re: 158 years ago this evening, Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men...

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Lee's main objective was to draw the Union army into battle. Once that battle commenced, there would be no turning back. He would have followed Meade into Maryland and would have either a) attempted to maneuver Meade out of his Pipe Creek position or b) attacked.

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Agree again. Lee would have been better served to keep tANoVa in the Cumberland Valley and proceed towards Baltimore further stirring anti-war sentiment. But he was a man of action. Once he regained the use of his cavalry (something we have not even discussed) he would have pursued Meade where ever he went. It was just the way Lee was.