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[Rebforever]

No worry, I didn't take it as bashing. I just wanted to add what may not have been known about Lee's admiration for the Texas troops.
The brigade was initially and briefly under the command of L T Wigfall until he took a seat in the Senate from the state of Texas. He worked on behalf of Lee to get more Texans.

Sure he liked the Texans. He was going to lead them in the charge at The Wilderness. They saved his life by holding him back.

 

[JerryD]

In my view, these are examples of rare displays in his thinking (contrasting with his actions at Gaines Mill, Antietam, Chickamauga, Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church, Franklin etc).

Well, I was responding to the comment that frontal attacks were the "full extent" of his thinking. Perhaps you meant that as hyperbole, but I think many actually believe that to be literally true.

 

[Nathan Stuart]

Well, I was responding to the comment that frontal attacks were the "full extent" of his thinking. Perhaps you meant that as hyperbole, but I think many actually believe that to be literally true.

That's a fair point. At the very least, I think it can be generally accepted that he was (frontal) attack oriented and had a minimal record for executing any flanking actions. Think his consistently high casualty counts bear testimony to these inclinations and predispositions in his thinking.

 

[JerryD]

That's a fair point. At the very least, I think it can be generally accepted that he was (frontal) attack oriented and had a minimal record for executing any flanking actions. Think his consistently high casualty counts bear testimony to these inclinations and predispositions in his thinking.

I can agree with that.

 

[Nathan Stuart]

I can agree with that.

Okay. Think we may have found some middle ground there that caters for both viewpoints.