Pope's Greatest Idea

Pope dealt with this in a way that has never been forgiven by the US military. He said and I swear to God he's hated to this day for this. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents and leave our own to take care of themselves. And that was Grant's genius even though it's pretty much what Pope said three years earlier.