| "There could not be a greater contrast than that between the two great generals of the Civil War and each typified his section and his cause. Lee personified that gallant gentlemanly nature that is the South's ideal. Grant too, pondering, taciturn, suggesting more the business man than the soldier. But he was transcendently efficient and he visibly personified the North. The North as well as the South saw the South in Lee, and the South instantly recognized the North in Grant." excerpt from an article in the New York Times...1915 |