followers A non-mythological forum for discussing the War of the Rebellion.   Michael Hutton, MA National Security Studies, Georgetown University (1987) Posted Feb 3 James Longstreet knew Grant quite well. Upon hearing others on Lee's staff downplay Grant's capabilities, he offered the following assessment: "Do you know Grant? Well, I do. I was in the Corps of C... Read more » I heard that before the US Civil War that Longstreet (future Confederate general), attended Grants wedding. Did general's on both sides have friends from West Point that were on the other side during the civil war? Grant and Longstreet were indeed pals before the war. The army was not very large and many officers knew each other well. The story related in the movie "Gettysburg," that C...     How did Phil Sheridan's relationship with Ulysses S. Grant influence his military strategies and successes during the Civil War Dennis Boas, Retired military intelligence analyst and amateur historian Posted Jan 31 The common wisdom is that Phil Sheridan was mostly a temperament match for Ulysses Grant. Same aggression, same impatience with excuses, same willingness to keep swinging after other people would s... Read more »     Michael Hutton, MA National Security Studies, Georgetown University (1987) Updated Mar 12 Grant was tenacious in the extreme, never displaying timidity during his time in command. Sherman insightfully noted that he Sherman knew more about military history and strategy than Grant, but Gra... Read more » What was General Ulysses S. Grant's greatest asset as a General? General Ulysses S. Grant was a remarkable man who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential figures in American history. He was a military genius who...   Read more in American War of the Southern Rebellion

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