What Separated Grant from the Other Union Generals Who Commanded

question 53

Multiple Choice

What separated Grant from the other Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac?

• A) Grant was the only one who went to the U.S. military academy.
• B) The other generals were or had been slaveholders.
• C) Grant was willing to wage a war of attrition.
• D) The other generals had more respect and trust from Abraham Lincoln.

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