Abstract: Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts Wars and conflicts may determine the rise or fall of great leaders. Even today‚ such leaders are portrayed as martyrs for their impeccable courage and valor on the battlefield. In Bruce Catton’s essay‚ Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts‚ he reveals the different leadership styles of both generals and then presents the strength of two conflicting currents that entered into a final collision‚ the Civil War. Catton introduces a sentiment of excitement and
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“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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When Catton says that Grant “was everything Lee was not” (310) he means that Grant and Lee were two very different people from the way they were raised to their views of American life. Grant was very tough and courageous‚ raised from in the western frontier. He was a man who held his head up high‚ looked towards the future‚ and was determined to follow through with his ideas of a “new” American life. In contrast‚ Lee was a Virginia man who believed in old aristocracy. “He was one of a body of men
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The essay‚ "Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts by Bruce Catton‚ compares two hugely diverse American Generals‚ who both shared one unwavering trait. The first of the men‚ Robert E. Lee‚ was an aristocrat stuck in the notions of the noble wealthy‚ who had no wish for change. He presumed that there should be an imbalance within America’s social anatomy. The other General‚ Ulysses S. Grant‚ had desires for America that were the complete opposite of Lee’s. Grant was a man who developed the harsh way
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GRANT AND LEE: A COMPARISON AND CONTRAST Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee are two of the most effective military leaders in American history. These men have become symbolic of the two nations at conflict during the Civil War. Both had very different backgrounds and personalities that caused them to differ in their military leadership and accomplishments. Even though General Lee would surrender his army to General Grant‚ Lee throughout the course of the war proved himself
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Grant and Lee Throughout the course of my history career‚ which is not very long‚ teachers and professors have always focused on the point that General Grant was a butchering alcoholic who won the war solely on the account of his stubborn personality. And on the other hand‚ teachers portrayed General Lee as a masterful strategist‚ who used Christian values in order to win the rebellion. However‚ in Fuller’s account of the two Generals‚ he alleges through data and personal intuition that General
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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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room where they wrote out the terns was the scene of one of the poignant‚ dramatic contrasts in American History” (Catton). Bruce Catton described how America started from a new way of thinking. Catton’s purpose of comparing and contrasting Grant and Lee were to show how the men were both very alike because they were both American and different because of their ideologies. Catton’s purpose of comparing Grant and Lee was to show how close the Civil War was and how strong the leaders actually were.
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Why Ulysses S. Grant Was a Superior General to Robert E. Lee Bullets rained down on the men as they trampled over the enemy‚ battling their way to victory at the command of their beloved general. During the Civil War‚ Soldiers greatly admired their generals. After the Civil War ended in 1865‚ Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant emerged as two of the most distinguished generals in American history. Robert E. Lee‚ a devoted Virginian‚ fought for the Confederacy. Ulysses S. Grant‚ a hero of the Mexican
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differences between Robert. E. Lee and Ulysses Grant affect the outcome of the Wilderness Campaign during the American Civil War The American Civil War (1861-1865) was the first true industrial war. With technological developments‚ most notably railroads‚ mass-produced rifles and telegraphs leading to drastic changes in tactics. With any change in how a war can be and is fought the largest test falls on the commanders ability to adapt. A good example of this and the contrasts between styles of leadership
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