“General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, divisions, and armies, and should know, as well as any one, what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no fifteen thousand men ever arrayed for battle can take that position.” –General James Longstreet to General Robert E. Lee

Question

The quote above, provided as a recollection many years after the War by General Longstreet, was most likely referring to Longstreet’s thoughts immediately prior to ______________.



Group of answer choices

The firing on the Federal fortress in Charleston Harbor, Battery Wagner

The Union advance through the cornfield at Antietam

Pickett’s Charge on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg

Scott’s Anaconda’s final act at the Battle of Vicksburg

Answer 1

Is it c?

Answer 2

Right