Useless Battles Cost Many Lives-Civil War

[Craig Hipkins]

(10-16-2012 03:33 PM)HerbS Wrote:  How about St.Albans,Vermont?Where was Jeb Stuart at Gettysburg?Why didn't some General go after Lee's retreat line after Gettysburg?If we only knew more about Petersburg and the tunnel! Did Pickett really know that his "charge"would be a disaster?

Herb,
The Crater was mismanaged from the get-go. It probably would have had some degree of success if the Union Commanders had coordinated things differently.

Craig