Quick Northern Victory in the ACW

TFSmith121

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True - if Johnston and Beauregard fall back in disarray,

there's really nothing but the Virginia militia (old men and boys with shotguns and flintlocks at best in '61) to reinforce with...

The 1862 conscript force is weeks to months away.

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It is MUCH easier to get the North to win faster than the South to win at all.

1) Johnston crushed a Bull Run
2) Lee crushed at Seven Days
3) Lee crushed at Antietam
4) Howard obeys orders and is prepared for a flanking attack and Hooker crushes Lee at Chancellorsville
5) Lee crushed at Gettysburg

Crushing Lee at Gettysburg would be difficult based on the terrain. Perhaps if Sickles hadn't blundered,
 

TFSmith121

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Remember, McClellan SELECTED Pinkerton for the G2 role

What about McClellan having somebody competent running his military intelligence instead of Pinkerton?

And Pinkerton, early on at least, offered something resembling reality - GBM got what he wanted to get.

Fishel is well worth reading.

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TFSmith121

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That was Edwin Fishel's take on it...

That was Edwin Fishel's take on it...Pinkerton's team appears to have actually gotten pretty close, especially early on; but it seems pretty clear GBM ended up receiving what we wanted to receive.

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