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Compare And Contrast General Grant And General Lee

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Catton analyzes General Lee and General Grant from the stand point of how they are different in background, in personality, and in aspirations. As he continues, the distinct differences between the two Generals are very evident. Although the distinctions are clear, so are some of the similarities between them. Catton describes them as “two strong men, oddly different generals, and they represented the strengths of two conflicting currents that, through them, had come into final collision.” General Lee was an Aristocratic Man, a man who was brought up privileged. Lee saw it as an advantage to have inequality within society. He adhered to the idea of there being a leisure class. These individuals would live not to gain advantage for themselves,

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