[no-to-illegals]

Bet you knew what I typed in prior post.

[catfish1957]

I seem to remember reading that somewhere. If he did, I am sure that the command did it's best to keep it under wraps. News spreads fast, and they saw what happened to morale after Jackson's death.

I know it is fun to play "what if", but I always wondered if Jackson had he lived been able to persuade Lee to fight on a more level area, or even better find terrain that better suited the fight. I always sensed he trusted Jackson more than Longstreet anyway.

I also wonder how the PR and morale would have played if this fight would have been within the outskirts of DC.