JeffBrooks
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2009
- Location
- Hutto, TX
One of the best known snafus of the war took place during the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865, when George Pickett and Fitzhugh Lee, assuming that the Union forces would not attack anytime soon, went off for a shad bake lunch with General Tom Rosser, about a mile and a half north of the Confederate line, without bothering to tell their subordinates where they were going. They were out of communication with their troops when Sheridan's attack shattered the Southern line and, thanks to an acoustic shadow, did not even know a battle was going on until the outcome was already decided.
My question is simply this: assuming that Pickett and Lee had not gone to the shad bake, but remained where they were supposed to be, would it really have made any difference?
My question is simply this: assuming that Pickett and Lee had not gone to the shad bake, but remained where they were supposed to be, would it really have made any difference?