Tuesday night, I watched the History Channel's two hour special on both Lee and Grant before and during the war.
One, from a wealthy family and the other from a more modest situation. Both attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and both were in the Mexican War, where they did meet once (Grant remembered it, Lee didn't) before that fateful one at Appomattox.
One stayed in the army until his state seceded, the other resigned his commission to try civilian life somewhat unsuccessfully until the war began.
This show was not so gory as the first one on Gettysburg.
The show traced both their careers throughout the war with all their success (and failures).
I had to do something else the last ten minutes of the two-hour show and it was only up to Gettysburg and Vicksburg, so I would imagine there is to be a part two. A whole lot happened to these two men after they became direct adversaries.
Great Job, History Channel. --Old B-Runner
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