The Civil War had two famous generals, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army and General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army. They are often compared to each other and it is debated who was the better general: Lee for leading the Confederates through four years of fighting, or Grant for using strong military tactics that won the war for the Union. At first, Lee and Grant seem to be very similar, both …showed first 75 words of 1079 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1079 total…training strategy, adaptation, and willingness to learn from their mistakes. Both Lee and Grant had their characteristic backgrounds. And the appearance of these backgrounds made the fighting strategies of the two generals to be different. Had these two generals not fought against each other, the history of the United States would not be the same. But they did have their backgrounds and they did fight against each other, and that has made all the difference.