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If we disregard Early's recollection as postwar inaccuracy, perhaps Lee knew at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, where he said to William Mahone, "My God! Has the army dissolved?"
If we disregard Early's recollection as postwar inaccuracy, perhaps Lee knew at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, where he said to William Mahone, "My God! Has the army dissolved?"
When Grant crossed the James River, Lee knew the War was over and it now was a seige with an inevitable result of defeat. Merely a matter of time.
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David
Can you cite a page number to avoid reading the whole book? I don't recall anything similar to the Lawrence Massacre in Virginia by Union soldiers.
Leftyhunter
Can you cite a page number to avoid reading the whole book? I don't recall anything similar to the Lawrence Massacre in Virginia by Union soldiers.
Leftyhunter
To me Sailor's Creek is beyond the point. At the latest it would have been when Petersburg and Richmond fell. When you lose your seat of government there is no coming back from that.
Lee must have know once Sherman reached coast in Georgia, that there was little hope for victory. Without European intervention it would have only been a matter of time.
That would be a worse case scenario, and something Sherman would have to prepare for. However, there is little evidence that General Lee's army had the ability to move and then fight after November 1864. It was not comparable to the army that had existed 6 months previously.I haven't been able to find evidence that Lee might have been planning something, but Sherman was very concerned that Lee might slip out from under Grant, swing around to Sherman's rear and pounce on him. Lee was Sherman's very worst nightmare - and Sherman was a master at conjuring dire scenarios - because Sherman knew very well Lee could take him apart five times before Sunday. Lee was well crippled at this time, but Sherman knew he could not take him.
Looks like you saved me some time looking for some so called Civilian atrocities mentioned by @unicornforge . I have a biography of Mosby and no atrocities against Civilians are mentioned.
I provide posters with page numbers all the time and cite a few lines. It's not a problem for me to do so. It saves posters time. Per previous threads the amount of what we call war crimes today committed by Union troops was very rare compared to future conflicts fought by US forces.If you read those books:
1. You gain a better understanding.
2. Then I don't have to re-read and search through the books for you.
Looks like you saved me some time looking for some so called Civilian atrocities mentioned by @unicornforge . I have a biography of Mosby and no atrocities against Civilians are mentioned.
Thanks
Leftyhunter