CHAPTER III.

GRANT AS A GENERAL.

The proper Conception of his Character.--Grant a Combination of Sherman and Thomas.--Contrasted with Lee.--Resemblance between Grant and Sherman.--Energy of both.--Comparison between Grant and Thomas.--The Persistence and Tenacity of each.--Grant's Practicability and Magnanimity.--His Taciturnity.--His Idea of Strategy.--His numerous Battles the most successful and important of the War.--Campaign at Chattanooga and Knoxville.--The remarkable Campaign to the Rear of Richmond the most brilliant of the War.--His great Vice, a Habit of Smoking.--His great Weakness, a Love of Horses.--Grant and Sherman as Damon and Pythias.--His Generosity to his Subordinates.--Superiority to his principal Leaders.--What his Character in the Future will be 91