GDG- A little clarification please.

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I think they could get a little nervous  sometimes.
 
A  Loyal Neo-Anti Unionist,
Peter  

 
In a message dated 1/27/2012 6:35:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bluzdad at yahoo.com writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
Were they easily frightened?


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From:  "CWMHTours at aol.com" <CWMHTours at aol.com>
To: gettysburg at arthes.com  
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- A little  clarification please.

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
I  think he had to go anywhere that would scare the bejeezus  out of  
Lincoln, Halleck and Stanton

A  Loyal Neo-Anti  Unionist,
Peter  


In a message dated 1/26/2012 10:03:17  P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bluzdad at yahoo.com  writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:
It seems that  everyone agrees that if Lee had gone  to Harrisburg, he 
would 
not  have tried to stay there any longer than  necessary. So then, the  
contentious issue is wether he really planned on going  there at all?  

(This is a "Just Occurred to Me"  question): If his goal was to  draw the 
AoP north, how far north was far  enough?  
K.



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>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>> I tend to favor  the  notion that Harrisburg was a decoy to draw Union 
forces out into  the open. I  absolutely believe that Lee would have  sent 
forces  into the city,  primarily to destroy railroad  infrastructure,  
damage 
manufacturing  operations, capture supplies, and   generally create further 
panic in the  north, but holding the city  was  never an option. I believe 
there 
was a  relatively small  window of  opportunity for the ANV to operate in   
Pennsylvania.
>> 
>> On Jan 26, 2012, at 2:13 PM,  keith  mackenzie wrote:
>> 
>>> Esteemed GDG  Member  Contributes:
>>> I've read a couple of posts where  the esteemed  member insisted that  
Lee did not intend to hold  Harrisburg if he did in  fact assault and  take 
it.
>>>  I don't know if it was more  than one poster or only one several  
times.
>>> My
>>>  question is, does anyone think  he would have attempted to hold it? I 
don't  think anyone has put  forward that POV, but I might have missed   it.
>>>  thanks
>>> K.
>>>     
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