Both used force to rule over subjugated States that wanted nothing more than to leave in peace and be free. I know that history is written by the victors of war, but c'mon. If the South had won, Lincoln would have gone down as a Hitler/Stalin type figure.
Lincoln used a war of attrition against his own people- not caring how many got slaughtered as long as he won. No President before or since has ever done that.
Study the Grant/Meade campaign of 1864. You will see how at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor- Lee completely outfoxed and out maneuvered Grant, and those battles shouldn't have even been fought. Instead, they sent 100,000 Americans to their death as cannon fodder just because of vastly superior numbers.
Lincoln and grant were two of the world's worst war criminals for doing that!
Agreed?
Lincoln used a war of attrition against his own people- not caring how many got slaughtered as long as he won. No President before or since has ever done that.
Study the Grant/Meade campaign of 1864. You will see how at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor- Lee completely outfoxed and out maneuvered Grant, and those battles shouldn't have even been fought. Instead, they sent 100,000 Americans to their death as cannon fodder just because of vastly superior numbers.
Lincoln and grant were two of the world's worst war criminals for doing that!
Agreed?