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On the anniversary of the battle, Doug Crenshaw wrote up something for Emerging Civil War:
And at the end is the money quote.... Of the battle, Douglas Southall Freeman later wrote: "Victories in the field were to be registered, but two years of open campaign were not to produce another situation where envelopment seemed possible He had only that one day for a Cannae, and his army was not ready for it."
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And at the end is the money quote.... Of the battle, Douglas Southall Freeman later wrote: "Victories in the field were to be registered, but two years of open campaign were not to produce another situation where envelopment seemed possible He had only that one day for a Cannae, and his army was not ready for it."
Opportunity Lost: Glendale - June 30, 1862 - Emerging Civil War
On June 25, 1862, George McClellan had 105,000+ men within just as few miles of Richmond. Robert E. Lee took over the Confederate Army from the injured Joe Johnson on June 1, and devised a plan to drive Federal Army from the very gates of the capital. Near the end of the month, Lee completed […]
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