The war was lost the minute the Emancipation Proclamation changed its moral nature and made sure England and France wouldn't intervene for the CSA.
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No surprise that Longstreet knew Pickett's charge would fail. Attacking a fortified position across an open field was exactly what Burnside kept trying to do against Longstreet's troops at Fredericksburg.
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Lee was great tactically, until he joined the Confederacy, which also sucked as a strategy, too. And then there was the whole moral dimension to consider....
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Lee was also extremely lucky Meade did not immediately pursue and crush the ANV on its nearly botched retreat back over the Potomac.
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Lee was great on defense
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