Even I - with my rather limited knowledge of these events - am aware of the ludicrous myths around Lee when, if one examines his military tactics, he seems rather delusional. - Simon Dillon

…s early in the war, most notably at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. But these victories aside, Lee’s near-obsessive desire to destroy the Army of the Potomac caused him to repeatedly take unacceptable losses in situations where victory was clearly not attainable, Antietam and Gettysburg being the most egregious examples. Far too often he refused to listen to his commanders or delegate responsibility to them, preferrin…
Five Stubbornly Persistent Myths About the American Civil War
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Even I - with my rather limited knowledge of these events - am aware of the ludicrous myths around Lee when, if one examines his military tactics, he seems rather delusional.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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