Robert E. Lee

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two months later the war was virtually ended by his surrender to General
Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
The masterly strategy of Lee was overcome only by the superior resources
and troop strength of the Union. His campaigns are almost universally studied
in military schools as models of strategy and tactics, He had a capacity for
anticipating the actions of his opponents and for comprehending their weaknesses.
He made skillful use of interior lines of communication and kept a
convex front toward the enemy so that his reinforcements, transfers, and
supplies could reach their destination over short, direct routes. His greatest
contribution to military practice however was his use of field fortifications as
aids to maneuvering.
He recognized that a small body of soldiers protected by entrenchments
can hold an enemy force of many times their number, while the main body
outflanks the enemy attacks a smaller force elsewhere. In his application of
this principle ...

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