The American Civil War

[Agelastus]

Re: beg to differ

Originally posted by laelius
Agelastus,
You know alot and I respect your responses, but i beg to differ here.
There was no indirect approach used in Picketts charge.

No, there wasn't-either a bad day, or Lee was not as good on the battlefield as he was at getting there. I tend to think of it as an "off-day", which is something that has the nasty habit of creeping up on even the best generals.

Gettysburg, if I recall maps correctly, does lie to the north of Washington though, not the south..........well, north-west.