GDG- Jackson pushing Lee

[Margaret D. Blough]

Tom,

>>Early in the war, Jackson wanted to take an army into the North to destroy 
> their war-related industries. Davis and Lee were slow to come around to 
> Jackson's strategy, but, by late 1862 and again in 1863, Lee apparently 
> recognized that the concept had some merit. <<

And so did the concept of the mice belling the cat in the fable.<g> The trick is in the execution (and getting someone to do it) and the logistics.  Did the ANV ever have the resources to operate in enemy territory for prolonged periods?  It is far easier said than done to control and/or disable underground coal mines, which, in Pennsylvania were mostly in the Northeast (anthracite) and the west, the bituminous Pittsburgh Seam which was on the other side of the Alleghenies from where Lee entered Pennsylvania as is was the Pittsburgh area with its factories and munitions industry. And, while Pennsylvania was one of the two most industrialized northern states, Northern industrial strength wasn't confined to a few areas.

Regards,

Margaret


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> <> Dick>> 
> 
> As with many other threads, this one started out discussing the Pipe Creek 
> Line then morphed into other subjects while retaining the PCL subject line. 
> 
> Regarding Jackson and Lee, a new book by Bevin Alexander, "How the South 
> Could Have Won the Civil War," argues that Jackson was the better 
> strategist. He makes some interesting points, but some Lee advocates would 
> undoubtedly take exception with that theory. 
> 
> Early in the war, Jackson wanted to take an army into the North to destroy 
> their war-related industries. Davis and Lee were slow to come around to 
> Jackson's strategy, but, by late 1862 and again in 1863, Lee apparently 
> recognized that the concept had some merit. 
> 
> Along with Alexander's new book, James Kegel's "North With Lee and Jackson" 
> discusses how Jackson, Lee and Davis addressed these issues. 
> 
> This could be a hot topic. 
> 
> Tom Ryan 
> 
> 
> 
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