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Wow!   We usually just get complaints in  here.
 
Nice to hear a complement for a change!
 
;-{)   .......
 
A  Loyal Neo-Anti Unionist,
Peter  

 
In a message dated 1/25/2012 11:20:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
glory at zbzoom.net writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
Wow
What a fantastic number of great posts in  response to my post re the 
armchair general article that dissed Lee, his  Harrisburg objective and frontal 
attacks.

Thank you 
Awesome!
Has  renewed my faith in GDG
We will never know the extent of Lee's intentions  but it does appear 
Harrisburg was an important target.
It is great to see  members posting the primary and secondary sources
Dave


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On Jan 25, 2012, at 5:53 PM, "Tom Ryan"  <pennmardel at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Esteemed GDG Member  Contributes:
> Further to my previous post on this subject, here is what  John Gordon 
wrote
> in his "Reminiscences of the Civil War."
>  
> "As my orders were not restricted, except to direct me to cross  the
> Susquehanno, if possible, my immediate object was to move rapidly  down 
that
> raving to the river, then along its right bank to the  bridge, seize it, 
and
> cross to the Columbia side.  Once across, I  intened to mount my men, if
> practicable, so as to pass rapidly through  Lancaster in the direction of
> Philadelphia, and thus compel General  Meade to send a portion of his 
army to
> the defence of that  city."
> 
> Note that Gordon did not say he was actually intending  to go all the way 
to
> Philadelphia, and may have had reference to a  feint in that direction to
> lure part of the AoP to the city's  defense.
> 
> Although Gordon has the reputation of not being the  most reliable 
reporter
> of events in his memoirs, this statement does  seem to coincide with what
> Early had to say as posted  previously.
> 
> Tom Ryan
> 
> 
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