Stephen’s Reviews > Grant > Status Update

Grant did what he had to. Pin Lee down while Sherman, Sheridan, and Thomas finished off all of the other southern armies. No, Grant never defeated Lee in a decisive battle, but Lee never defeated Grant either. Cold Harbor, while bloody, was not decisive. The union kept the field and it changed nothing. Petersburg could be considered decisive for Grant, but the prolonged nature of it makes it not so much.

Living in the south, reading about Grant is refreshing.