Johnston did little to help and Pemberton allowed himself to be trapped in a fixed position. Davis did nothing to break the stalemate. placing 35,000 troops in...
The RIGHT questions is; " was Grant a murder or a genocide after 47 days of Vicksburg's city bombardment ? ... From: "callicles1" <callicles1@...> To:...
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John Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 2, 2013 2:57 pm
Hello. They lacked the skill set. Blaming them and ignoring Grant begs the issue. Regards, Jack...
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John Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 2, 2013 3:25 pm
Since the Confederacy never laid siege to a major Northern City except, possibly, Nashville, we need to look elsewhere for a Confederate behavior vis a' vis...
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Jack Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 2, 2013 3:36 pm
If we blame Johnston, we are de facto blaming Davis. Regards, Jack ... From: Keith Giordano To: civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013...
Mr. Baquero, When you imply that Grant was a murderer because of civilian casualties incurred during the 47 day siege as you state, you are judging him using...
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"Holger KlaÃ...
bucquoy@...
Jan 2, 2013 8:44 pm
I think Pemberton wasn't that bad, I remind Foote calling it something like: "Pemberton was inflexible, but he was in a position where a more flexible man...
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Jack Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 2, 2013 9:06 pm
I live 30 miles from Lexington and was in Harpers ferry in October. Not sure I would call them Cities, let alone northern cities. Your comment on Confederate...
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Jack Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 2, 2013 9:09 pm
Grant had his moments. what made the second attack at Vicksburg appalling was that, in retrospect, it was a warm up for the second attack at Cold Harbor. In...
HI, Newbie here. Does anyone know of a mod or alternate scenario to the HPS Simulations game "Campaign Chickamauga" which covers the McLemore's Cove incident?...
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"Holger KlaÃ...
bucquoy@...
Jan 4, 2013 10:25 am
Hi! Didn't even know the game, but after checking I must say I' like to have this one. Does anybody know how to get it in Germany? I have no credit card and...
... Can I answer this in multiple parts? :) Grant's Yazoo Pass raid, though turned back at Fort Pemberton, had a major impact on Pemberton's ability to defend...
Sorry, meant to say: BAD: Pemberton really should have spent some energy developing intel on the area south of the railroad. When the sh*t hit the fan,...
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"Holger KlaÃ...
bucquoy@...
Jan 9, 2013 7:35 pm
This mistake on Johntson's part is new to me. One might guess what drove him: fear for a raid against his LOC or some part of eastern MS / western AL, or...
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John Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 9, 2013 7:54 pm
Another way to look at it was this Grant's 7th try and he only had to win once. Regards, Jack...
Johnston was not the most aggressive general. The Cavalry was on the Black River in May and was available. It was also trained as Infantry, so it was capable...
It wasn't Grant's 7th try. It was his first full campaign on Vicksburg. His overland attempt was aborted by Lincoln and Halleck at Oxford, MS. The next...
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John Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 9, 2013 9:04 pm
Yazoo, canal, they all count. 7 tries. Regards, Jack...
... Also UGLY, but not part of the original question: Governor Pettus of Mississippi, for keeping his state cavalry units dispersed to the counties in which...
... Anyone who faults a plan for having multiple contingencies is probably not going to be very successful at planning anything. If Burnside planned his...
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John Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 9, 2013 11:36 pm
Not sure we are going here. Historically, Grant tried seven different ways into Vicksburg. If you want to call it two, OK. Regards, Jack...
... Historically, secondary resources have all claimed that the Lake Providence canal was a failure (with the sole exception of Brooks Simpson). In fact, Ed...
... So we are not only faulting Grant for multiple contigencies, we are faulting him for triplicating his infrastructure efforts? IF that's so, you are...
If Pemberton had listened to Johnston, Grant would have waltzed into Vicksburg uncontested. Pemberton probably had the right instinct of falling back behind...
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John Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 10, 2013 12:07 am
Whatever. Regards, Jack...
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John Lawrence
jlawrence@...
Jan 10, 2013 12:10 am
No one is faulting Grant. It is obvious that his strength was his tenaciousness. Not sure where you got that from my posts. Grant was the "Great Captain" that...
