How would you rate Robert E. Lee as a general? | History Forum
Apr 9, 2012 · In battle and on campaign, Lee's staff were little more than horsemen who delivered very general orders. Where good staff work might have made a difference for Lee, such as in the Seven Days or at the North Anna, and of course Gettysburg, (Where a staff officer sent by Lee utterly failed to conduct competent reconnaisance) things seemed to go ...
Lee and Longstreet at Gettysburg - a theory | History Forum
Jun 5, 2023 · But General Lee has ordered it and is expecting it. " Those were General Longstreet's exact words in relation to Pickett's Charge at Cemetery Ridge. General Lee must've realised that by July 2, Meade's centre line on Cemetery Ridge was weak and just one more determined advance would break it altogether.
The Generalship of Robert E. Lee | History Forum
Jul 28, 2012 · General Lee was dressed in a full uniform which was entirely new, and was wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely the sword which had been presented by the State of Virginia; at all events, it was an entirely different sword from the one that would ordinarily be worn in …
Robert E. Lee's Sword - History Forum
Jul 22, 2022 · "The weapon is very beautifully chased, and the scabbard is tastefully mounted in gold. Upon one side of the sword is inscribed the following:- 'Presented to Major-General Robert G. [sic] Lee, from the Virginia stall of the Southern Bazaar, at Liverpool, October 18, 1864.' It was supplied by Messrs. Webb and Bonnelli, of New Bond-street, London."
most underrated Civil War general and most overrated?
Jun 28, 2020 · Lee too to an extent but Lee was at least clearly the Confederacy's best army commander and produced some remarkable victories. Stonewall Jackson's reputation outside of being a corps commander rests entirely on the Valley Campaign, which while a very impressive showing on his part, was essentially a series of diversions against badly ...
William T. Sherman versus Robert E. Lee | History Forum
Sep 3, 2010 · Lee was on the whole a highly old-fashioned general who ran his army in an old fashioned way, and this impaired his performance. Sherman and Grant were modern generals who ran their army in modern ways, from the makeup and assigned responsibilities of their personal staffs on down, and that was one of the reasons that they produced superior ...
Why is Robert E Lee considered so great? - History Forum
May 15, 2015 · General Lee conducted three offensive campaigns in his career; W. Virginia, the Antietam campaign and the Gettysburg campaign and failed did not have a single victory among them. It boggles my mind that someone could be termed a great general without a single successful campaign in his CV.
Lee's Biggest Mistake at Gettysburg - History Forum
Jul 12, 2014 · Now it seems that Lee wasn't crazy, he had legitimate reasons for believing the attack would succeed (poor artillery support and underestimation of resistance on Cemetery Ridge surely didn't help). However, marching 12,000 troops across a mile of open ground with Union artillery firing on them from all over was just a poor idea in general.
William T Sherman- the Most Overrated General of the Civil war
However General Schofeild found a way to outflank the enemy allowing the union to force the retreat of the confederates and rescuing Sherman from more direct assault with heavy losses. John Bell Hood Takes Command “Hes is bold...I am doubtful to other qualities necessary”-Robert E Lee on John Bell Hood
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in Mexico | History Forum
Feb 10, 2023 · General Lee was more familiar with future Union General George McClellan who was a staff officer under Lee. Major General Thomas served under Genearl Lee when Lee was the command of West Point and Thomas and his wife dined with the Lee's at West Point.