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William Poole: The Brutal Son Of A Butcher

After a minor victory at Chantilly, Lee took unilateral action, approved neither by Jefferson Davis nor the Confederate Congress or Cabinet, that proved devastating to Rebel hopes. He crossed the Potomac and invaded the North in hopes of reaching Pennsylvania. By means of the Maryland, or Antietam, Campaign, he hoped to feed his army, gather thousands of recruits and win a great victory that would convince England or France to recognize the Confederacy. For the roughly three weeks his army lived on non-Virginia soil, he failed to gain any recruits, since he was in the non-slavery part of Maryland. In the process he squandered the opportunity to gain European recognition.

He was a fighter, ready for action on all occasions when he fancied he had been insulted,” wrote the Times. “And while his manners, when he was not aroused, were generally marked with much politeness, his spirit was haughty and overbearing….He could not brook an insolent remark from one who thought himself as strong as he.” All in all, the Butcher’s Ball 2019 was a full 6 hours of ranching, butchering, barbecuing, and cooking pleasures, and the 5th-Butcher’s Ball 2021 only promises to be bigger and better. The Butcher’s Ball 2021 a hilarious critique of the machinations of tabloid journalists in the face of sexual exploits that would make even Bill Clinton blush, and which reveals Cohen's sharp, intuitive eye for satirical observation ... Like all good satire, it successfully bridges the gap between light-hearted fantasy and reality. Definitely more Yes, Prime Minister than Private Eye, and all the more entertaining for that.' Amber Cowan, The TimesOf course, we cannot judge either Lee or Grant on numbers alone. However, the 1864 performance of Lee’s army during the strategically and tactically defensive (for Lee) Overland Campaign (including its imposition of massive casualties on the enemy) was achieved by an army that was a mere shadow of the one Lee took command of on June 1, 1862. That 1864 success was due primarily to the fact that Lee had finally been forced to fight on the defensive, and it provides some insight into how successful he might have been in 1862 and 1863 if he had avoided the frontal assaults at Seven Days’ (especially Malvern Hill), the latter days at Chancellorsville and the final two days of the battle at Gettysburg.