Compare And Contrast Grant And Lee A Study In Contrast Bruce Catton

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Bruce Catton highlights many differences between two significant military officers, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, from the American Civil War in his essay, “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts.” Although Catton compares the two generals and illustrates the disparity between their personalities and backgrounds, he allows the reader to see what Grant and Lee had in common. The two men were army generals who were also “marvelous fighters” with “fighting qualities” that “were really very much alike” (Catton 370). According to Catton, Grant and Lee had “the great virtue of utter tenacity and fidelity” (370). These two military officers also possessed this “indomitable quality” that showed how they both refused to give up during trying times

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