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re: Greatest military commander (any branch of service) in U.S. history?
Posted on 2/17/14 at 7:36 am to elprez00
Posted on 2/17/14 at 7:36 am to elprez00
How about JEB Stuart and his flying Calvary. The Europeans were astonished at how they pulled small artillery with them and it changed the course of warfare.
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Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:12 am to lsu_tiger_az
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George Patton
Posted on 2/17/14 at 8:19 am to elprez00
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Had Jackson not died after Chancellorsville, Gettysburg probably goes differently.
I can agree with this. The battle would have had a completely different result after the first day of combat.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 9:23 am to TigersOfGeauxld
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Not many of Lee's decisions during the battle made sense, and many were frankly out of character.
Lee's behavior at Gettysburg was vintage Lee. Of all the battles he fought between June 1, 1862 (the day he took command) and July 1, 1863 (first day of Gettysburg), Lee fought only one purely defensive battle (Fredericksburg). Lee's original plan may have been to fight a defensive campaign in order to keep the army intact (I, too, believe Longstreet over Lee), but I think the first day of the battle had more to do with Lee's decision-making than his ill-health.
Posted on 2/17/14 at 9:23 am to GetCocky11
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I can agree with this. The battle would have had a completely different result after the first day of combat.
Agreed. The South would have lost more men than they ended up losing had Jackson been at Gettysburg.
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