A digital reimagining of Gettysburg - Anne Knowles
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It is unfortunate that the movie Gettysburg was based on the story originally told by Longstreet in his book From Manassas to Appomattox and repeated in the novel Killer Angels. Lee's plan to draw the Union Army away from Washington was brilliant and he crushed the Union army on the first day of battle with his whole army converging on the Union Army, which was arriving one corps at a time. Failure to capitalize and take Culp's Hill that night sealed the Confederates fate. Without Stonewall Jackson, Lee was encumbered by the slow and reluctant Longstreet who delayed so much that the Union had plenty of time to bring up reinforcements. defeating Lee's well thought out plan.
Date: 2020-08-22
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MakeMeThinkAgain
This is very interesting and valuable, but Lee would have acted the same in any case. This was his last chance to win the war and his tactics would have worked prior to the introduction of the minie ball. Napoleon made a career out of attacking the flanks to weaken the center before the decisive attack.
Longstreet didn't have any more visual information than Lee, but he appreciated that the tactics they had all been taught at West Point were no longer valid. Grant would later make the same mistake at Cold Harbor and Burnside had made it over and over earlier in the war.
Still, great maps and information. A similar evaluation of Waterloo would be interesting as Wellington used his reverse slope to great advantage against the French.
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This is very interesting and valuable, but Lee would have acted the same in any case. This was his last chance to win the war and his tactics would have worked prior to the introduction of the minie ball. Napoleon made a career out of attacking the flanks to weaken the center before the decisive attack.
Longstreet didn't have any more visual information than Lee, but he appreciated that the tactics they had all been taught at West Point were no longer valid. Grant would later make the same mistake at Cold Harbor and Burnside had made it over and over earlier in the war.
Still, great maps and information. A similar evaluation of Waterloo would be interesting as Wellington used his reverse slope to great advantage against the French.
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education
at 5: 14 she says Lee sent out scouts the night of July 2nd. She is confused.
She is referring to Lee sending scouts (Capt Johnson) in the direction of the Round Tops, (union left flank) but that happened on on the morning of July 2nd. It is then the reports were that the round tops were undefended. Of course as the day progressed things changed, Union troops moved. and Longstreet, waiting for Evander Law's brigade to arrive after a 20 mile march that same day, was late in attacking.
Scouting prior to Pickett's charge was not a factor. The lines were firming set. Lee didn't detect holes in the line but relied on his 178 guns to blow one open. They over shot.
Also, not 18K the working number is 12K. for the charge.
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at 5: 14 she says Lee sent out scouts the night of July 2nd. She is confused.
She is referring to Lee sending scouts (Capt Johnson) in the direction of the Round Tops, (union left flank) but that happened on on the morning of July 2nd. It is then the reports were that the round tops were undefended. Of course as the day progressed things changed, Union troops moved. and Longstreet, waiting for Evander Law's brigade to arrive after a 20 mile march that same day, was late in attacking.
Scouting prior to Pickett's charge was not a factor. The lines were firming set. Lee didn't detect holes in the line but relied on his 178 guns to blow one open. They over shot.
Also, not 18K the working number is 12K. for the charge.
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Richard
Unfortunately, this is an example of an academic/specialist making up a narrative out of gloss and glimmer. 18, 000 thousand men holding rifles? Lee knew by the end of the 2nd day that the whole Army of the Potomac was on the field, whether he could see their uniforms or not. Please don't encourage this type of fad where folks have to come up with original ideas, when in fact those ideas are fiction.
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Unfortunately, this is an example of an academic/specialist making up a narrative out of gloss and glimmer. 18, 000 thousand men holding rifles? Lee knew by the end of the 2nd day that the whole Army of the Potomac was on the field, whether he could see their uniforms or not. Please don't encourage this type of fad where folks have to come up with original ideas, when in fact those ideas are fiction.
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cam
From accounts, there were only 12500 Confederates, not 18000, taking part in the actual 'charge'. Also, they all wouldn't have charged with, as she says, rifles levelled. When in double line of battle, that would be very hazardous to the men in front because of the chance of being stabbed if the fellow in the rear tripped or fell forward. Shoulder arms was the traditional way to advance.
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From accounts, there were only 12500 Confederates, not 18000, taking part in the actual 'charge'. Also, they all wouldn't have charged with, as she says, rifles levelled. When in double line of battle, that would be very hazardous to the men in front because of the chance of being stabbed if the fellow in the rear tripped or fell forward. Shoulder arms was the traditional way to advance.
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Mr.
The scouts she discusses were actually dispatched on the morning of the 2nd day, and their information was relevant to Lees command decisions on Day 2, not Day 3. This is a fairly significant error in an otherwise interesting method of analysis. So far as I know, Lee estimated Federal strength in the centre to approximately 5000 men, and was correct.
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The scouts she discusses were actually dispatched on the morning of the 2nd day, and their information was relevant to Lees command decisions on Day 2, not Day 3. This is a fairly significant error in an otherwise interesting method of analysis. So far as I know, Lee estimated Federal strength in the centre to approximately 5000 men, and was correct.
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Carlo
What happened to the confederate troops in the upper right corner?
The union troops facing them at first moved back to the center. like those troops just disappeared? Were they routed? (Weird as they looked like a big division facing a smaller enemy)
How is it possible that she didn't explain that part?
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What happened to the confederate troops in the upper right corner?
The union troops facing them at first moved back to the center. like those troops just disappeared? Were they routed? (Weird as they looked like a big division facing a smaller enemy)
How is it possible that she didn't explain that part?
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Michael
Very interesting use of technology to answer historic questions. I find it quite suspicious that so many scouts could not find so many soldiers in so small a space. Not one man could find a single soldier. Even if they could hide every man, the Union army had horses that would have made noise.
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Very interesting use of technology to answer historic questions. I find it quite suspicious that so many scouts could not find so many soldiers in so small a space. Not one man could find a single soldier. Even if they could hide every man, the Union army had horses that would have made noise.
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Trajan
This lady is so deluded. Before Pickets charge there was the greatest cannonade in history in the western hemisphere. 175 Rebel guns and 125 Yankee guns which created smoke that blinded in 25 ft. Lee knew what was in the center. Longstreet certainly knew.
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This lady is so deluded. Before Pickets charge there was the greatest cannonade in history in the western hemisphere. 175 Rebel guns and 125 Yankee guns which created smoke that blinded in 25 ft. Lee knew what was in the center. Longstreet certainly knew.
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TRex22
Really cool how GIS was used. When I was in highschool I took part in a university training course on GIS. Now studying computer science its strange to see how many of my fellow students and computer scientist disregard this kind of computer technology.
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Really cool how GIS was used. When I was in highschool I took part in a university training course on GIS. Now studying computer science its strange to see how many of my fellow students and computer scientist disregard this kind of computer technology.
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