Lee VanRoss
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jltrent> With 6 generations of Virginia Lee's (not R E) in my veins I can appreciate some peoples sense of admiration and loyalty
to the General. As much as some would like to tout his military prowess I would tell anyone after Gettysburg that his
eventual defeat was a foregone conclusion. Had he been the tactician some have proclaimed him to be he would have
gone hell bent for Washington DC and taken the capital and possibly Lincoln and a good share of Congress captive.
A percentage of what was lost with Pickett's brigade would have been enough to slow or delay Union forces until
he acquired Washington.
After Gettysburg he was basically in a defensive, counter attack situation with little hope of foreign intervention and
a lack of industrial capability to supply an army in the field. That he was loved by family and friends as well as
comrade en armes speaks to his human qualities. I do not recall that he took defeat lightly nor do I recall him
as one to blame a George Bush or Donald Trump unlike some of the questionable leadership we are saddled with
today. I have little doubt, Robert Edward Lee the man will outlive the statute and deservedly so as he is required
to justify himself to none but the Living God. Respectfully Lee VanRoss
to the General. As much as some would like to tout his military prowess I would tell anyone after Gettysburg that his
eventual defeat was a foregone conclusion. Had he been the tactician some have proclaimed him to be he would have
gone hell bent for Washington DC and taken the capital and possibly Lincoln and a good share of Congress captive.
A percentage of what was lost with Pickett's brigade would have been enough to slow or delay Union forces until
he acquired Washington.
After Gettysburg he was basically in a defensive, counter attack situation with little hope of foreign intervention and
a lack of industrial capability to supply an army in the field. That he was loved by family and friends as well as
comrade en armes speaks to his human qualities. I do not recall that he took defeat lightly nor do I recall him
as one to blame a George Bush or Donald Trump unlike some of the questionable leadership we are saddled with
today. I have little doubt, Robert Edward Lee the man will outlive the statute and deservedly so as he is required
to justify himself to none but the Living God. Respectfully Lee VanRoss