Anaxagoras
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With a POD no earlier than June 26, 1864, is there any way for Jubal Early to capture Washington?
what you should really be asking is if he can keep control of it?
Just looking at the Wikipedia battle record, Early never had more than about 20,000 troops at his disposal. Lincoln would be courting impeachment if he failed to maintain sufficient troops around Washington to stop an army that small at all times.
So yeah, unless John Bell Hood somehow got put in charge of Washington's defenses, I don't see any way to get around that.
In the books I have read about the battle of Bull Run, the historians say that the Confederate Army was is such a state of disrepair after the battle that all the generals could do for a week after the battle was try to reorganize the forces.
My old college instructor once said of 19th century military forces that "an army in victory was just as disorganized as an army in defeat."
However if lets say that in a ATL the Confederate army that fought at Bull Run was only a distraction for the real army that went to Washington, well I guess you can imagine. he he
In the books I have read about the battle of Bull Run, the historians say that the Confederate Army was is such a state of disrepair after the battle that all the generals could do for a week after the battle was try to reorganize the forces.
My old college instructor once said of 19th century military forces that "an army in victory was just as disorganized as an army in defeat."
However if lets say that in a ATL the Confederate army that fought at Bull Run was only a distraction for the real army that went to Washington, well I guess you can imagine. he he
Lets say he captures Washington. That is the easy part.
what you should really be asking is if he can keep control of it?