re: Live: President Trump Speaks at 75th Anniversary of the Battle at Coral Sea

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What is JEB Stuart had been with Lee at the beginning of Gettysburg?

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Lee's hubris would have mooted his presence. Having learned nothing from Malvern Hill the year before Lee would gone "hey diddle diddle right up the middle" at G-Burg as he did in this reality and wrecked his army for offensive operations. Lee is vastly overrated. He did no better outside Virginia than many Federal generals did within it.

"In the course of four hours (at Malvern Hill) , a series of blunders in planning and communication had caused Lee's forces to launch three failed frontal infantry assaults across hundreds of yards of open ground, unsupported by Confederate artillery, charging toward firmly entrenched Union infantry and artillery defenses. These errors provided Union forces with an opportunity to inflict heavy casualties. In the aftermath of the battle, however, the Confederate press heralded Lee as the savior of Richmond."

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