By the way, Lee was a shitty general.

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25. The best General in that war by far and one of history's most brilliant

military minds was General George Henry Thomas (Thomas Circle in Washington DC is named after him and his statue is there). He produced victories in almost all the key Union victories and prevented the Union army from being overrun several times. His army held Grant's key flank at Vicksburg and his army flanked Sherman as Sherman took Atlanta - interestingly, after Sherman took Atlanta and started his famous match to the sea against little resistance, General Thomas as ordered to catch a much larger confederate army led by General Hood (who Fort Hood is named after). When Thomases Army finally caught up with the traitors, the traitors had entrenched themselves in the high ground around Nashville. Instead of foolishly attacking, Thomas drew up new battle plans and trained his men to those plans, his men included one or two Black regiments. When Thomas had his men ready, he had one of the Black regiments attack from a secure low ground, Thomas correctly guessing that the traitors would attack the Black regiment. The Black regiment fought well, driving back the traitors into Calvary that Thomas had encircle them and dismount. The battle was one of only maybe two instances in history where one army virtually obliterated another army, gaining Thomas the name "The Hammer of Nashville", that confederate defeat at Nashville was a key factor that led to Lee surrendering at the courthouse in Appomattox Virginia.

Thomas defeated every confederate general, including Stonewall Jackson, Braxton Bragg (Fort Bragg is named after him, Hood and Longstreet). Thomas' Army did not lose a single battle in the war.