“General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, divisions, and armies, and should know, as well as any one, what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no fifteen thousand men ever arrayed for battle can take that position.”
–General James Longstreet to General Robert E. Lee
The quote above, provided as a recollection many years after the War by General Longstreet, was most likely referring to Longstreet’s thoughts immediately prior to ______________.
“General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, divisions, and armies, and should know, as well as any one, what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no fifteen thousand men ever arrayed for battle can take that position.”
–General James Longstreet to General Robert E. Lee
The quote above, provided as a recollection many years after the War by General Longstreet, was most likely referring to Longstreet’s thoughts immediately prior to ______________.
Pickett’s Charge on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
The firing on the Federal fortress in Charleston Harbor, Battery Wagner
Scott’s Anaconda’s final act at the Battle of Vicksburg
The Union advance through the cornfield at Antietam