“Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts‚” written by Bruce Catton compares and contrasts the characteristics and lives of two leaders of the Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee‚ two very strong and very different generals‚ met on April 9‚ 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to bring to a close the Civil War. By this time‚ America had become a country that was starting over with the simple core belief in equal rights for everyone. Lee‚ who is from Virginia‚ had very traditional and
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Evangelista Mrs. Constanzo U.S. History Per. 7 2 November 2014 Ulysses S. Grant The president I picked for my presidents report was Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States. He was a hero of the Civil war who fought for the Union. He was two presidents after Lincoln which meant he would be president during post-war reconstruction. Grant was also the youngest president at that time to be elected. Grant may have been a war hero but he might not have been the best
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that I thought about the people that had died for their beliefs and we put shame to them because they believed in something different. After I thought about it for a while‚ there was one person that came to mind‚ and that person is General Robert E. Lee. Lee fought in what he believed in since he graduated college and got a wife and seven kids. When the reporter said that they took down the flag because the flag means to hate African-Americans. I felt angry‚ that is a good enough reason to take
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MILLERSBURG — For allegedly assaulting an officer after threatening to harm himself‚ a Millersburg man faces a handful of charges that could land him in prison. Robert E. Lee Ringler‚ 21‚ of 640 S. Monroe St.‚ pleaded not guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to assault‚ resisting arrest and criminal damaging. The assault charge‚ because it involved a police officer acting in his official capacity‚ is a fourth-degree felony‚ punishable by up to 18 months in prison. The charges stem from a May
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Although Robert E. Lee‚ Commanding General of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia‚ was on the losing side of the Civil War‚ people still recognize him as a war hero due to his successful battlefield tactics and maneuvering. Midway through the war‚ Gen. Lee had so much success out-maneuvering Union forces that it seemed as though the Confederates would win. However‚ in July of 1863‚ Union forces defeated the Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg causing a pivotal moment in
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people’s lives. Robert E. Lee was one of the individuals who did not want war to proceed onward because of what was at stake and the consequences that would follow. Mary Chesnut was a woman who felt that the war was hopeless. Shelby foote informed us that even the soldiers didn’t have a good answer as to why they were fighting. He also communicated that he didn’t think the South ever had a chance because the North was stronger. In the selection‚ “Letter to his Son”‚ by Robert E. Lee‚ he told his son
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Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee wanted to achieve diverse goals during the Civil War. Lincoln was determined to save the Union and help the United States move into a new era. He wanted to settle the issue of slavery in the United States‚ founded on the principles of liberty and equal rights for all. Robert E. Lee fought the war for the Southern traditions. Lee wanted to defend Southern traditions. He fought the war not only to protect slavery‚ but also to preserve a whole culture‚ a way of life
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Although Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were born in the same time period Catton showed how they had very different views from one another. To start of with Catton explained how Lee was an "old age" and did not like change. He wanted the old aristocrat concept to stay in the American culture. He was also born into a wealthy family so he believed it was okay for the upper-class to be more privileged and thought inequality among men made society more advanced. In contrast‚ Grant was born poor and
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General Robert E. Lee was considered to be one of the finest military strategists in American history. However‚ he had several disadvantages at Gettysburg that greatly impacted the fate of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War‚ and eventually led to the surrender of the Confederacy. General Lee’s main disadvantages at Gettysburg included a deficiency of information from the calvary due to General J.E.B. Stuart’s absence and Pickett’s Charge being miscalculated and an act of desperation.
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On May 4-7 1864‚ the first battle of General Ulysses S. Grant’s “Virginia Overland Campaign” against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia‚ and their general Robert E. Lee took place. The Battle of the Wilderness was the first step towards capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond. It began with a meeting between President Abraham Lincoln and Union leader Ulysses S. Grant to discuss war tactics. The goal was to battle Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and keep it under pressure to
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