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Hey, marine, I don't wanna scare you, but this is a religious thread and you got #666 post.

I think the idea of RE Lee being their center escaped everyone initially. I might be convinced that Lincoln figured it out after the Wilderness.
But all they talked of was going to Richmond, the capital of the south.

They were too afraid of Jackson earlier in the war,

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I think the idea of RE Lee being their center escaped everyone initially. I might be convinced that Lincoln figured it out after the Wilderness.

It is clear that Lincoln figured it out early on. He fired McClellan for not going after Lee's Army after Antietam (he let them get away). He told McClellan over and over "the enemy is there" and to go after The ARmy of No. Va, but McClellan had the "slows"; and Lincoln was highly ticked at Meade for not pursuing Lee after Gettysburg. Also, Burnside made a hopeless attack at Fredericksburg because Lincoln was looking over his shoulder; and Hooker's aim at Chancellorsville was to destroy Lee's Army but he lost his nerve and was clobbered.