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In reply to the discussion: What the fuck did this guy just say? [View all]DemocraticPatriot
(5,410 posts)at Gettysburg...
After routing the Union army on the first day and chasing them through the town,
General Lee's orders to General Ewell were
'go and take that hill (Cemetery hilll) if practicable',
which Ewell failed to attempt to do.
(That is where the death of General Stonewall Jackson after the previous battle in Virginia really cost them at Gettysburg--- Jackson would not have failed to make the assault upon the hills in the evening of the first day at Gettysburg-- but he was in his grave, and Ewell, who had been promoted to command a portion of Jackson's 2nd corps, was not so aggressive--- "failed to pursue", in military parlance...)
Well, maybe Drumph had some notion about the value of the high ground,
but that is the most he recalls about the movie 'Gettysburg'....
So, I think I know more about the battle of Gettysburg than a former so-called President of the United States, and more about US History in general than Donald Drumph--- as do most fifth graders....
For instance, there were no airports during the Revolutionary war, since the airplane was not yet a functional thing.....