VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, [9] ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 09:48:35 10/31/05 Mon
Author: manwitch
Subject: Re: Grant was the better general.
In reply to: Sophist 's message, "Grant was the better general." on 08:57:38 10/31/05 Mon

I would put Grant and perhaps even Sherman up there.

Lee obviously did some things very well and was able to draw the thing out and spank superior union forces a number of times, but as sophist points out he went up against a lot of 2-5 teams.

And I agree with sophist that Lee occasionally made some horrendous choices and was not in a position to do so. Obsessing over Harpers Ferry when DC lay open seems to me to have been a major mistake, but maybe I'm missing something. Lovely place, though, Harpers Ferry.

At any rate, would you argue that when it became apparent to Lee that he could not be successful either he had a moral obligation to cease or it became immoral for him to continue? Just curious. Or do you think his own internally held moral values dictated that he take a particular stand even though he might fail? I mean, ultimately he gave up and all, but in moral terms, should he have fought on as long as he did or might he have been better suited (morally) by quitting earlier and saving his people immense suffering?

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.