Arie, Kind Sir Compliments, In my rather scarlet faced condition I gave Nick the credit for your information on the "Ole Google Eyed Snapping Turtle" remark. I...
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Arie alkema
arie_alkema
May 7, 2006 1:26 am
Mr. Jessett I share your bias against Union generals. Thomas may be the most tolerable but that's because he's a Southerner. I would like to know your thoughts...
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pvtjessett
May 7, 2006 2:01 am
Mr. Arie, Compliments Sir, First off, call me Paul, Jessett is the last name of two brothers that fought on the union side and both wounded at Gettysburg...
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Arie alkema
arie_alkema
May 7, 2006 2:33 am
Paul, I think that Beauregard proved that he was a very able field officer: he engineered the successful Confederate attack on Grant's postion at Shiloh,...
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pvtjessett
May 7, 2006 3:10 am
Mr.Arie. Sir, I personally do not believe there should have been a "Defeat" at Chatanooga, which I believe was the loss of the war for the South. Give them...
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DORR64OVI@...
dorr64ovi
May 7, 2006 3:17 am
You are confusing PGT Beauregard with Braxton Bragg. Kent Dorr...
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Arie alkema
arie_alkema
May 7, 2006 3:19 am
Paul, When did Beauregard ever command at Chattanooga? That was Braxton Bragg, whose futility lead to the failure to follow up the victory at Chickamauga and...
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nickrelee@...
shilohnick
May 7, 2006 3:33 am
Well someone beat me to the punch on Blue Light being Jackson. So how about this ... Who were the famous riders of the following horses? Fire-eater? ...
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Arie alkema
arie_alkema
May 7, 2006 3:38 am
I believe that Fire eater was Cleburne's horse, Cinccinati was Grant's, and Webster was McClellan's. nickrelee@... wrote: Well someone beat me to the...
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nickrelee@...
shilohnick
May 7, 2006 3:40 am
Correct on Grant and McClellan. I dont know about Cleburne. The general I was thinking of was of a higher rank. Cleburne might have had a Fire-eater too,...
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CashG79@...
cashg79
May 7, 2006 4:12 am
In a message dated 5/6/2006 9:18:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time, civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com writes: Arie alkema wrote: I have just finished reading Craig...
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endeavorgot
May 7, 2006 11:54 am
Just a bit of sarcasam. A wee tiny bit. --Nick Please, sarcasm is rude and unkind. Let's call it irony. Bill Bruner...
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endeavorgot
May 7, 2006 12:12 pm
Sid Johnston rode Fire Eater, Cleburne Dixie. How about Lucy Long? I won a pitcher of beer on this one. (A bit of a set up, I must confess) Bill Bruner...
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endeavorgot
May 7, 2006 12:34 pm
I don't know Roderick. My favorite, from a descriptive standpoint, was Lookout. (Seventeen hands and his rider a significant participant in the battle) Bill...
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james2044
May 7, 2006 2:56 pm
In June my RT is going to discuss the impact of Johnston retaining command of the AoT instead of being replaced by Hood. Comments? James2044...
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Darron Williams
dmwilliams1967
May 7, 2006 3:33 pm
I believe the war would have lasted a bit longer had Johnston retained command. He was very conservative & usually stayed on the defensive. Hood was the exact...
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keeno2@...
May 7, 2006 3:40 pm
In a message dated 5/7/2006 9:56:22 AM Central Daylight Time, JWD2044@... writes: In June my RT is going to discuss the impact of Johnston retaining ...
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keeno2@...
May 7, 2006 3:46 pm
In a message dated 5/7/2006 10:34:26 AM Central Daylight Time, dmwilliams1967@... writes: Still this wouldn't have had much impact on Lee's breakout from...
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Darron Williams
dmwilliams1967
May 7, 2006 3:50 pm
Don't forget the impact of Sheridan in the Shenandoah north of Richmond & Petersburg. This was a land of plenty until Sheridan laid it to waste. keeno2@......
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endeavorgot
May 7, 2006 3:59 pm
... Just off the top of my head: disregarding Hood's unsuccessful sallies from Atlanta (Peachtree Creek, Bald Hill and Ezra Church) and how Johnston would...
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Arie alkema
arie_alkema
May 7, 2006 7:07 pm
Nick, You believe Grant was the best general on either side? What about his ignorance to the picket's reports of the imminent Confederate attack at Shiloh that...
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Darron Williams
dmwilliams1967
May 7, 2006 7:21 pm
Grant got results, but he was willing to subject his men to slaughter. Perhaps other generals would have been just as successful if they too were willing to...
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Jfepperson@...
jfe13
May 7, 2006 8:26 pm
In a message dated 5/7/2006 3:08:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, arie_alkema@... writes: You believe Grant was the best general on either side? What about...
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Norris Darrall
norrisdarrall
May 7, 2006 8:31 pm
From: Arie alkema <arie_alkema@...> Nick, You believe Grant was the best general on either side? (snip) *"We all thought Richmond, protected as it was by...
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Arie alkema
arie_alkema
May 7, 2006 8:43 pm
Personally, I agree with Bill's opinion of what Johnston may have done if he retained command of the AOT during the latter stages of the Atlanta campaign. ...
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Robert Hoover
csa_rebel_rob
May 7, 2006 8:47 pm
I just recently finished "Nathan Bedford Forrest; First with the Most" by Robert Selph Henry that backs this up. Sherman was genuinely worried about NBF...
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SDE80@...
May 7, 2006 9:04 pm
In a message dated 5/7/2006 4:43:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, arie_alkema@... writes: Johnston, who was in command of the Western theater at the time of...
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keeno2@...
May 7, 2006 9:36 pm
In a message dated 5/7/2006 4:04:32 PM Central Daylight Time, SDE80@... writes: 1. Johnston had no record of holding on to any spot on the North...
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nickrelee@...
shilohnick
May 7, 2006 10:16 pm
I think Lucy Long was one of Lee's horses but I'm not positive. And I think Lookout was Hooker's. Roderick was one of Forrest's many mounts. King Philip being...
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nickrelee@...
shilohnick
May 7, 2006 10:17 pm
Well first off I didn't post that Grant was the best general on either side. But even though I didn't post it I do believe it. Overall Grant did more to win...
