Dear Bernard, After recently re-reading Battle Flag in your historical note you say Lee’s victory could have been better if Longstreet had attacked sooner. Is that not a bit unfair since reading the book Return to Bull Run which you recommended it seems to show that Longstreet was correct and Jackson did not move or support the attack after only being partially engaged???

Also before Gettysburg there were two other options for the South in either reinforcing Johnston and Pemberton around Vicksburg or joining with Bragg against Roscerans would either of those plans been better do you think or would they have lost anyway????

And in reading in interest that there many non-Virginian southerners that thought the army was pro-Virginian at the expense of themselves I just wondered if you knew how high was that opinion and was it accurate????

btw I have to ask as being half welsh but will you ever consider writing about the rebellion by Owain-Glyn-dr? it came remarkably close to winning and have bow-man to bow-man battle since so far all your books have been against the french and rather one sided since they had no bowmen. yours sincerely Geraint