Re your point below, OK, perhaps. Certainly there seems to be no emphasis from historians that control of the Louisiana side was a priority, as far as I know....
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 30, 2003 12:14 am
Sorry for the double-post. Yahoo is being strange today. Its not his abilities that I am discounting, but his actual actions during the time in question....
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slippymississippi
slippymissis...
Apr 30, 2003 12:27 am
... Grant really only put serious effort into the corduroy road south through the swamps. Everything else, IMO, was simply recon/busy work. ... Sherman...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 30, 2003 12:48 am
... Grabau ... Sherman's feint occured across much the same ground as his December attack. I think DeSoto Point was in Confederate hands throughout. ~Will...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 30, 2003 1:29 am
In a message dated 4/29/2003 1:57:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... This was McClernand's forte. Remember, McClernand first was a politician and well known in...
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Martin Williams
mfitz4002000
Apr 30, 2003 1:33 am
In the ORs there are two letters written by McClernand to the President, both dated December 12, 1862, while McClernand was still in Springfield, Illinois. In...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 30, 2003 3:02 am
In a message dated 4/29/2003 4:51:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Will, He actually did go around the state giving recruitment speeches. JEJ...
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josepharose
Apr 30, 2003 3:48 am
... <josepharose@y...> ... with ... superior ... addition ... made ... replied ... control - ... if ... Mr. Keene: You seem to argue that Grant did nothing...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Apr 30, 2003 10:37 am
But I think in fairness to McClernand, running off to Illinois and points west didn't mean that he had to personally visit every town and talk with every...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Apr 30, 2003 10:42 am
... I'm not sure of this, but I'd have to drag out Bearss to see if I can find out. I am under the opinion that the Sherman feint was indeed where Slippy ...
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carlw4514
Apr 30, 2003 1:21 pm
As usual it might be better for me to ask questions than anything. So I think I'll fire away on this one while Dave Smith seems to be lurking about [g]. The...
17728
bjer50010
Apr 30, 2003 2:04 pm
... [snip] ... Mr. Rose, Why do you insist on using Grant's memoir account written 20 yrs. after the fact rather than the evidence in the ORs at the time?...
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slippymississippi
slippymissis...
Apr 30, 2003 2:24 pm
... Bluff, ... Grant ... I ... December ... During the first assault, the right wing of Sherman's force landed on Blake's Levee and marched south to Chickasaw...
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bjer50010
Apr 30, 2003 2:49 pm
... I think this is a fair assessment. ISTM that several "assumptions" had to be either made or discounted during the campaign. From reading the naval ORs...
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hank9174
Apr 30, 2003 3:01 pm
... as ... him ... his ... mess ... If I were a bridge player I'd say that Grant (playing South) has a very good hand and Halleck (North, the dummy ;) ) has...
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hank9174
Apr 30, 2003 3:09 pm
Reading Brownlee's 'Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy' I'm impressed at the number of Union generals that worked in Missouri. The lamented Lyon, Grant, Halleck,...
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theme_music
Apr 30, 2003 7:20 pm
... anything. So ... as a ... knew ... had ... the ... originally ... the ... landing ... Grant's ... Part of this strategy was that the navy would be able to...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 30, 2003 7:47 pm
... Grant forestalled McClernand by pushing ahead with his own plans prior to there being an offical order about McClernand's assignment. In early December,...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 30, 2003 9:25 pm
... after ... I think it is perfectly appropriate to critically evaluate what Grant wrote in his memoirs. ... In ... suggestion ... The idea of moving past...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 30, 2003 9:53 pm
As we go round and round on this issue, I thought I would just lay out my understanding of the basics of Grant's actions with respect to the river expedition: ...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
Apr 30, 2003 10:26 pm
... <slippymississippi@y...> wrote: snips ... on ... out. What would you estimate the mileage between Blake's Levee and the Chickasaw Bayou line to the south,...
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slippymississippi
slippymissis...
Apr 30, 2003 10:36 pm
... landed ... second, ... was ... by ... steam ... Family ... formed ... it ... That's what it looks like on the map, but I have never walked it... that would...
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GnrlJEJohnston@...
gnrljejohnst...
Apr 30, 2003 11:12 pm
In a message dated 4/30/2003 11:03:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... If I ever play bridge with you Hank, with a coke hand, I will be sure to raise you to seven...
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Will
wh_keene
Apr 30, 2003 11:39 pm
My apologies if multiple replies from me appear to this message. I am having difficulty with Yahoo--the other replies I made to this message seem to have...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001
May 1, 2003 1:02 am
If you get out, give us an update, please ... I think the important thing here, strategy-wise, is that by moving those roughly five miles up the Yazoo, Grant...
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Martin Williams
mfitz4002000
May 1, 2003 1:15 am
But until late in 1862 Eastern Arkansas was part of the Department of the Missouri. Grant had had to reinforce it with the better part of the old 3rd Division...
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herpvetminson@...
May 1, 2003 1:33 am
Please remove me from the list, it has been a pleasure to read, but I have to make time for other things just now hopefully will be able to return in time....
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josepharose
May 1, 2003 3:17 am
... but I have to ... return in time. I would kindly suggest that those who don't have time to read a plethora of e-mails, but who are still interested in the...
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josepharose
May 1, 2003 3:38 am
Mr. Keene: As a barebones chronology, your outline is basically correct, but it doesn't mention what was going on behind the scenes or summarize the outcomes...
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Will
wh_keene
May 1, 2003 6:06 am
... it ... the ... My chronology was focused on Grant, so it left out other actors except as they interected with Grant. ... True, but Halleck's agenda was...
