On the 24th May 1864 Grant gifted Lee the kind of opportunity that rarely happens in a campaign: to wreck the other’s army.
After the bloodletting of May 5-12th, that cost Lee 22000 casualties and Grant 34000,'weakening both armies by 33% and 25% respectively, Grant again disengaged and moved South towards Richmond. Lee had followed and had been reinforced with 7 small Brigades from his capital.
Grant had inadvertentally straddled his large army across the North Anna river.
Lee saw the way to take advantage of his smaller numbers and punish the Federal II Corps, Grant’s best. He could throw 30000 men at the 24000 that were over the V in the river separating Grant’s two halves of his army. Hancock’s 24000 could not be reinforced, because of the V of the river, so he readied his assault.
On the afternoon of the 24th Lee fell violently sick with diarrhoea. He lay helplessly for hours while the opportunity to assault, before the Union commanders realised the sure situation were in.
The reason Lee’s defensive strike could not be undertaken was simple: the attrition of the last 19 days had robbed him of a subordinate able to manage it.
Time and opportunity passed. Grant and Hancock’s isolated Corps were extremely lucky.
We all know the loss of a quarter of Grant’s force would never have changed his resolve to “fight it all out, even if it takes all Summer”, but another battering would have diminished his potential to do so sooner.
Funniest Site Ever i spent 5 hours reading.
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http://maddox.xmission.com/ ROTFL great guy such and ASS Hole though ;)
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I read this site all the time, his “I am better then your kids” rant is the best ever.
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yea aint it, and i thought his rant about hitting children was hilarious with showing all the types of ways u can hold your hand while slapping a child lol
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A quick review…
Not bad. If I had worthless hours to waste. However, I prefer to waste my time creating a philosophy of life based on Monty Python movies and the program. 8)He does have much of value re: kids and teenagers. :wink:
He nailed the Matrix: Reloaded movie… never saw a better review. 8)He is biased so his view that his website is “the greatest in the universe” is invalid. I would say it’s in the Top Ten Greatest Websites for Those Wishing to Waste Time. :D
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its a great website, but ive seen a lot of what he has (not in exact wording) on a lot of other websites. possible they took it from him, but i saw the others first, so im biased. anyway, its ok he thinks his website is the best in the universe, cause he knows he is totally biased