In university for a class (ROTC) I had to do a book report on some famous general’s of consequence. I remember there being many books that had both Lee and Grant in the title. I picked one of them - very fascinating people. It seems very hard to talk about one with out talking about the other.
You are wise.
The contrast between Lee and Grant reminds me of Hannibal and Scipio. Not a perfect parallel by any stretch. I could be convinced that Lee was the better general between the two. But Scipio was the one to finally beat him.
Part of Grant’s genius was his mastery of the all the various resources that were put at his disposal. Other parts included organiziation—especially where unorthodox solutions were required to solve difficult problems—and dogged determination.
Lee also had organizational prowess, a knack for developing fanatical loyalty, and knowing the measure of his opponents better than most of them knew of themselves. If time and space could gained by going over to the offensive, he would do it.