RE: Have a look!!!

Interesting choice Glenn.

The man I would definitely NOT like to have been that day would have been General Longstreet. A man already overburdened by anguish at the loss of his family was forced to send Pickett’s division into a charge he knew in his heart would fail. His absolution from blame, from General Robert E Lee, must have been cold comfort as they counted the survivors of that disastrous charge.

Meade was too cautious. The soldiers of the Army of the Potomac were at their peak of confidence following Pickett’s charge. It seems incomprehensible now that they did not pursue the ANV immediately. Buford’s cavalry was weakened after their action on Seminary Ridge but could still have wreaked havoc on a broken army. The defeat may well have become a rout. As it is, the war was to last for a further two bl**dy years.

Regards,

kev35