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In reply to the discussion: WTF... Trump Says Confederate General Robert E. Lee 'Would Have Won Except for Gettysburg' [View all]First Speaker
(4,858 posts)13. General Jack D Ripper would have won the War of Jenkins' Ear...
...if not for the Battle of Bowling Green, and its unfortunate massacre...
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WTF... Trump Says Confederate General Robert E. Lee 'Would Have Won Except for Gettysburg' [View all]
steve2470
Sep 2020
OP
President Pennywise knows jack shit about the Civil War. He's just pumping on the myth.
Eyeball_Kid
Sep 2020
#2
Czarist Russia aided the North as well, they were the only major 'European' power to do so
Celerity
Sep 2020
#34
George Washington would have won the Battle of Brooklyn Heights if it wasn't for the British.
Aristus
Sep 2020
#5
True. That was another of Hitler's great mistakes, the first being the thought he knew...
brush
Sep 2020
#33
Yeah, there are a lot of Minnesotans that are proud of their state's civil war heritage.
Salviati
Sep 2020
#10
Lee should have never gotten into the Gettysburg engagement, and one of his leading ...
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2020
#28