To: Homer_J_Simpson
At this point the North did not know that Johnson had been wounded. The also were supremely confident that the Confederates were going to abandon Richmond. By the end of June things change so dramatically in the East.
4 posted on
06/05/2022 7:01:02 AM PDT by
georgiarat
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To: georgiarat
It’s nice to see that even 150 years ago the New York Times was better at cheerleading than insightful reporting.
5 posted on
06/05/2022 7:13:25 AM PDT by
Stosh
To: georgiarat
At this point the North did not know that Johnson had been wounded. The also were supremely confident that the Confederates were going to abandon Richmond. By the end of June things change so dramatically in the East.Yup, Johnston was out because of his wounds and replaced by some dude named R.E. Lee. Things were about to change.
8 posted on
06/05/2022 8:26:25 AM PDT by
Al B.
("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid." -- Ronald Reagan)
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