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[Rebforever]

Yes stuart was to busy poseing for the paper and makeing a name for himself and longstreet really hated him for it he should of been telling lee were the yankees were and war horse your completely right

Posing for the paper? That is a new twist.

 

[unionblue]

Lee should of listened to longstreet. If we would of stayed in virgina gettysburg wouldnt of happened

"We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers."--Robert E. Lee.

dixieland1861,

Hindsight, the ability to look back upon history, is always 20/20. Too bad we are stuck with actual historical events that have already taken place and cannot be changed.

If Lee were alive today he might have added Civil War forum posters to the above comment also.

Just a thought.

Sincerely,
Unionblue

 

[Jamieva]

Pat i would like to buy a period.

 

[dixieland1861]

Well thanks guys for this discussion. I learned allot and thats why im on this forum. And by the way today is the third day of gettysvburg cant believe its been 152 years. Some people say im still stuck in the past but we learn from our history .

 

[OpnCoronet]

Lee should of listened to longstreet. If we would of stayed in virgina gettysburg wouldnt of happened

In historical fact, just staying in Va. was not at all what Longstreet, thought was needed. Remaining in Va. would not have saved Vicksburg or Chattanooga.

 

[BillO]

Longstreet was still yearning for independent command, but Knoxville cured him of his ambition. It is a shame that he was wounded at the time that he could have truly shown what he was capable of and when his services could have been put to best use.

 

[Jamieva]

Agree, Lee needed him the most in the Overland