Lee was up against a very competent force, and a very competent General in Meade. Lee's downfall at Gettysburg was not all due to problems in the Confederate Army however. Coddington thoroughly debunks the vast importance of certain elements of the “Lost Cause” argument such as the problems caused by the long absence of Stuart's cavalry, the failure of Ewell, to take the high ground at the end of the first day, or the lack of commitment to the attacks by Longstreet on the second day, stressing that it was a combination of many factors that led to the Confederate defeat-not just these. Lee underestimated the ability of Meade and the Federal Army, whil e lacking effective communications, organization, and perhaps even some effective leadership in his own army. Coddington views the battle as being won by the Union, not as being lost by the Confederacy. He concludes with a discussion of the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg, culminating in the return to Virginia after the battle.Ĭoddington argues that the Union victory at Gettysburg was the result of skill, and some luck on the Federal side, and overconfidence bordering on arrogance on the part of the Confederates. Coddington completely chronicles the events surrounding the Army of Northern Virginia's invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the late spring and summer of 1863-beginning with a detailed consideration of the factors that led Lee to propose an invasion of the North following the Battle of Chancellorsville. OL4507044W Page_number_confidence 96.01 Pages 942 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20200120111322 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1083 Scandate 20200118185510 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Tts_version 3.Edwin B. Urn:lcp:gettysburgcampai0000codd:epub:fa219247-252e-4f36-b6bb-7c294f74201d Foldoutcount 0 Identifier gettysburgcampai0000codd Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9773wq3m Invoice 1652 Lccn 68011538 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Old_pallet IA12532 Openlibrary_edition Libraries) Boxid IA1764311 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:07:38 Associated-names Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University.
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