@article {640724,
	title = {Cambridge, Mass -- A Union of Higher Ideals (July 3, 2013)},
	journal = {Taking Bearings. LMG (London, Paris, Cambridge)},
	year = {2013},
	abstract = {Cambridge, Mass. July 3, 2013 -- It{\textquoteright}s the sesquicentennial of Pickett{\textquoteright}s charge at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863.\&nbsp;Given the significant advantages enjoyed by the industrialized North, without a loss of resolve by the Union or significant foreign intervention on behalf of the South, the American Civil War was a "lost cause" for the Confederates from the outset. That the outnumbered and outgunned rebel soldiers earned early victories and thrust into Pennsylvania in 1863 owed significantly to superior military leadership.\&nbsp;Both Union and Confederate soldiers fought and sacrificed, but during the war{\textquoteright}s early years, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, and others simply outmaneuvered vastly stronger Federal forces.\&nbsp;Following failed attempts to break the Union army flanks at Gettysburg, it was, however, Lee{\textquoteright}s insistence on a charge designed to break the center of the Yankee lines that marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. \&nbsp;\&lt;more\&gt;\&nbsp;Photo: Memorial Hall, Harvard University.{\textcopyright}LMG Photo by K. Lee Lerner. All Rights Reserved.},
	author = {K.Lee Lerner}
}
