W. Richardson
Captain
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2011
- Location
- Mt. Gilead, North Carolina
Over on Scott Mingus's Civil War blog, Cannonball http://www.yorkblog.com/cannonball/, he has posted that on January 21st, 2015 the York Civil War Round Table will host Randy Drais as he speaks to them on.....General George Pickett's Official Gettysburg Report. We all know that Pickett wrote one but it was sent back by General Lee and ordered him to destroy it, and for General Pickett resubmit another report. General Lee felt that the content of the report would cause divisiveness within the army.
No report from Pickett has surfaced, if he did resubmit a new one. Rumors to this day have persisted that the original copy or the resubmitted copy exist out there somewhere, Pickett's wife claimed to have one, but if so it has never surfaced, and she was less than credible.
Questions still remain - what was in that Official Report that would be harmful to the morale of the Army of Northern Virginia? Would be finger pointing and naming names as to the failure to support the charge? IIRC even Lee stated the charge was not supported as it should have been for reasons unexplained to him.
So what does the forum members think may have been in that report, and do you think a real copy of it will surface at some point?
Respectfully,
William
No report from Pickett has surfaced, if he did resubmit a new one. Rumors to this day have persisted that the original copy or the resubmitted copy exist out there somewhere, Pickett's wife claimed to have one, but if so it has never surfaced, and she was less than credible.
Questions still remain - what was in that Official Report that would be harmful to the morale of the Army of Northern Virginia? Would be finger pointing and naming names as to the failure to support the charge? IIRC even Lee stated the charge was not supported as it should have been for reasons unexplained to him.
So what does the forum members think may have been in that report, and do you think a real copy of it will surface at some point?
Respectfully,
William