Grant was probably the first general who really understood what industrial war entailed and how to fight it. Unleashing Sherman to burn his way through Georgia

Grant was probably the first general who really understood what industrial war entailed and how to fight it. Unleashing Sherman to burn his way through Georgia, and Sheridan to burn his way through the Shenandoah, while grinding down Lee in inconclusive battles of attrition across northern Virginia, striking at the logistical infrastructure of the South, instead of trying to fight the ANV in a decisive battle of maneuver. It's a pity that the lessons learned in the trenches around Richmond were so quickly forgotten and dismissed by the general staffs of Europe.