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To: mainepatsfan
Let's be fair... We only have Longstreet's claim that Gettysburg was lost because the Napoleonic genius of General James Longstreet could not overcome the obstinate stupidity of Robert Edward Lee.

That claim has been tremendously helped by The Killer Angels and Gettysburg.

117 posted on 07/01/2007 10:53:21 AM PDT by carton253 (And if that time does come, then draw your swords and throw away the scabbards.)
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To: carton253

True but I don’t think it’d be a stretch for us to believe that he didn’t have much faith in that attack.


142 posted on 07/02/2007 3:50:37 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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