Talk:The Guns of the South

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[edit] Large portion of North Carolina?"

It is unclear how large an area is occupied. But from Mollie's statement that it is three or four miles to Rivington from the point where the initial advance after Pleasants' explosion stalls, I would be generous and put Rivington in the middle of a ten mile radius. That still is small by North Carolina standards. To say "large portion" of the state implies occupation, say, from Wilmington to Raleigh.--Wehwalt 02:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

With the technology of the time, primarily walking everywhere with occasional horses, even ten miles is almost a days journey, as mentioned within the book. Even longer, when you consider the circumstances (An army which has slow communication, physical obstacles, etc.). While not really that geographically large of an area, it's large in the sense that the land is not traversed without great effort and time. However, I concede that even taking a long time to cross doesn't mean it's a large portion, and I'm not going to push to change it back. JBK405 04:10, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but it was overrun the same day as the explosion . . . really, I think that Turtledove did not well plot the second half of the book. What was the Rivington men's game plan if they HAD killed Lee? And why would they stay around in the past once they were surrounded? Did they seriously expect to hold off Forrest forever?--Wehwalt 18:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

To be honest, I've wondered about the assassination plan myself, I really don't see any way for them to have taken control even with Lee dead. I get them staying in the past, they still wanted to take control of the Confederacy, and I think they really could have held off of the army for months, if not years (Nothing made any progress against their lines and they didn't lose any ground until the tunnel), but I don't quite see what possible plan they could have had. JBK405 21:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

It didnt make a lot of sense. They could easily have taken out Lee by sniper fire, and have had the advantage of deniability. And so they send a few men, even armed with Uzis, into a crowd which thinks gun control is how you make sure you are accurate? Not even covering fire from their building? And agreed, they could control a limited perimeter, but there is an awful lot of land between there and Richmond, or for that matter, Raleigh. Thez didnt have enough men to engage in conquest.--Wehwalt 20:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC)