Major Jonathan Bratton

And Sherman says, well, we've had the devil's own day, Grant, haven't we?

And Grant says, sure have.

Look him tomorrow, though.

And that statement right there is that indomitable optimism and the belief that

that you can either through your own will or ability or the trust in the strength of your own troops change the equation.

For Grant, he knows Buell's army has just arrived.

He's been reinforced.

He attacks the next day, wins a great victory.

It is sort of indicative of Grant that he is never going to accept this idea that, oh, I've been beaten, so I need to pull back and reset.

That doesn't exist in his brain.

I don't know how you build commanders like that.

I don't know if you should build.

This is the whole problem about like building leaders for war.

Is that a thing that we want to because without without so many other additional qualities, that could be a very, very dangerous thing.

And you could end up losing an entire army.

You have a couple other commanders in that war who don't have.

sort of accompanying personality features of prudency and equanimity and ability to see beyond your immediate surroundings.

And they do lose entire armies.

John Bill Hood, for example, as well as body parts.

But the way that Grant is able to see past the immediate surroundings to the larger spectrum of conflict is truly impressive.