View original postThe last day of the battle was certainly the day the South died. After reading Shelby Foote's trilogy of the Civil War, I don't really think the South ever had a chance, because there wasn't any real likelihood of European intervention in the war, primarily because Russia was fervently pro-Union and France wouldn't move without Russia, and England wasn't going to move without France. Still, it was clear to everyone after Gettysburg that the South could not win the war, especially considering that the Siege of Vicksburg ended the next day.
Somehow I never really thought much about how the Civil War fit into the Great Power struggles, the Great Game, the Concert of Europe and all that stuff - and certainly not about what Russia thought about it. Britain and France, yes, but not Russia.
That trilogy was already on my to-read list, but I may have to bump it up further.
To actually answer the question of the main thread, I have not visited Gettysburg, but I've visited Waterloo (who'd have guessed) and Flanders' fields in the Ypres Salient (even more shockingly).
The Battle of Gettysburg started 150 years ago to the day.....
- 01/07/2013 11:12:26 PM
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My Scout troop did a hike through the park on a camping trip once.
- 01/07/2013 11:29:23 PM
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I did, a long time ago.
- 02/07/2013 01:32:17 AM
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That's interesting.
- 02/07/2013 08:59:16 PM
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And the catalyst for WWI happened almost exactly 100 years ago. Who's been to Serbia? *NM*
- 02/07/2013 04:33:17 PM
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You mean Bosnia? 
- 02/07/2013 07:30:33 PM
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- 02/07/2013 07:30:33 PM
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I do. My apologies. The assassin was Serbian. That's where I got confused.
- 03/07/2013 03:40:00 PM
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Seven score and ten years ago... *NM*
- 02/07/2013 08:57:11 PM
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