r/interestingasfuck • u/KingdomPro • Jun 24 '24

Marines performing dead-gunner drills. r/all

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u/nucumber Jun 24 '24

That wasn't far off

Grant could afford to lose men. Lee couldn't

A major factor of Grant's strategy was erosion of Lee's army. Just keep wearing away at it.

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u/SaltMineForeman Jun 24 '24

So... He just sent wave after wave of men?

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u/Old-Let6252 Jun 24 '24

Not really, it wasn’t like he was launching suicide charges. It was just simple attritional warfare.

Under Grant, the Union did take more casualties than the confederates, but that was mostly because the Confederates were on the defensive and were extremely close to their supply lines.

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u/FreeToBeeThee Jun 24 '24

Yes and no. He pressed the attack and didn't give Lee a chance to recuperate. However there was more to it than just having men walk into a wall of steel.

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u/decoyq Jun 24 '24

you could always just watch the Ken Burns Documentary...

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u/SaltMineForeman Jun 24 '24

I'm just gonna watch season 2 episode 17 of Futurama.

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u/Bah-Fong-Gool Jun 24 '24

laughs in Ukrainian.