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Why Bobby Lee Had More Men (and Lost More Men) Than Anyone Knew in 1864

February 22nd, 2013 · 7 Comments

The Overland Campaign: War of Attrition? The standard story of the Overland Campaign is this: Grant had at least a 2:1 advantage over Lee in the Overland Campaign (and Early maintains a 3:1 advantage!) Grant could gain ample new recruits, Lee had no manpower reserves to draw on Grant doggedly used these advantages to grind […]

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