by J. Mack Dent

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Forty Union Generals stand on a scaffold erected on the south lawn of the White House in 1862. The dense and dark foliage symbolically framed the group in a somber scene brought about by differences so strong that war was unavoidable against their fellow countrymen and family. The clearing sky over the south lawn of the White House and the waving flag with the birds flying over sends a message of hope for the future. The opposed had been best friends and roommates as cadets at West Point. They had served together and bonded their friendships in the western outposts in the Indian Wars of the 1840’s. And now they were to go into battle against each other. This event defined America and the stories behind the generals who fought the battles hopefully lend some understanding on the reasons why they did what they did. Their leader, Ulysses S. Grant had been a failure in business before the war, selling firewood at one time. Dissatisfied with his dead-end military career, he attained greatness because he made decisions for others and not himself. There were others who rose to the call; Chamberlain, Sherman, Farrugut, Rosecrans, Meade, to mention a few. What they did for us, on both sides, cannot be repaid. Their stories confirm that the Confederate officers were superior in military skills but the Union had the economic resources and men who could turn that into victory.