Cash I must say, you almost convinced me. I agree with most of your statements. I will have to agree about Johnston and the Atlanta campaign, but the thing I...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 2:03 pm
In a message dated Thu, 31 May 2001 3:03:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, brooksdsimpson@... writes: In a way, Grant's 1864 plan takes off from the Scott...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 2:22 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:02:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "kamills" <kamills@...> writes: The Confederate army, whether it be in the East...
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kamills
kamills@...
Jun 1, 2001 2:38 pm
Cash I must admit, I am almost there. You have almost convinced me and you make great arguments that I find hard to counter. I just keep thinking, even if...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 2:58 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:44:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "kamills" <kamills@...> writes: I still think time is the greatest thing in the...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:05 pm
For those who are able to get to Gettysburg this summer, some of these presentations will be well worth seeing. Hopefully C-SPAN will be taping all of them...
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kamills
kamills@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:37 pm
Cash I will agree. That is a definate possibility. Even with the capture of Atlanta, Lincoln would have lost the election, except they allowed the soldiers...
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clarkc@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:53 pm
Even though the troops voted overwhelmingly for Lincoln they represented only 4% of the votes cast... Before the capture of Atlanta, Lincoln himself calculated...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:53 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:42:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "kamills" <kamills@...> writes: Although I will have to say, using George C....
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clarkc@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:07 pm
The idea of Grant as a butcher is definitely overwrought. He took over the AoP (with apologies to GG Meade) that had moved, what, 30 miles from Washington to...
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kamills
kamills@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:47 pm
Hank If I may. In three years of fighting, about 200,000 causalties. In 11 months of fighting, 100,000 casualties. By no other definition, that would make a...
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FLYNSWEDE@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:17 pm
In a message dated 5/30/01 1:23:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kamills@... writes: << I thought Franklin is where Hood pretty much destroyed his army in...
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Bob Huddleston
adco1@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:27 pm
Grant lost fewer men from Belmont through Chattanooga than Lee did at Gettysburg alone. And forced two armies to surrender unconditionally in the process. So...
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Bob Huddleston
adco1@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:36 pm
Don't forget that the American Revolutionists fought on for eight years -- while the Confederacy died after only four. The will was not there. Take care, Bob ...
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Bob Huddleston
adco1@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:40 pm
Missing in these discussions is the presence of slavery. Everywhere the Union Army marched, from April '61 to the end, slavery died. *That* was why the...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:47 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 1:29:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Bob Huddleston" <adco1@...> writes: Grant fights Lee and takes --and inflicts --...
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kamills
kamills@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:50 pm
Bob I don't know if this belongs in this group or not, but here goes. The will was still very much alive in the Confederacy. Lee surrendered at Appomattox...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:55 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 1:40:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Bob Huddleston" <adco1@...> writes: << Don't forget that the American Revolutionists...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:01 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 1:43:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Bob Huddleston" <adco1@...> writes: Guerilla warfare or an army in being, like...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:16 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 1:59:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "kamills" <kamills@...> writes: The will was still very much alive in the...
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William Keene
wh_keene@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:22 pm
Speaking of Lee and generals who are prone to over aggressiveness, why did Lee launch the attack on Fort Stedman in March of 65? I haven't been able to see ...
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William Keene
wh_keene@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:29 pm
... I would also add that prior to the election the expectation was that soldiers would vote for General McClellan, one of their own, instead of Lincoln. ...
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kamills
kamills@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:32 pm
Cash Surley the letters from home can attribute to the mass numbers of desertions, but that does not affect their will to fight. As a human being, the care of...
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William Keene
wh_keene@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:37 pm
Considering that Lee's army suffered greatly from desertion and the Confederacy had to resort to conscription to get new recruits, I think the will to continue...
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kamills
kamills@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:42 pm
But the same thing can be said for the Union. They had to resort to conscripts (and they had a much larger population base, so what does that say for the...
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Bob Huddleston
adco1@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:00 pm
This is one of the big differences between the kind of War Sherman practiced in Georgia and the Carolinas and that practiced by both sides in World War II: ...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:04 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 2:35:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "kamills" <kamills@...> writes: Surley the letters from home can attribute to...
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CashG79@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:10 pm
In a message dated Fri, 1 Jun 2001 2:49:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "kamills" <kamills@...> writes: << But the same thing can be said for the Union....
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Robert Taubman
rtaubman@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:18 pm
But the American "rebels", had what the CSA wanted; outside help. The French were of great assistance to the revolutionaries who I believe would not have ...
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Margaret D. Blough
102505.271@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:20 pm
Message text written by INTERNET:civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com ... But the same thing can be said for the Union. They had to resort to conscripts (and they had...
