02-08-2022, 05:04 PM
(02-08-2022, 12:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Leadership is useless without talent.
Robert E. Lee was a great military leader. He lost.
Joe Burrow is a great leader. Last year without talent he was a big loser.
Not really the place for a history lesson, but Lee did not lose because of lack of talent. His Generals, especially Jackson and Longstreet, were the cream of the crop and what Jackson accomplished during the Shenandoah Campaign still hasn't been matched. Lee lost due to the blockade and lack of supplies, industry and infrastructure. The North had almost all the manufacturing, while the south was mostly agricultural. Add to that, Railroads in the north used standardized tracks while railroads in the south did not, so train traffic was limited by track size.
