General Robert E. Lee.pdf

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GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE:

CONFEDERATE FAILURE

By: Michael E. Rhoades


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GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE

Leading cause of the

Confederates defeat

because of Lees:

Poor strategic decisions

Consequential view of warfare

Ego and stubbornness(John K. McNeill Camp #674).


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NORTHERN INVASION

Political tactic with no concrete objective

Left Richmond vulnerable for an attack

Left defensive warfare

First offensive for South Extremely risky


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LEES STUBBORNNESS

Lees ego affected his decision making

Lee wouldnt accept defeat

Confidence and Arrogance drove his Northern

Invasion. Warned not to attack at Gettysburg

Ignored all the negatives

Proceeded with offensive against all odds


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ADVANCED WEAPONRYAND TECHNOLOGY

(The Effect of Rifling)

(The Effect of Rifling)

Lees infantry tacticswere based onsmoothbore musketwarfare.

Outdated NapoleonicWarfare

Lees tactics wereobsolete to the rifle

and minie ball. Advanced rifled

muskets and the minieball proved to bedeadly accurate.


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CONSEQUENTIAL WARFARE

Lees view of warfare

The end justifies the means

-Machiavelli

Gettysburg

Picketts Charge

Aftermath of Picketts

Charge (Hess and Wolfe)


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LEES NEGATIVES

Took great risks with his forces

Consequential warfare

Forceful and aggressive strategydepleted his limited resources ofmen and materiel

Used outdated Napoleonic tactic

of warfare

Led with his ego

Very stubborn, ignoring

negatives

(John K. McNeill Camp #674).


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WHAT LEE SHOULDOF DONE

When the enemy

occupies high ground

do not confront him. If

he attacks downhill,

do not oppose him.-Sun Tzu

There are some

armies that should not

be fought and someground that should

not be contested.

-Sun Tzu


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ANYQUESTIONS?


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