"Missed Opportunities – Four Battles That Might Have Ended" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Jun 2020 3:44 p.m. PST |
… the U.S. Civil War Long Before 1865 "WHAT IF THE South had marched on Washington D.C. in 1861 after the First Battle of Bull Run? Suppose General George McClellan had been bolder during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Picture General George Meade pursuing and destroying Robert E. Lee's army once and for all after Gettysburg. Could any of these scenarios have led to an early conclusion to the U.S. Civil War? Debates about how the bloody four-year conflict might have ended had one commander or another moved with greater haste, boldness, or discernment have raged for years…"
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| Legionarius | 16 Jun 2020 6:54 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 16 Jun 2020 12:30 p.m. PST |
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| Quaama | 16 Jun 2020 5:08 p.m. PST |
Such 'what ifs' are to me an interesting part of wargaming. You can test out what could have happened if something had been done differently. |
| donlowry | 16 Jun 2020 6:00 p.m. PST |
I don't know about the others, but, yes, I think Meade had a real chance to bag Lee's army on the retreat from Gettysburg, especially once the Potomac rose to unfordable heights. |
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completes a Confederate river ironclad.
