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re: Did the South ever really have a chance (Civil War)?
Posted on 7/18/22 at 4:06 pm to doubleb
Posted on 7/18/22 at 4:06 pm to doubleb
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People forget that Lee had a significant force on the Union’s right flank at Chancellorsville with an even bigger opportunity to envelop the North and couldn’t pull it off.
It was even easier for him at Second Manassas. Longstreet's 28,000 men assaulted across wide open ground virtually unopposed and smashed the left flank of Pope's Army of Virginia. They still couldn't take Henry Hill and prevent the Union army from retreating. People talk about Chancellorsville all the time, but the Battle of Second Manassas could have been the American Civil War's version of Saratoga with an entire army taken off the field by Confederate forces.
Posted on 7/18/22 at 4:12 pm to RollTide1987
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It was even easier for him at Second Manassas. Longstreet's 28,000 men assaulted across wide open ground virtually unopposed and smashed the left flank of Pope's Army of Virginia. They still couldn't take Henry Hill and prevent the Union army from retreating. People talk about Chancellorsville all the time, but the Battle of Second Manassas could have been the American Civil War's version of Saratoga with an entire army taken off the field by Confederate forces.
I will have to bone up on Second Bull Run.
I’ve read more on Chancellorsville, Antietam and Gettysburg.
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