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As I understand it, Lincoln held off the Emancipation on Seward's suggestion that it could only come on the heels of a great victory. Antietam is more Phyrric in the opinion of many, I think 23,000 casualties on both sides combined, more than D-Day. Although, it was this battle that made Europe back off. Shelby Foote talks about Lee as the "Marble Man" he was loved from the moment he resigned from the US Army to lead the Army of Virginia. Lee sent his own son (artillery) along with his reserves again and again to plug holes in the lines at Antietam, while McClellnan resisted using his, then blamed Burnside for taking too long to sieze the bridge. Lee's hands were also busted up badly and he was in extreme pain the enitire 17 hours, riding horseback made it even worse. (what was Lee's horse named?)I agree Lee did more with much less than Grant, sought to convert rather than conquer the North, witness the Maryland Doctrine, made a huge mistake at Gettysburg (Pickett's Charge) but is not overrated. It is notable that Lee cried and asked for forgiveness from his men after Gettysburg. Grant wept and despaired after the "Wilderness," so many wounded burned alive, but only his aides saw that.
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