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• Our schedule for the staff ride is included below for your reference.  Monday 5 May and Friday 9 May are travel days. Tuesday 6 May you should use to gather situational awareness by going to the visitor center and travelling around the battlefield to gather information.  The Icebreaker Social (BBQ and Beer) goes at 1800 on Tuesday at the Firemen's Pavilion.  Our schedule for Day 1 (Weds 7 May) and Day 2 (Thurs 8 May) are shown below.  Click on the image to view in larger format on the web.

• We'll talk a lot about understanding leader's intent. In last week's update, you may recall reading about advice given to Abraham Lincoln by the Governor of New Jersey, an Ambassador, and a Supreme Court Justice.   Many wanted to see the return of George McClellan to command of the Army of the Potomac. Read an excerpt of Lincoln's intent given to McClellan when he was last in command (November of 1862).  McClellan of course was replaced by Ambrose Burnside who commanded at Fredericksburg.  He was then replaced by Joe Hooker who commanded at Chancellorsville.
• Think about all that a bit.  How about that piece about the question of time, which cannot and must not be ignored.  We'll talk a lot about "time, space, and logistics" -- three related concepts that apply to LCES on the fireline as well as to strategic operations and planning. The advice given by Simon Cameron to Lincoln (received at 8:40 PM on 29 June 1863) demands "action by Meade to-morrow."   If you'd like to do some research yourself, you may want to skim through the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion.

We look forward to discussing all this at Gettysburg!