[StoneRainbow68]

—And that was Lee’s downfall - he ran out of men and resources.-—

And made the crucial mistake at Gettysburg, thinking his men were almost invincible because up to that point he’d never been beaten.

Longstreet tried to tell him, but he didn’t listen.

[wardaddy]

Yes and he lost the high ground that day.....a rare mistake that Jackson would not have allowed him to make

Ewell screwed pooch...akin to Schofield sneaking past Hood and Cheatham at Spring Hill

My children’s ggg uncle General William Barksdale was killed end of the first day at the peach orchard leading from the front on horseback long white hair flowing ...took musket balls and a cannonball to his boot

Died two days later in a federal hospital

Buried in my hometown

[Pollster1]

And made the crucial mistake at Gettysburg, thinking his men were almost invincible because up to that point he’d never been beaten. Longstreet tried to tell him, but he didn’t listen.

I'm not sure that was an error. Even with the odds against him at Gettysburg, trying for an unlikely victory on Union soil may have been the best chance Lee had. Sometimes you have to play the cards you're dealt.