Seeing Hooker was never going to take the offensive, Lee pulled two more Divisions, those of South Carolinian RH Anderson and Georgian Lafayette McLaws from in front of Hooker and led them himself against Sedgwick in conjunction with Jubal Early. It was to be a day of frustration for Lee, as he could not prod McLaws forward and get the 3 division attack going. Sedgwick withdrew over Banks’ Ford when he lost Marye’s Heights to Early.(Early had a great battle.)
This was the cue for Hooker to call the campaign over and he withdrew over US Ford on the 5th. Casualties were high for the four day battle: 13000 for Lee and 17000 for Hooker. Lee’s proportion was too high, considering he only had 60000 to start with.
Lee and the South had bettered an army twice the size of their own and given Virginia breathing space. Lee’s next move, as it had been in 62, after a victory, was to move North.
Gettysburg awaited.
Jackson would never again be Lee’s “right arm”’ as he passed away on the 10th from complications from his amputation.
His last words were: let us cross over the river and rest in the shade of the trees.
Since we're all changing names anyway…
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… I’ve changed my screen name from Frood to Ender - much more suitable for war gaming. And of course it reflects my strategic genius… :-D
So I’ve switched from a Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy theme to an Ender’s Game theme. I know some people think Ender’s game is a kids book, but I think it has a profound message that is primarily about understanding and ultimately loving your enemy. It made me think a lot anyway.
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Everyone is changing their names so drastically … I think Frood is gonna stick for a while :lol:
At least when I changed mine it was just shortened a lot -
Yea, but Ender’s Game is an awesome book! So is Ender’s Shadow
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An excellent series of books… (Though Speaker for the Dead in my opinion was not up to the others).
I have only read the actual Ender books, not the Bean books.
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There’s more then one Bean book?
To be honest, though, I read a few of the Ender books and really only liked Ender’s Game. Later Ender’s Shadow came out and that was pretty good.
Hegemony
Speaker for the Dead
etcReally seemed too long winded. Dunno.
Anyway, anyone read David Feintuch’s Midshipman’s Hope? Great book, okay series!
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