01-15-2016, 12:07 PM
Lee did not get the "snot beat out of him" by a long shot -- ever.
Take Gettysburg. Lee was on the cusp of winning several times on the second day. Even Union apologists like Allen Guelzo admit it. Lee anticipated the moves and dominated the minds of all his opponents, which is why we see George Meade (per Guelzo), supposedly at the pinnacle of his career in repelling Pickett, on the other side of the battlefield at that moment getting ready for a last stand.Â
After the battle, Meade's army was so beaten up they were grateful still to be attached to their genitals. Same for Meade. In the year before Gettysburg, Lee had to fend off four "on to Richmonds" (Seven Days, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville). In the 10 months after Gettysburg, there were NONE. Lee even detached part of his army a couple of months after Gettysburg to help out Bragg at Chickamauga.
I can't believe what passes for history on this board. In any event, I am sticking with Lee, Mozart and McCaffrey contra mundum.
Take Gettysburg. Lee was on the cusp of winning several times on the second day. Even Union apologists like Allen Guelzo admit it. Lee anticipated the moves and dominated the minds of all his opponents, which is why we see George Meade (per Guelzo), supposedly at the pinnacle of his career in repelling Pickett, on the other side of the battlefield at that moment getting ready for a last stand.Â
After the battle, Meade's army was so beaten up they were grateful still to be attached to their genitals. Same for Meade. In the year before Gettysburg, Lee had to fend off four "on to Richmonds" (Seven Days, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville). In the 10 months after Gettysburg, there were NONE. Lee even detached part of his army a couple of months after Gettysburg to help out Bragg at Chickamauga.
I can't believe what passes for history on this board. In any event, I am sticking with Lee, Mozart and McCaffrey contra mundum.