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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Civil War 20160215

Experiments which one is the better. But theres never a moment in which grant and lee face exactly the same circumstances with the same resources at hand, and even if there were, youd have to repeat that several times to come up with any kind of meaningful conclusion. From hindsight, i will tell you if the republic were ever in such dire straits that it turned to me to determine who to put in command of the armies, i would probably select grant but, not because i think hes the better general. But because grant is 15 years younger, hes in the best health of his life. Lee feels his health and his strength and his abilities failing him. His vision is not good. He feels bad much of the time. Grant has the emotional support of a magnificent marriage, lee does not. Grant is by nature an optimist. Lee is not. I think all of those factors would argue that grant, all other things being equal, would probably have the better chance of bringing you victories. But of course, thats no guarantee. Tha ....

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