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On a serious note, if the Army of the Potomac had had a decent commander pre-Grant, you wouldn't have seen a major battle inside Pennsyl-fucking-vania years into the war. That was inexcusable. McClellan had everything at his fingertips to win, or hell, at least stalemate deep inside Virginia. I mean, if you're in the Union Army and got your leg shot off under Grant, he at least keeps on trying to make your shot-off leg count for something. Get your leg shot off under McClellan, and he's runnin for President on the Fuck It, I Quit ticket.

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On 1/5/2020 at 8:51 PM, RamjetFDO said:
On 1/5/2020 at 8:17 PM, otisdog said:
Planning on taking my wife to DC and show here what our nation was founded on, with a side trip to Gettysburg....recommended books for background...?

"The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara.

 

I'm not really a history or civil war buff, but I had to read that book in HS, then again in Forgie's Civil War class at UT. One of my top five all time favorite books.

 

 

 

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