EP. 01 Robert E. Lee
Uncancelled History
Lincoln's Optimism About the Confederacy
"He believes from the very beginning that the odds are enormously stacked against the Confederacy," he says. "His attitude is basically you don't know what you've gotten yourself into ... And if everyone doesn't make absolute sacrifices, we have no chance of winning this conflict" Lee's lines will eventually give way and his retreat at Appomattox Courthouse will be cut off by Ulysses S. Grant'
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