Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SmoothSail who wrote (466731)	1/23/2012 7:32:56 AM
From: Bearcatbob	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793843

I have been to Antietam twice and loved it each time. It is especially nice in that it is in a remote area and not under severe threat of development. I have done a presentation on Antietam as the greatest lost opportunity of the Civil War. That preparation forced me to understand it to some extent. The fighting on Stonewall Jackson's front is for me the hardest to understand. McClellan had an two opportunities to trap Lee against the Potomac when Lee's lines were twice broken - but he failed to act. Lee escaped and the war lasted 2 1/2 more years. Bob