GDG- RE: Pipe Creek

[Stephen Recker]

Where did Lee state this? Thanks.

Stephen

On Monday, March 3, 2008, at 02:09  PM, Gitt, Doug wrote:

> In 1862, Lee stated the primary objective of his first invasion of the
> North was Harrisburg, the capital of the second largest state in the
> Union and an extremely important rail (and canal) center linking the
> eastern and western states of the Union.  Even a short occupation of
> Harrisburg would have had strategic consequences, perhaps equal to the
> later capture of Atlanta by the Union.