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Originally Posted by JollyRoger
You are right, when he actually took command, the slaughter was usually incredible among his own men. Cold Harbor says it all.
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Yeah, Cold Harbor was the bad one. Completely indefensible.
I remember reading in his autobiography that this was the only attack he wished he had never ordered.
Another thing I recall about Grant as a general is that he possessed a photographic memory of maps and terrain, and would write very detailed orders to his subordinates and field officers, all from memory.
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Paul S.
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79,200 miles.
1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".
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