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Discusses the South's strategy
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Kegel ties together threads in the early history of the war that have an impact on its later course.
These include the adoption of an offensive strategy that would push the war out of Virginia and into Pennsylvania. Kegel elevates the importance of Stonewall Jackson as a strategic thinker in particular and elucidates his influence on Robert E. Lee.
In my own studies, I have found that Jackson did indeed make suggestions Lee later followed, particularly when it came to offensive operations, but Kegel leaves out a key figure in his work - Jefferson Davis.
Like Jackson, Davis shared a…
From Alexander's list on Confederate strategy during the Civil War.
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