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Railway network in the United States at the start of the US Civil War (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

'Good' is a strong word. A lot of '61 was two sets of incompetents flailing at each other, and the dice coming up lucky for the South, while '62 and '63 was largely a series of unforced errors on the part of incompetent Northern generals. The strategic acumen of Lee et co is much overstated.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't saying that southern generals were good, just that most of the northern ones didn't seem to be. Sorry for being unclear.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Ah, yeah, completely correct then.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Tactical Acumen I think. That's the overall reputation of Lee, earned or not. He's never really been noted as a good strategist.