The Battle of Williamsport, 12-13 July 1863: Meade's Destruction of the Army of Northern Virginia

Abstract

The thesis of this paper is that General Meade could have, indeed should have, destroyed the Army of Northern Virginia as it retreated South following its defeat at Gettysburg. Decisively engaging and destroying Lee's army in the vicinity of Williamsport, Maryland, combined with the surrender of Vicksburg, would have undoubtedly ended the Civil War. Instead, Lee was allowed to retreat unscathed and the war was prolonged for two more two years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA441454

Entities

People

  • Mike Beasock

Organizations

  • National War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battles
  • Bridges
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Crossings
  • Information Operations
  • Judgment
  • Maneuvers
  • Maryland
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Potomac River
  • River Crossings
  • Universities
  • Virginia
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • History

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  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies