We need to keep in mind how little battle experience ASJ & PGTB really had. 1st Bull Run was still a big battle in April 1862, even if it was slipping down...
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keeno2@...
Nov 8, 2007 12:24 am
In a message dated 11/7/2007 3:50:39 P.M. Central Standard Time, tmix@... writes: 600 yards from Ruggles guns to the end of the Union fence line of...
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keeno2@...
Nov 8, 2007 12:42 am
In a message dated 11/7/2007 6:19:54 P.M. Central Standard Time, JWD2044@... writes: That is correct for a musket as the "buck n ball" was most...
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Tom Mix
tbm1950
Nov 8, 2007 3:14 am
Plus the terrain at Manassas Junction was quite different from Pittsburgh Landing/Shiloh Church. ... From: civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com...
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Tom Mix
tbm1950
Nov 8, 2007 3:45 am
That's how I saw it, Ken. 250+ seems about right to me. Tom ... From: civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com [mailto:civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
Nov 8, 2007 5:07 pm
... know ... My explanation: terrain and traffic management. The army had advanced into a strip of land between two creeks that were about four miles apart,...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Nov 8, 2007 6:35 pm
... I thought the plan of battle was done prior to startting the march to Shiloh. I checked the Sword & Cunningham books and cannot find that this was the...
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William H Keene
wh_keene
Nov 8, 2007 8:44 pm
... Your right it was. The order to advance and the battle plan were essentially wrapped into one. ... the ... I draw the opposite conclusion. The plan as...
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jgillen94
Nov 8, 2007 10:51 pm
I have read Cunningham,Daniel,and McDonough books and am reading Sword's. Everything they tell it seems there was no command and control above the brigade...
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Ronald black
tarafoxie
Nov 9, 2007 2:27 am
Special Order #8 was very important and needs to studied. It controlled the army in the road march and the deployment into lines abreast, as in a wave. As...
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James W. Durney
james2044
Nov 9, 2007 4:35 pm
... to ... thought. ... Maybe the question is how much did the problems during the approach impact the battle plan not what was planned....
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guitarmandanga
Nov 9, 2007 11:51 pm
... controlled the army in the road march and the deployment into lines abreast, as in a wave. As bad as the arrangements were for the road march, the army...
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Tom Mix
tbm1950
Nov 11, 2007 9:34 pm
They were learning on the fly pretty much. And there wasn't much teaching from experience to learn as no war had ever been fought like this with so many troops...
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Tom Gilbert
tommygeebassman
Nov 12, 2007 4:04 pm
Happy Veteran's Day to all Vets! Thanks for your service to us all .. Tom Gilbert (US Navy, 1964-1970) __________________________________________________ Do...
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rbaquero@...
Nov 12, 2007 10:19 pm
Thank you Tom , I said the same thing, " Happy Veteran Day " !!! -Raul Hernandez-Baquero U.S, Air Force ( CAP ) 1985- 97...
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jgillen94
Nov 13, 2007 12:05 am
Happy Veterans day to all those that served their country no matter in what capacity. Jim G U.S. Navy 1961 -1966 U.S. Army National Guard 1978-1999...
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huddleston.r@...
huddlestonus
Nov 13, 2007 12:27 am
In Canada November 11 is also known as “Remembrance Day.” So, in remembrance, Captain and brevet Major John Scott, Company H, Twenty-fifth Illinois Veteran...
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Walt
scentofhorse
Nov 13, 2007 3:34 pm
I was wondering how many annually travel from the Mid-west to Gettysburg, Penna., for Remembrance Day weekend. There always seems to be quite an off-season...
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hank9174
Nov 16, 2007 2:06 pm
... march ... were ... but ... into ... address ... Of course, what is telling is that the Confederate deployment was not disrupted by the US high command...
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gnrljejohnston
Nov 20, 2007 11:40 pm
... really ... was ... It was my understanding that Beauregard had very little to do in the planning on Shiloh. He was quite ill (some say it was the...
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Tom Mix
tbm1950
Nov 20, 2007 11:53 pm
Very well put. ASJ did approve, takes full responsibility for both the plan and his inability to implement it or alter it on the fly as changes, mistakes,...
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keeno2@...
Nov 21, 2007 12:44 am
In a message dated 11/20/2007 5:40:34 P.M. Central Standard Time, GnrlJEJohnston@... writes: The responsibily for the battle plan however, lies with ASJ...
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Ronald black
tarafoxie
Nov 21, 2007 1:57 am
JEJ Not true. Beauregard was very much involved with the army. He reorganized the forces that were in west Tennessee in a compact and balanced army...
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guitarmandanga
Nov 21, 2007 4:25 pm
... it ... It's a shame that Jordan wasn't sacked, if you consider that he was also the knucklehead partly responsible for Beau's "twilight-zone- reality"...
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Harry Smeltzer
hjs212002
Nov 21, 2007 11:13 pm
Not quite right. Jordan was "too tired" to draft Bory's orders at BR1 - remember, he had ridden back and forth to reach Johnston. It was actually Johnston's...
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Tom Mix
tbm1950
Nov 21, 2007 11:54 pm
From what I'm reading here I see one common denominator: excuses for everything and responsibility for nothing. Albert Sidney Johnston was the commander, not...
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Katherine Manning
katmanning_99
Nov 22, 2007 12:02 pm
Hi Click on the link below and please enter your birthday for me. I am creating a birthday list of all my friends and family. ...
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hank9174
Nov 27, 2007 3:53 pm
Folks, I'll toot my own horn and introduce you all to Civil War Missouri <http://civilwarmissouri.blogspot.com/> . It's fact-based with consecutive posts...
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Carl Williams
carlw4514
Nov 28, 2007 1:13 pm
wow, Hank, you should toot your horn more often ... havent done much more than glance at your post here and glance at your site, but clearly very nice work. I...
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Frank Blonski
frankiebe98
Dec 1, 2007 5:53 am
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