Gettysburg was the most dramatic battle of the Civil War, with the most dead & the most ways things could have gone differently. It was a very big turning point in the war. But Vicksburg, which fell at the same time, was even more strategically crucial.
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Key elements of Lee's wins: know the terrain better than the opponent, have men fighting on their home ground, have better cavalry recon, choose the better ground. All went against him in Gettysburg.
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Where else would his victories have come? That's like complaining Nathan Bedford Forrest couldn't pull off the big one in Illinois.
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Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
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If he'd listened to Longstreet earlier he may have won that fight. He could have ground the Union left flank down and collapsed that line forcing a very hurried and disorganized Union withdrawal.
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As it was, Longstreet came really close. If Joshua Chamberlain wasn't absolutely metal who knows what would have happened.
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Grant’s genius, which rings clearly from his autobiography, was sizing up ground, then logistics. A first view of terrain—valleys, mountains—told him immediately the biscuits must go from point A to points B, D & E; oats & water must go from point C to points B, D & F.
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Loss of Stonewall before gettysburg was a major factor in Lee errors in the battle.
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Fredericksburg was on the road.
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It's possible to be both great and overrated, and I think Lee is an example of this. Grant, on the other hand, never gets enough credit.
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