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No, I am nitpicking because you are incorrect. Ah yes, because you know so much about the Confederates to make that kind of judgment.
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Bull****.
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LMAO, Sector? The those hills weren't even 2 miles from the whole Army of the Potomac on the 1st and 2nd day. It was a Command decision that "put them outnumbered".. and by the way holding a hill is a hell of a lot easier then storming up a hill.
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Again, you have no idea what you're talking about. Local superiority.
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It wasn't to destroy the Army of the Potomac. He could have done that at Fredricksburg or Chancellorsville but didn't because the Rule of War at the time were about being "gentlemenly". It was about supplies and getting the Army of the Potomac on the Defensive. Lee achieved that.
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Wrong.
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No, during the First Bull Run, the Federal Army (Army of the Potomac) fled from the battle. The Army of the Potomac would have easily been crushed if basic Military squabbling didn't happen.
Second Bull Run was a win for the Confederates as well.
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Yep, and then they ended up getting their asses whooped later on. So going through Bull Run wasn't just a great idea.
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It did not destroy the offensive capability. A year later Jubal Early marched all the way Washington DC.. they fought 2 little known battles one called Monocacy and Fort Stevens. 23k casualties happened at Gettysburg, the Union had the same amount.
I just proved your statement factually incorrect on both accounts.
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Was Jubal Early in command of the Army of the Potomac?
I know the Union had the same amount of casualties, but as you say the Union troops outnumbered the Confederates overall and they also had a tremendous numerical advantage over the Confederates in terms of population, in a wider, strategic sense. This does not mean that they outnumbered the Confederates in every single combat situation, which you seem to simple-minded to understand.
Again, you don't have to nitpick, just say you disagree because you wanted the Confederates to win. Go slavery, right?