Grant and Lee: A Comparison

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The paper points out main differences and similarities between the two generals, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. The paper asserts that the most important similarities between Grant and Lee were their determination to bring peace to America, their ability to face defeat honorably and their recognition that neither side came out the victor after the war.

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"According to Civil War historian and scholar Bruce Catton, Ulysses S. Grant, the Commander of the Union army who went on to become President of the United States in 1869, and Robert E. Lee, the Commander of all Confederate forces, played very similar roles in "bringing the Civil War to its virtual finish" in April of 1865 when both men "met in the parlor of a modest house at Appomattox Courthouse" in Virginia and signed the document which effectively brought an end to the war, despite the fact that other armies linked to the Confederacy "had yet to surrender" and the Confederate government struggled "desperately. . . trying to find some way" to continue the traditions of the Old South and its aristocracy (2003, 631)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Catton, Bruce. (2003). "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts." Bannon: A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 631-34.

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