What errors did Robert E Lee make at Gettysburg?
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There were a number of mistakes made by Lee, but I believe that the biggest mistake he made was not listening to advice by Longstreet and others in his staff who believed that it was not a good idea to attack the ridge known as "Pickett's Charge".\nAnother big mistake was attacking without knowing how many enemy he was up against. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry was too far north at the time and had not reported back to Lee until after the first engagement with the enemy. By then there was no turning back. The battle was on.
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I think his biggest mistake was listening to rumsfeld and standing by him all that time. rumsfeld was too impressed by our precision with the shock and awe campaign that he thought the rest was going to be a piece of cake....wrong\nwe were ill equipped on the ground and no one wanted to acknowledge it
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There were 2 battles here. It was also called the Battle of Manassass. It was the first land battle of the Civil war. The Union troops were inexperienced,and forced to retreat. For more info I added the link
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More Americans died at Gettysburg than at Fort Sumter.\n\nMore Americans died in the Argonne than on the Lusitania\n\nMore Americans died at Normandy than at Pearl Harbor.\n\nWhat's you point?  We should quit while we are behind?
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Robert E Lee = Marble Model, Granny Lee, The Great Tycoon, The King of Spades, The Old Man, Marse Robert, Bobby Lee
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Yes Sir!  Robert E. Lee is an a American hero and for one reason, to preserve the right to keep slaves.  Everyone knows that if it wasn't for Woodrow Wilson's Great Grandfather, Jahdi Wilson, none of this would of happened.  Robert E. Lee knew that the Confederacy was the wave to the future and you could get condoms there cheap.  You could drink there at 18 and plantations were just good old plain fun.  When Aaron Burr was giving Charles Barkley head in 1845 he said "Thank you by the grace of God that I can live in the South and have slaves"  Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!
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Lack of strong military leaders.  Lincoln did not have military experience, most of the strong military schools were in the south, and military leaders from the South were more loyal to their home states than the Union Federal Government.  General Lee was a prime example.  He was asked by Lincoln to lead the Union army but turned it down to stay loyal to Virginia.\n\nThey also had to fight an offensive war, while the south could fight a war of attrition or a defensive war.  If there was no fighting going on then the south was winning, as it was the Union's duty to fight and try to bring the south back.  If they don't do anything that isn't happening.
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Im a history grad student and I could tell you that if you have names of individuals that were at the battle or commanded a regiment, that would be a good start. I would go online and look up gettysburg under search and then dig deeper on what state armies were their and then look at the library web page in your area for the battle and who was involved. You will probably have a difficult time finding any one book that will cover N.H. in gettysburg so be prepared to get several books with bits and pieces of info. from each. I dont know what level or grade you are in but thats how its done in college. Also, go on the official website of Gettysburg and there are sevearal sites that has a lot of details. You can email me if you need further help.
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The South had been launching an offensive into Northern territory, with the eventual goal to taking Washington D.C. (Back then, when you took the capital, you could win the war ... a pity it's not like that anymore). At Gettysburg, the Southern Army was defeated and it was forced to push back towards Confederate territory. It began the process by which the North began hammering the South into submission in the war.
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Abe's invention of the phony greenbacks the American public rejected! He got half dozen stamp engravers to design them trying to come up with a way to pay for the civil war! The public resented the whole premise and his act really did not free the slaves rather enslaved the working public by greenbacks now know as U.S. dollar!Yes i know Andrew Johnson was on his way out and Grant won the 1868 election!
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A little before noon on the 9th of April, 1865.\nThe day that Lee surrendered.\nReconstruction began at that point, whether formal approval by congress was official or not.
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Claibourne  the fighting irishman on tunnel hill i think on the extreme right of the rebel line and it was his repulse of sherman that led grant to call out the army of the ohio?  or was it the cumberland to take position in the center just as a show of force to make the rebs thin their line out...Thomas' troops had other ideas and ended up charging and somehow taking the damn ridge  damnyankees!!!!!   Damn Braxton Bragg !!!!!!!!!!!!!\nI think it was this charge that Douglas MacArthur's father won the Medeal of Honor....
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Union:  at first, Winfield Scott led the forces, but "old fuss and feathers" was too old for the job...\nLincoln tried McClellan (and many others!!) but McClellan was nicknamed "tardy" for a reason--he didn't win decisively enough or pursue the Confederates\nUltimately, Lincoln gave the honors to Ulysses Hiram Simpson Grant\nfor the Confederacy---while there were many great generals (Johnston, for example) it was Robert E Lee who commanded (no pun intended) the greatest respect...and the one who surrendered for the CSA in April of 1865
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Above dates are true, but If McClellan had been elected during the war, he would have screwed things up, just like he screwed things up during battle. I do believe that he would have declared a truce, because he was always retreating rather than fighting, that is why the US Army kept replacing him.
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Lee was a gambler. He perhaps overestimated his Virginia boys, and he often took risks that other commanders wouldn't have. That's part of what makes him one of America's best generals, but it proved his undoing at this particular engagement. Besides, Pickett's Charge was a sort of echo of the way wars used to be fought. It proved that modern technology made that type of war no longer possible. The bayonet charge was no more.\n\nAlthough other small engagements were fought on Cemetary Ridge, I think you are talking about what is commonly known as Pickett's Charge. \n\nAnd about Fredricksburg: that was a Confederate victory. Burnside was an idiot, and he fought piecemeal. Perhaps Lee thought that if he used his men in one huge attack that artillery could not budge, and his lines would overwhelm the Union soldiers. After all, if a bayonet charge suceeds in gettting close enough to the enemy, the defenders often run. No one likes the idea of cold steel in their belly.\n\nedit: You are certainly correct that James Longstreet and General Trimble played a huge role in the attack. However, Lee gave the direct order to Pickett's brigade. Besides, Longstreet has always been a mediocre commander, despite what history says about him. He lacked initiative, and it cost Lee battles numerous times. However, he was a strong and steady left hand man (well...technically thats Stuart, and Jackson is the right).\n\nI disagree that the Virginians were Lee's best men. States do not define fighting men. Texans, in my opinion, were Lee's greatest asset. It was they that shouted "General Lee to the rear! Lee to the rear!" in 1864, and they fought like demons in the whole war. But that's not really important.\n\nAlso, I just remembered this. One reason Lee might feel a bit cocky is because on the morning of July 3rd, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia launched the biggest artilley salvo ever heard in the Americas. They actually fired more rounds then the Army of the Potomac did, but the Federals dug in well and didn't retreat.\n\nI think that if more of Lee's men had held out along the flanks, maybe Pickett's Charge would not have been such a disaster. It still would have had ridiculous casualities, but Lee wouldn't neccessarily be forced to end his first and only invasion of the North. After all, Amistead's men managed it over the walls, and there was hand to hand fighting for hours. However, there weren't enough Rebs to make the Yanks run.
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Looking at the loss of life and property, that is a fair assessment, it was also very costly for the Confederates...in losing it, they lost the chance for international support they were trying to earn (look up England's role in the Civil War); Gettysburg became a turning point for the war.  The Confederates had won battles on their own soil, but could not win in the North -- that's what the British wanted to see before they'd support them.  Besides that, they needed the victory to gain ground and convince they Union it was losing, they were unable to do that.
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In the final analysis, the Confederates were out numbered and out supplied. Arguably, Lee was a superior General to Grant but there's only so much  you can do when you are outnumbered.\n\nThanks for your excellent question.