GDG- RE: Pipe Creek

[Tom Shay]

  In early September 1862, Lee wrote a letter to Davis which included this statement: "Should the results of the expedition justify it, I propose to enter Pennsylvania...".However, Joe Harsh ("TAKEN AT THE FLOOD") makes it clear that Lee appears to be considering nothing more than entering Chambersburg area (extreme southern PA).
  
There is myth promulgated by Brig Gen John Walker that during a meeting with Lee at the onset of the Maryland Campaign, Lee stated "and march to this point" placing his finger at Harrisburg. "This is the object point of the campaign." Harsh does a superb job of de-bunking much of Walker's account of that meeting.
   
  Tom Shay - Cressona, PA 


Stephen Recker <recker at virtualgettysburg.com> wrote:  Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


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. 

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