What two generals' adaptability, tenacity can teach us about leadership.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: November 12, 2004| Author: Johnson, Cecil | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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``Lee & Grant: Profiles in Leadership From the Battlefields of Virginia,'' by Maj. Charles R. Bowery Jr., U.S. Army (Amacom, 272 pages, $24)

On May 5, 1864, at the height of the mayhem and maneuvering of the battle of the Wilderness, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant, aka Sam Grant, sat on a stump on the bank of the Rapidan River and whittled on a stick.

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