GDG- Lee's decision to move North

[Rea Andrew Redd]

"Or was that just icing on the cake for Davis' benefit? (Keith)"

" I once passed along the thought in this space that the best thing for 
theConfederacy following Hooker's defeat at Chancellorsville would have 
been for Lee to be sent to Mississippi to reorganize and rally the troops in
their confrontation with Grant -- leaving Longstreet behind to command 
theANV and keep an eye on the much deflated Union army.  (Tom)"
   
  After reading Coddington again, it appears that Lee had his way with Davis and Seddon and certainly not visa versa. Davis and Seddon both wanted reinforcements and Lee himself in Mississippi; Lee refused both requests with such gentlemanly style and logic that the President and Secretary of War  figuratively bowed the knee and said 'as you wish, General Lee.'
     No one that I'm aware of has every written an essay entitled 'Lee, The Confederate Nationalist.'


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