re: #218 albusteve

yup, exactly right…he underestimated Meade, who had superior ground for his artillery…it was a disaster from the beginning and historians will forever wonder wtf was he thinking?…how in the world could Lee presume to flank the Union by taking Little Round Top?, a small piece of the larger fight…and how was it Lee didn’t consider Meades troops pouring into the fight?…rebel bravery was a tactical myth in terms of actually taking ground, and Getysburg was all about terrain…Lee fucked up monumentally

A recent show on History Channel or such showed through an experiment how much the rail fence across the field tore up Pickett’s charge. The time it added to their exposure, and the shelter offered by the roadway destroyed the momentum.