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25th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg photograph
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:04 pm
In the center, with the white mutton chops, is James Longstreet. To his right is Daniel Butterfield - George Meade's chief of staff during the battle. Standing to Butterfield's right is Joshua L. Chamberlain - probably the battle's most well-known figure as it relates to pop culture. And the portly man in the brown suit is Daniel Sickles - the Union general who "saved" the Union left on the battle's second day (at the cost of his right leg).
This post was edited on 5/8/19 at 5:06 pm
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Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:07 pm to RollTide1987
Yankee swine
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:07 pm to RollTide1987
Is that Denzel back middle?
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:08 pm to RollTide1987
Chamberlain saved the Union left. Sickles destroyed his own corps with his reckless actions and put the entire Army of the Potomac at risk.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:14 pm to Wolfhound45
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Sickles destroyed his own corps with his reckless actions and put the entire Army of the Potomac at risk.
Sickles would argue that, while he did destroy his corps, by moving forward he prevented Longstreet from reaching the main Union line of defense. Think about it. On the morning of July 2, the Peach Orchard, Wheatfield, and Devil's Den were all located in the no-mans-land between both armies. The Confederates lost nearly 9,000 men trying to get through those three positions and failed to gain a foothold on Little Round Top and Cemetery Ridge.
If Sickles hadn't been there and Longstreet had been allowed to assault Little Round Top and Cemetery Ridge without having to fight the understrength III Corps a half a mile forward of the main Union line, who knows what happens?
Just playing devil's advocate.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:19 pm to RollTide1987
Damn. Can’t believe that was taken only 25 years ago
Posted on 5/8/19 at 5:48 pm to RollTide1987
Sickles did not coordinate his efforts with Meade, period. All because Sickles had recently fought on unfavorable terrain and was concerned only about his own corps. His actions forced Meade to pull reserves from the right of the AotP and nearly caused them to lose Culp’s Hill. His reckless actions ended up in an uplanned spoiling attack which did blunt the assault by Longstreet. But it was by accident, not by design. I am looking at his motives, not outcomes. Reckless and selfish.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 6:15 pm to RollTide1987
The original Anti-Baw Coalition.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 6:33 pm to RollTide1987
My great, great grandfather was there. Company F, First Texas Regiment, Hood's Brigade, Longstreet's Corps. Wounded there and also in Miller's cornfield at Antietam, where his unit suffered 83 percent casualties.
Of the 4,400 Texans only about 600 were still serving by the end of the war. Of his company of 155 original enlistees, only five were present at 1865 surrender. He was in a Union prison camp and survived, fortunately for me.
Of the 4,400 Texans only about 600 were still serving by the end of the war. Of his company of 155 original enlistees, only five were present at 1865 surrender. He was in a Union prison camp and survived, fortunately for me.
Posted on 5/8/19 at 6:59 pm to Wolfhound45
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I am looking at his motives, not outcomes. Reckless and selfish.
Technically you are correct...
But this is also an example of the venerable saying.. "I would rather be lucky than good..."
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