To: timpad
The sudden strength of the Union resistance to his advance may have surprised him. He didn't want to give up his strategy of moving on Baltimore, and then it was too late, events could not be unwound.
38 posted on
07/03/2005 1:26:50 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
To: RightWhale
And without Staurt's cavalry at hand, he was ripe for a surprise. If Lee had a clearer picture of his situation, it may have been a rough summer at the White House.
I think it's one reason Gettysburg continues to fascinate. So many crucial turning points, so little time.
39 posted on
07/03/2005 1:40:41 PM PDT by
timpad
(The Wizard Tim - Keeper of the Holy Hand Grenade, Finder of Obscurata)
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