__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
I'd like to browse through a copy before buying just because I'm not a big Gottfried fan. The stuff of his I've read has been OK but not spectacular. If it's all well done, then I'll be eager to get a copy.
On the other hand, Savas always seems to do a great job with their products so I have pretty high hopes here.
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I have a theory. If UNCP, LSUP, or Savas-Beattie publish it, it is worth having.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
If it's another book with historians footnotes, I doubt I'm interested.
I have several opinions on Gettysburg, none of which are held by any of the historians, I read.
One, R.E. Lee made several errors and misjudgments concerning the Army of the Potomac. Underestimate an army, and that can kill your army.
Too many Confederate generals came under the microscope for failure. None on Lee. They were Lee's generals and none were replaced after Gettysburg, not Ewell, not Longstreet, not Stuart.
Lee erred in taking his army to Gettysburg. I know, it's a beautiful battlefield.
Offensive movement into Pennsylvania, made the Confederate army vulnerable to its Achilles heel - supply. It ran out of artillery ammunition, just prior to Pickett's Charge. The Army of Northern Virginia ran out of many things needed to sustain battle in PA.
The raw truth is a lot of Civil War history books had to be sold to southerners, who probably still thought the Confederacy had a chance.
The Confederate armies were very successful in battle, of which not two of their best battles, would ever lead them to victory. The victories the Confederacy had, were never near enough.
The Confederacy had started a war it could not win, but could only lose. And the bitter truth is it never had a chance to gain all the territory it wanted.
While I might agree with alot of what you say there,
I have come to a different conclusion which does not necessarily conflict with yours.
That, except for the 13 months between Seven Pines and Gettysburg, the Confederate armies consistantly, steadily lost ground, both literally and figuratively, during the rest of the 48 months of the War.
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