Longstreet's Evil Twin? - Page 2

samgrant · #11 02-01-2007, 11:09 PM

Well, what was Lee to do?

His advance units found a small to middling size bunch of Federals down the road.

Well, might as well explore this.

With Stuart off away somewhere, he could not know that the whole F...ing Union Army was coming up to that place.

OK, so that's the first day; so far, so good.

Now, the next morning he still doesn't know just how many Federals are ensconced on those heights, but ther is more tan there were yesterday.

Well, he has always had sucess attacking.

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Please continue this scenario as you see it!

rivrrat · #12 02-02-2007, 08:51 PM

Well he should have thought about Marye's Hights before he ordered a frontal assault against troops holding high ground with time to dig in.

SpiritofPickett · #13 03-20-2007, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by rivrrat

Well he should have thought about Marye's Hights before he ordered a frontal assault against troops holding high ground with time to dig in.

cos plenty of First World War Generals did the same old thing...........

rivrrat · #14 03-20-2007, 02:45 PM

True and their tactics were faulty too.

PINCKNEYUSMCRET · #15 03-20-2007, 11:34 PM

If this isn''t the right place for this someone let me know. But I have always wondered why Hood caught so much grief for Franklin, and Lee doesn''t seem to have caught much for Gettysburg.

Pinckney

ole · #16 03-21-2007, 12:25 AM

The eight deadly sin is criticizing Marse Robert.
Ole

PINCKNEYUSMCRET · #17 03-21-2007, 12:35 AM

Confession probably won't wipe this one out, but it is just something that I find curiouse. Not trying to take away from Marse Robert.

Pinckney

ole · #18 03-21-2007, 11:35 AM

Should've put a tongue-in-cheek emoticon on that one.

The question has been asked before, but the "not taking away from Marse Robert" is the closest answer. When the war ended, a criticism force-field dropped around Bobby Lee. History developed around this shield. Now that the shield is weakened and penetrable, some critical examinations of Lee's generalship have slipped through. The shield still manages to suppress much criticism.

Don't know if you'll ever feel safe to stand up in a Charleston SCV meeting and say, "Lee screwed up badly on several occasions."

Ole

PINCKNEYUSMCRET · #19 03-21-2007, 02:15 PM

I probably wouldn't either, he did an incredible job for four years was probably doomed from the start. It just seems to me that Longstreet and Hood catch a lot of flak. Lee doesn't. As I mentioned in a previouse post, a lot of Lee's subordinates were company grade officers at the beginning of the ward and rose to General in a short span of time. that is a lot to learn in such a short time. It is a miricale they did as well as they did.

PINCKNEY

rivrrat · #20 03-21-2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PINCKNEYUSMCRET

I probably wouldn't either, he did an incredible job for four years was probably doomed from the start. It just seems to me that Longstreet and Hood catch a lot of flak. Lee doesn't. As I mentioned in a previouse post, a lot of Lee's subordinates were company grade officers at the beginning of the ward and rose to General in a short span of time. that is a lot to learn in such a short time. It is a miricale they did as well as they did.

PINCKNEY

Not only true of Lee's officers. For example George Armstrong Custer Class of 1861 was a Major General of Volunteers by 1864. After the war he reverted to his permanent rank of Captian USA.

If I remember correctly, someone once aske Lee who was responsible at Gettysburg and he replied "I beleive the Yankees had somthing to do with it." At least that is how the story goes.