Grant was a man for his time. Lincoln needed a General who would fight and he said of Grant: "He Fights." The booze thing? Who cares. He got the job done, right, wrong or indifferent. The military and especially the politicians ever since LBJ never got it in America. They have wasted people in wars for the worst of reasons. Grant like Lee were superb in the execution of warfare, notwithstanding the politics. Patton, Ike, MacArther, Swartzkoff, Lord Nelson, Chesty Puller, Cinncinnatus and the list goes on the same. They did a "soldiers job." Too bad once the politicians get us into things those clowns, with the media, want to micro-manage. Surprising that anyone would want the job. Carry On.