To: Upstate NY Guy
150 years ago today Confederate General John Magruder fooled Union Generals Keyes and McClellen into believing his 13,000 troops outnumbered their 67,000. Some credit due to Alan Pinkerton, still famous for his sleuthing skills. Really wish we had a history forum here.
5 posted on
04/05/2012 5:40:27 PM PDT by
SJackson
(As a black man, you know, Barack could get shot going to the gas station, M Obama)
To: SJackson
Yup. Pinkerton and McClellen overestimated Confederate troop strength time and time again. Grant and Lincoln seemed to understand that victories were not as crucial as continual battles with roughly equal loses.
To: SJackson
I thought Pinkerton worked for the North.
13 posted on
04/05/2012 6:04:36 PM PDT by
Ecliptic
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