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Did the CONFEDERACY Have BETTER GENERALS?!?!?!

Episode 7 of Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking Lost Cause myths – as well as more benign common misconceptions – about the military leadership of the Civil War. Did the South really have all the best battlefield talent? Was the key to Union victory a simple strategy of overwhelming the Confederate army with numbers and resources? Who was better at their job, Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee?

English
  • Originally Aired July 4, 2021
  • Runtime 49 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created September 1, 2023 by
    ricobirch
  • Modified September 1, 2023 by
    ricobirch