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Yes a great series and always liked Shelby Foote, the historian.
General Lee’s victories and invasion into the North to attack Washington - where South hoped North would then sue for peace- but where he was stopped at Gettysburg - which was probably end of the war then. Although went on for a few more years.
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Ken Burns’ Civil War on 21:29 - Dec 4 by Nookiejack
Yes a great series and always liked Shelby Foote, the historian.
General Lee’s victories and invasion into the North to attack Washington - where South hoped North would then sue for peace- but where he was stopped at Gettysburg - which was probably end of the war then. Although went on for a few more years.
For the first two days pf Gettysburg Lee was winning. It was then that Lee made his great mistake. He sent Gen, George Pickett to attack Little Round Top. 15,000 men charged up hill without cover. It was a massacre.
Lee retreated South. Meade, the Union commander let him go. Had he followed up the war could have ended sooner instead of lasting two more years.
Had the South had the resources that the North had, it could have ended differently. In the end the rebels were starving, shoeless and throwing rocks.
Like all wars it was horrific, but fascinating.
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Ken Burns’ Civil War on 12:58 - Dec 5 with 783 views
Would love the time to watch all of this. I guess the only way would be on a laptop where travelling. I have seen a few episodes over the years but would love to get the full picture. An interesting and complex war, with bloodshed on a scale not seen before. Fascinates me more now I have visited Georgia, Louisiana and the Carolinas in recent years.
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Ken Burns’ Civil War on 14:14 - Dec 5 with 758 views
For the first two days pf Gettysburg Lee was winning. It was then that Lee made his great mistake. He sent Gen, George Pickett to attack Little Round Top. 15,000 men charged up hill without cover. It was a massacre.
Lee retreated South. Meade, the Union commander let him go. Had he followed up the war could have ended sooner instead of lasting two more years.
Had the South had the resources that the North had, it could have ended differently. In the end the rebels were starving, shoeless and throwing rocks.