GDG- Lee's Health at Gettysburg

[John Baniszewski]

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  The problem with trying to assess Lee's health at Gettysburg and the 
degree to which it impacted his ability to command (if at all) is that there 
isn't a whole lot of hard evidence.  Most of what we have amounts to 
anecdotal observations, plus soem rather general comments by Lee himself.
  
[UNSNIP]
   
  Anecdotal?  We have it in writing, from the best eye-witness there could be - Lee himself.  His offer of resignation states very plainly.  His exact words were "No one is more aware than myself of my inability for the duties of my position.  I am becoming more incapable of exertion, and am thus prevented from making the personal supervision of the operations in the field which I feel to be necessary".  
   
  John Baniszewski

 			
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