Is Jackson's death responsible for the C-Feds to lose the war?
For some reason whenever we are reading or watching a movie I always find myself rooting for the C-feds. When Jackson was shot I knew it was all over for them and it broke my heart.
Jackson’s unorthodox attacks was always keeping the union on their feet and always guessing what they were going to do next. Come Gettysburg’s, incompetent generals were now in Jackson’s position and didn’t know what to do. Gettysburg was disastrous for the C-fed’s and was a major set back for them.
Personally I do not think that Jackson’s death had, in any way, contributed to the loss at Gettysburg. Although Jackson is considered one of the greatest generals in the history of the United States, he did have many blunders. In the 7 days battle, it was noted that he was shaking and unorganized during the battle. Jackson’s replacement were not up to par to where he was and was also Lee’s right hand man. Lee had to work with generals other than Jackson’s and that also threw him off. Although Jackson was good and won a couple battles for the south, the Union was on such a rampage and had so much steam that it wasn’t much longer until the south could not go any farther.
Amy
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Bashar: I agree with what Amy said about Jackson’s untimely death. Jackson’s death was a terrible blow to the morale of the confederacy that had terribly affected war efforts. He was a great general who put confidence into his man by always riding fearlessly into battle. He was also a smart and dependable man. Like historian James Robertson said in the article Minus Stonewall, “No one ever filled the gap. After Jackson’s passing, Lee never again attempted the great offensive flank marches and movements that Jackson had repeatedly executed with smashing success.” I also agree with Amy when she says that Jackson’s death didn’t affect the outcome of Gettysburg. I don’t think he would have affected the outcome of the war. Lee, who was (arguably) a better general than Stonewall, had failed twice to invade the north. The Union usually had almost twice as many troops available to them throughout the rest of the war. Without foreign intervention, the Confederacy could never win.
Bashar Dimitry
I agree that Stonewalls death was the straw that broke the camals back in the case of the Confederates winning the civil war. After stonewall's death, the Conf. had to reorganize their chain of command and less competant generals were put in charge. This caused the loss of many battles and ultimatley the Union armies would prevail. Finally without Stonewall, Lee wouldn't attempt anymore bold attacks and maneuvers because his other generals couldn't do them.
MIKE
Eventhough Stonewall's death had a huge impact on the soldiers morale, it did lose the war for the confederates. Stonewall's death through-off the south and Lee had to reorganize his army; However, the confederate army was ridiculously out-numbered. The major stragety of the confederacy was to make the Union stop wanting to fight, they just wanted to out last the Union. Stonewall was a great general, who won some battles and had the respect of the army, but the army was doomed to fail. The Union's morale and spirit had been increasing for awhile now and was not stopping anytime soon.
elisabeth
I believe there were more issues than just Stonewalls untimely demise that brought about the fall of the south. Don’t get me wrong this was one of many key factors that did add to the destruction of the south. However the south’s fall can mostly be attributed to lack of industry, lack of man power and the micromanagement of Jeff Davis to name a few. But Stonewalls death was not the soul reason.....
Alex
I agree that Stonewall Jackson's death contributed to the ending of the war in the favor of the Union. Weather directly or indirectly, Stonewall’s death lost the war. His death was a huge blow to the Confederate moral. And it couldn’t have made them feel any better that he died as a cause of his own men. Jackson won many strategically important battles. He was very smart and out maneuvered his opponents on the battlefield. The timing of his death only further proves how vital he was to the Confederate cause. Without Stonewall, the South was crushed by the Union at the very next battle at Gettysburg. He was the Confederates second best general, maybe even better than Lee.
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