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In reply to the discussion: By the way, Lee was a shitty general. [View all]SWBTATTReg
(22,270 posts)4. Gettysburg was Lee's undoing. He should have listened to Longstreet (one of his ...
generals) and retreated once initial engagements started breaking out to a better spot (more defensive) and let the Union troops attack instead, with Lee's army entrenched in a better, more defensive spot.
He didn't, and it cost him and the South dearly. This is where Lee's vanity got the better part of him (and his army) and cost them dearly.
Compared to a lot of generals who were nominated either by their states' governors ((both North and South), mostly political nominees, having little expertise or true ability), Lee was a good general (initially), along with Longstreet, Grant, Buford, etc. These people had actually served in other wars thus actually had experience in leading the troops.
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Yeah, most of Lee's "brilliant strategic successes" were done out of desperation...
Wounded Bear
Apr 2019
#3
Gettysburg was Lee's undoing. He should have listened to Longstreet (one of his ...
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2019
#4
Longstreet was a better general, saw the error of his ways, and joined the good guys after the war.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2019
#9
Truly great man. He was the first Union General to bring Black units into his army.
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#29
Thomas was credited with defeating Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley early in the war.
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#50
Grant had more men and better resources when he took over the Army of the Potomac.
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#65
Gettysburg was not lost by either side, although Lee retreated on bad information.
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#57
Yep, he was not a great general (Pickett's Charge and all that with 50% casualties)...
brush
Apr 2019
#8
But..but..but... Trump is a genius student of history and HE says that General Lee
smirkymonkey
Apr 2019
#13
Not true. The confederate monuments were put up in the south in the early 20th century.
yardwork
Apr 2019
#40
The eastern theater was always going to be "special" however, for the very reasons you suggest
RHMerriman
Apr 2019
#79
One little anecdote about Lee's surrender tells you everything you need to know about him.
Aristus
Apr 2019
#21
A number of wealthy officers on both sides spent personal funds to equip their men.
Aristus
Apr 2019
#77
...... Hateful, Ignorant and a monster (I think like Hitler), these words describes Trump to a "T" .
trueblue2007
Apr 2019
#22