This document outlines a structure for an essay comparing and contrasting Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. It will introduce the two figures, have separate contrast sections describing their backgrounds and what they represented, and then transition to a comparison section examining their tenacity, daring, and ability to transition from war to peace, concluding with a summary.

1. Grant and Lee: Structure Outline
Comparison and Contrast

2. Introduction
(pars. 1-3)
• Engages audience
• Establishes genre
• Indicates context
• Introduces topic
• Sets tone
• Forecasts develpment

3. Constrast section: Lee
(pars. 4-6)
• What was his cultural heritage? (background)
• What were his social attitudes and values?
(personality)
• What did he represent to the South and to his
troops and supporters? (cultural aspirations)

4. Constrast section: Grant
(pars. 7-9)
• What was his cultural heritage?
• What were his social attitudes and values?
• What did he represent to the North and the
West, and to his troops and supporters?

5. Conclusion: Contrast Section
(pars. 10-12)
• Lee and his relation to the South (par.10)
• Grant and his relation to the Union (par. 11)
• Conclusion to contrast section: summary

6. Transition to Comparison
(par. 13)
• Forecast to rest of the essay:
fighting/ personal qualities

7. Comparison Section: Point One
(par. 14)
• Tenacity and fidelity
Example: Grant
Example: Lee

8. Comparison Section: Point Two
(par. 15)
• Daring and Resourcefulness
Example: Lee
Example: Grant

9. Comparison Section: Point Three
(par.16)
• Ability to turn from war to peace
Example: treated both in a single sentence

10. Conclusion
(par.16)
• Summary (last 2 sentences)
• Device to unify essay