[Snowy]

And what a mistake that was. Never attack the center of the line if you have to cross a mile of open ground.

Boy, that was a mistake. That was such a bad decision that I often wonder if Lee had had a mild stroke or something.

[ericthecurdog]

Lee was a student (self taught...) and admirer of Napoleonic strategy and tactics. These lessons, reinforced by success in Mexico, had not been sufficiently beaten out of him by the time of Gettysburg.

Just my theory... I bounced it off of a colleague (the Dean for Research at SIU-C and a man with a Ph.D. in history) and was met with a resounding "EXACTLY RIGHT!!"

[ericthecurdog]

Lee was a student (self taught...) and admirer of Napoleonic strategy and tactics. These lessons, reinforced by success in Mexico, had not been sufficiently beaten out of him by the time of Gettysburg.

Just my theory... I bounced it off of a colleague (the Dean for Research at SIU-C and a man with a Ph.D. in history) and was met with a resounding "EXACTLY RIGHT!!"