Comments on: Pickett’s Charge: What Were Some Of The Strategies The North And South Used? http://www.chinaitproducts.com/picketts-charge-what-were-some-of-the-strategies-the-north-and-south-used/ China IT products,IT Industry News, reviews and reference! Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:27:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Elmer F http://www.chinaitproducts.com/picketts-charge-what-were-some-of-the-strategies-the-north-and-south-used/comment-page-1/#comment-2016 Elmer F Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:50:16 +0000 http://www.chinaitproducts.com/picketts-charge-what-were-some-of-the-strategies-the-north-and-south-used/#comment-2016 Hello, Info is widely available on both North & South major officers/strategies. This is well-tilled soil. That includes Pickett's Charge @Gettysburg. The short answer is they tried a massive frontal assault. It put about 13K men into the maelstrom. Only 4-5K made it back to the Southern lines. Many Historians view that bloody mistake to have been the turning point of the war. I once saw a reenactment of the charge. It was brutal. The only way all 13K didn't get slaughtered, was those 4-5K seeing the futility before it was too late. I really liked a one-volume overall view of the war titled "Battle Cry Of Freedom." (Macpherson) I'm sure their are many better books for strategies out there. A point to remember, is that the Southern officers were mostly trained @West Point, alongside the North's. Hello,
Info is widely available on both North & South major officers/strategies. This is well-tilled soil. That includes Pickett’s Charge @Gettysburg. The short answer is they tried a massive frontal assault. It put about 13K men into the maelstrom. Only 4-5K made it back to the Southern lines. Many Historians view that bloody mistake to have been the turning point of the war. I once saw a reenactment of the charge. It was brutal. The only way all 13K didn’t get slaughtered, was those 4-5K seeing the futility before it was too late. I really liked a one-volume overall view of the war titled “Battle Cry Of Freedom.” (Macpherson) I’m sure their are many better books for strategies out there. A point to remember, is that the Southern officers were mostly trained @West Point, alongside the North’s.

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