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I just finished Newt Gingrich's latest work "Never Call Retreat". Question? How may folks "and be fair you Southern boys!!" thought Grant was that good a general? or the circumstances and quality of his opponents contributed to his supposed operational and tactical ability. What I mean is if there had been a quality leader in the West to face him and Lee had the same army in 1864 that he had before the disaster of the Gettysburg Campaign would Grant have faired as well. Newt's books were good reading if you ignore some of the premises and simply enjoy the reading. I thought Grant like Napolean benefited MORE from the lack of qualtiy opponents than his own abilities.