Pickett’s Charge—a stunning blunder. Longstreet knew it was suicide; he literally could not speak when he gave the signal.https://twitter.com/Vermeullarmine/status/1051268833594535936 …
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@GrayConnolly what say ye about Robert E Lee as a general? Skillful or no? (this is of course a relevant to the point I originally made, but I’m just curious).4 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
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Pickett's charge was a disaster. However, Lee made the most of what he had over the course of a 4 year campaign. And given Lincoln offered Lee the Union command, Lee must have had some skills....I mean, this is insane now
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Grant and Sherman were great generals. Lee’s time had already passed by 1861.
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In 1861, Grant was a drunk and Sherman was a professor at a southern seminary iirc
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Yes and Jackson was a math professor whom people considered crazy and called “Tom Fool.” War creates war leaders out of unlikely candidates.
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I had forgotten what he did. The Colonel Henderson biography of Jackson was a standard historical text for British officers pre-WW1.
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It’s my understanding that military academies still teach his tactics in the Valley Campsign of 1862,
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Jackson's use of terrain and maneuver was masterful. He too was often sloppy, but he bestowed a purpose onto his forces which created moral & tactical cohesion. The Prussians called it Auftragstaktik.
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