GDG- RE: "Lee felt that his army was invincible"

[Tim Gennett]

Surely the loss of middle-grade officers cut both ways, affecting the ANV
and the AoP equally.  If you want to make the argument that Gettysburg
occurred too soon after Chancellorsville for the ANV to recover from its
C'Ville losses, don't you also have to recognize that the ranks of the AoP
were similarly decimated at C'Ville, and the whole impact thing ends up
being a wash?

Regards, Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com 
> [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of Smith, David [USA]
> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 14:48
> To: gettysburg at arthes.com
> Subject: GDG- RE: "Lee felt that his army was invincible"
> 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> This reinforces the thread going on discussing the loss of 
> Confederate officers at Chancellorsville.  The loss was 
> significant and I believe had a significant impact at Gettysburg.