Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

Shelby Foote

Tags: experience learning mistakes american-civil-war american-civil-war-biography

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On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor.

Shelby Foote

Tags: encouragement leadership american-civil-war dignity robert-e-lee confederate-states-of-america american-civil-war-biography confederate-army

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