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Article: What if Lee had won Gettysburg?(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2004
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Byline: Tom O'Brien, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The authors of "Grant Comes East" have spun a good yarn. They pose a version of a question popular in some nonacademic history circles: "What if?" In this case, what if Robert E. Lee had inflicted a severe defeat on the Union Army during his invasion of Pennsylvania in July 1863?
What would have resulted? Could Lee have taken Washington, forcing an end to the war and winning international recognition for the Confederacy? Suspense in this crisply written plot depends on whether Ulysses S. Grant, fresh from his victory at Vicksburg, can get back East in time to stave off a disaster for the United States. ...