Comments on: Longstreet - Scapegoat or Culprit http://www.historynet.com/longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 19 May 2013 11:23:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matthew, Janesville, WI http://www.historynet.com/longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit.htm#comment-786648 Matthew, Janesville, WI Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:30:48 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684639#comment-786648 I must say! It is a pleasant relief to read some informed rational opinions expressed. I am a bit weary of the bomb throwers and their revisionist views. I’ve walk the whole of the Gettysburg field of battle twice now. I feel that a strong assault on the morning of July 3rd, on the south flank would have overrun the Union positions and rolled right up the Federal lines. That said, I also think Longstreet dragged his feet that day. I must say! It is a pleasant relief to read some informed rational opinions expressed. I am a bit weary of the bomb throwers and their revisionist views. I’ve walk the whole of the Gettysburg field of battle twice now. I feel that a strong assault on the morning of July 3rd, on the south flank would have overrun the Union positions and rolled right up the Federal lines. That said, I also think Longstreet dragged his feet that day.

]]> By: Dan, Cape Coral FL http://www.historynet.com/longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit.htm#comment-786404 Dan, Cape Coral FL Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:20:36 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684639#comment-786404 Anyone who has walked the ground from the treeline to the copse of trees at the center of the Union line at Gettysburg can see that Pickett's charge was doomed from the outset. No army could march exposed accross that much ground without being cut to ribbons. The decision to make the charge was Lee's greatest blunder. Pickett said after the war, "that old man cost me my division.". Sadly, he was right. Anyone who has walked the ground from the treeline to the copse of trees at the center of the Union line at Gettysburg can see that Pickett's charge was doomed from the outset. No army could march exposed accross that much ground without being cut to ribbons. The decision to make the charge was Lee's greatest blunder. Pickett said after the war, "that old man cost me my division.". Sadly, he was right.

]]> By: Richard Franklin, Raleigh, NC http://www.historynet.com/longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit.htm#comment-785878 Richard Franklin, Raleigh, NC Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:07:12 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684639#comment-785878 Kenneth Knickerbocker's comments are spot on. I couldn't agree more. Kenneth Knickerbocker's comments are spot on. I couldn't agree more.

]]> By: Kenneth R.Knickerbocker,1SG,USA, Retired http://www.historynet.com/longstreet-scapegoat-or-culprit.htm#comment-784042 Kenneth R.Knickerbocker,1SG,USA, Retired Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:22:43 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684639#comment-784042 Gentlemen, Speaking from 25 years of experience in the US Army, I wish to add Longstreet was a veteran of the War with Mexico. And He was at Fredricksburg. He knew the disaster of trying a frontal assault against fixed and fortified troops, backed by arty. This has been proven throughout history to be disasterous, and costly. No commander worth anything would ever contemplate such a move if he had another option. A frontal assault was nothing short of Suicide. Lee should have listened to Longstreet, and elected to find better ground. Having walked the grounds of Gettysburg with a soldier's eye, there is no way Pickett's charge could have ended any other way than it did. Gentlemen,

Speaking from 25 years of experience in the US Army, I wish to add Longstreet was a veteran of the War with Mexico. And He was at Fredricksburg. He knew the disaster of trying a frontal assault against fixed and fortified troops, backed by arty. This has been proven throughout history to be disasterous, and costly. No commander worth anything would ever contemplate such a move if he had another option. A frontal assault was nothing short of Suicide. Lee should have listened to Longstreet, and elected to find better ground. Having walked the grounds of Gettysburg with a soldier's eye, there is no way Pickett's charge could have ended any other way than it did.

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