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Radio War Nerd EP 352 — The US Civil War, Part 12: Gen. John Pope & Second Battle of Manassas

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Confederate Soldiers Loved Grant, but McClellan Didn't.

Lee at least didn't seem to have the same strategy obsession as McClellan. He knew what he was doing in fighting people like McClellan, Miles says. When Grant took over the Army of the Potomac in 1864, I think, was it three or four? I think four. They loved McClellan,. a lot of them. In the same way that Confederate troops often loved Joe Johnston. But they didn't give him credit for any military knowledge.

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