No matter which side you agree with the South had most of the dynamic personalities in leadership.
Lee, Jackson, Stuart, Forrest among others. The South was loaded with talented men and passionate personalities full of conviction. It was after the war that a lot of lesser known men mostly from the South made their way out West and we’re apart of what we think of as the Wild West.
Grants greatest talent was recognizing that he could sacrifice more men and still win a war of attrition.
