with george mcclellan and the army of the potomac city on your doorstep somehow you have to get them away from that. and if you jump ahead to 64 what happens? brandt takes the war to richmond and then from richmond to petersburg his army is going to bleed a slow death. so you have to fight it awaited the other factor in the's calculation and this is critical to understand he will write about this time and again, and he paid close attention to what was going on in the north. as a trivia his favorite newspaper was a philadelphia inquirer. he felt they had the most reliable correspondence with the army of the potomac. he would read other newspapers but his favorite was the philadelphia inquirer. but anyhow, he knew that the confederacy to win this war had to achieve a yes on the battlefield but ultimately, what they had to do was break the will of the northern people. the will of the northern people to sustain the war effort in the face of defeat and sacrificed in the loss of a husband and brothers and so forth that was well into the german military analyst as it was the center of gravi

with the george b. mcclellan and the army of the potomac sitting on your doorstep, somehow you have to get them away from the. if you jump ahead to 64, what happens? grant takes the war to richman, does me? and then from richmond to petersburg and lee's arm is going to bleed a slow death. so to lee you have to fight another way. the other calculation, this is critical to understand, lee will write about this time and again, and he paid close attention to what was going on in the north. as a trivia, some of you might -- lee's favorite newspaper was "the philadelphia inquirer." he thought that had the most reliable correspondence with the army of the potomac. he would read other newspapers but his favorite was "the philadelphia inquirer." but anyhow, he knew that the confederacy to win this war had to achieve on the battlefield, but ultimately what they had to do was to break the will of the northern people. the will of the northern people to sustain the war effort in the face of defeat and sacrifices and losses of

when he drove the army of the potomac with george mcclellan's help in the sense that mcclellan wantedo retreat away from them, but when they receive flatbush the war in the east is going to change. that is because we was willing to do that. this is an army that will be not the army did you think about later. just a couple of things that struck me. one of the standard things, of course, terrible mass communication. jackson had a bad campaign. given over to 50 in dallas. we are not sure, but he doesn't do very well. in fact, lee had serious questions about someone jackson's conduct in that campaign. but one of the other things that struck me was the amount. my goodness. a lot of good all seven boys that weren't interested. when they came close to the battlefield they went around. this is going to be a problem throughout 62. we get into antietam, but this is clearly a problem at that time. just for an example of how they weren't a machine by any means, and that is malvern hill, the question has been argued and still remains argued. i just saw recent market -- article. the premise and par