One Civil War debate that Styple's book might help settle is whether Meade wanted to withdraw from Gettysburg. According to Kelly's interview with Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, Meade considered leaving but his men did not want to.
Hancock said the Union general remarked: "As you wish gentlemen; but Gettysburg is no place to fight a battle in."
To: stainlessbanner; billbears; Constitution Day
2 posted on
10/23/2005 4:47:12 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
("Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last. ")
To: Non-Sequitur; teldon30; .cnI redruM; gobucks; Irish_Thatcherite; neocon1984; Tallguy
To: Dr. Scarpetta
"As you wish gentlemen; but Gettysburg is no place to fight a battle in."
well, they did alright....
4 posted on
10/23/2005 4:50:46 PM PDT by
injin
To: Dr. Scarpetta
7 posted on
10/23/2005 5:17:37 PM PDT by
lunarbicep
(If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. –Jonathan Winters)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
"His interviews covered a range of subjects, from Gen. George A. Custer's "boyish chuckle" and his canteen of iced tea..."
Interesting, as iced tea was not invented until the 1904 worlds fair at St. Louis, MO.
Oddly enough by an Englishman pushing tea, his hot tea was not selling well, but a nearby stand was doing good selling flavored shaved ice. He purchased some ice for his tea, proved a roaring success to the crowds, and the American icon of iced tea is now history.
8 posted on
10/23/2005 6:17:24 PM PDT by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
9 posted on
10/23/2005 6:25:47 PM PDT by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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