I think we could all use a bit of pick-me-up right about now, so seeing as it's July 3rd, why don't we once again reflect on one of the greatest white supremacist self-owns in military history:
He was very good whenever Stonewall Jackson was brilliant. Without Jackson, he got lucky several times with inept Union generalship.
His leadership at Gettysburg was just not good at all.
Pretty much. Many believe if Jackson had been alive for Gettysburg the Union probably would have been routed on the first day. Good thing he wasn't -- Lee floundered without him.
Jackson would probably have thrown everything into an assault on Culp's Hill. Routing Howard's forces would then have turned the whole Union right flank.
There was plenty of daylight, so a full-on collapse would have been likely. Though with no Stuart, pursuit would have been problematic.
When I was in middle school in Maryland, they took us to Gettysburg and made us reenact Pickett's Charge. We had little colored badges they would call out to tell us when to die. I got to carry a regimental flag. When I died, I cried out, "I die young, but I die for slavery! racism! and hate!"
This in a bad fake southern accent, natch. I also jammed the flagpole in a rock pile, very dramatic except I broke the flagpole. My weird Confederate-in-a-Union-state teacher was not amused. 😁
She sent me to sit on the bus, which, no, so I wandered the battlefield unaccompanied.
All of which is to say yes, national holiday please. 😁 And I'll spend a moment in fond remembrance of the horrified looks on two white supremacist teachers' faces as they watched an overly dramatic fat nerd ruin their solemn occasion while collapsing over a splintered flagpole.
had the war led to a drawn out invasion of northern states, i would bet slave revolts would have completely collapsed their economy.
logistics would have fucked the south. their only hope was to go full taliban which i don’t think any of their generals were cut out for let alone receptive to.
Nah. They probably did save a number of troops, but even with Jackson able to suss out what his sloppy orders meant that wasn't enough to overcome just how bad Lee was.
As soon as he encountered a first rate General (i.e. Meade) he was bound to lose.
And a Great one (i.e. Grant), he's fucked.
