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How did grant defeat lee?
Grant and Lee went head to head for the first time at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. Grant had assembled 120,000 men to Lee's 65,000. Grant lost 18,000 men to Lee's 11,000. Although Lee had won the battle, Grant, with his numerical superiority, inevitably won the war. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattax court house April 1865
What side of the civil war were grant and lee each on?
Lee was confederacy and Grant was a Union general
Did Ulysses S. Grant kill Robert E Lee?
No , R.E. Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant .
What was Robert E. Lee's opinion of US Grant?
Lee thought (correctly) that Grant was a drunk and an idiot. Lee was very highly thought of as a military man. The northern states would have vastly preferred him to Grant, but his loyalties lay with the south.
Who was General Lee and General Grant?
Grant was General-in-Chief of the Union armies, and Lee was General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House, which is taken as the effective end of hostilities.
