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Article: Grant's drinking in focus after Federal failures.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2006
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Byline: John M. Taylor, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
By the autumn of 1862, the "On to Richmond" euphoria with which the North had greeted the Civil War was gone.
Although Gen. Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North had been repulsed at Antietam, there was a growing suspicion in the North that Federal generals compared unfavorably with those of the Confederacy.
Because the bravery of Union soldiery was not in question, the explanation for Federal setbacks was perceived as being with its leadership.
It was during this period of questioning that, in Mississippi, two Union forces let an opportunity slip through their fingers. The ...