What if Jackson had been there instead of Ewell on day 1
Or what if Lee had listened to Longstreet and made the Feds attack an entrenched position
Had Lee been able to get his Army between the Yankees and Washington or Baltimore, Meade would have been under political pressure to attack. That should have been Lee’s primary objective.
But truthfully, with no supply lines for food, he was forced to attack or keep moving. His army would starve by being stationary.
Meade was aware of this, but would Lincoln and the northern government allow him to wait Lee out?
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