Just had this idea from a comic book on the Wilderness campaign I read on Fri at the library- there was actually 1 point towards the end of the fighting when Lee, Stuart & Ambrose Hill IIRC, during the confusion of battle, encountered a squad of Union soldiers who had them all in easy musket range- but then their officer inexplicablyordered his men to about-turn and leave the CS high-ranking gens unmolested (similarly to how Patrick Ferguson during the ARW gentlemanly decided to not shoot Washington when he had the latter in the sights of hiw new rifle). However, WI that Union officer instead had seen the benefit for his cause had he decided to order his men to open fire ? How would the rest of the ACW have progressed without Lee around anymore ? Would the war be over right afterwards ?
Also, during the same campaign, James Longstreet had been severely wounded in a friendly fire incident with Confederate pickets who accidentally shot up his party (similarly to Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville)- WI he'd died of his wounds, too ?
Also, during the same campaign, James Longstreet had been severely wounded in a friendly fire incident with Confederate pickets who accidentally shot up his party (similarly to Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville)- WI he'd died of his wounds, too ?