Joseph, I find it very interesting that one whole year later (after the Chattanooga fiasco and the grevious losses in the Atlanta campaign), Hood somehow...
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carlw4514@...
Aug 1, 2001 12:32 pm
Addison, I made an appointment for you with a psychologist who is going to shrink your head down until we find out what this obsession is you have with 300 lb...
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Bob Huddleston
adco1@...
Aug 1, 2001 12:36 pm
And you are wrong -- a soldier has the responsibility to obey an order. Thomas refused. Whether or not the order was to Thomas' benefit was irrelevant. Lincoln...
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Bob Huddleston
adco1@...
Aug 1, 2001 12:36 pm
I am more inclined to believe that the firing of Buell was related to the firing of McClellan. Buell was a McClellanite and a practioner of a "soft" war,...
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carlw4514@...
Aug 1, 2001 12:52 pm
Just thought I would repeat that you can watch the grant panel online, noticing that some people missed it. The website is at http://www.booktv.org/ and you...
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thecoys@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:11 pm
There is NO statue of William S. Rosecrans....anywhere. :) Kevin S. Coy...
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William Henry Keene
wh_keene@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:30 pm
Joe and Wanyne, Does this sum it up: -As September 1861 approached, Fremont was setting his sights on moving down the Mississippi by clearing southeastern...
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ecm777@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:38 pm
In a message dated 8/1/01 9:13:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... You tell 'em Rosey! When are we gonna work on that anyway? :-) Colleen aka CWgal...
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clarkc@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:22 pm
A more worthy target would be Meade who truly missed an opportunity when Longstreet moved west, but we can't duscuss that here! You are correct that Rosecrans...
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clarkc@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:38 pm
Frankly, I shudder a bit when I walk down the breafast food aisle of the grocery store! Cheers, HankC ... CashG79@a... ... of ... common in...
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clarkc@...
Aug 1, 2001 2:59 pm
It's an excellent policy, stated by a Massachusetts farmer (and the first US Army casualty): "Stand your ground, don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean...
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thecoys@...
Aug 1, 2001 3:04 pm
I think that we should remember that when Rosecrans took over the Army of the Ohio, renamed the 14th Corps, it was not in very good shape. Cavalry in the 14th...
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Jenny Holder
jholder@...
Aug 1, 2001 3:11 pm
Yes why not they are Confederate places! \Jenny ... there ... located...
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clarkc@...
Aug 1, 2001 3:21 pm
I'd raise a couple of points: 1) A major problem, if not THE major problem, with the USA war effort was that the military commanders could not see beyond their...
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hartshje@...
Aug 1, 2001 3:54 pm
Kevin, You've made some very excellent points here!! Joe H....
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hartshje@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:05 pm
William, Looks like a pretty good synopsis of events to me. I never heard that term "Chicken Guts" before either. Maybe Addison can enlighten us on the...
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josepharose@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:08 pm
Hank, Are you implying that Grant and Sherman, after Vicksburg, had not yet grown enough in their abilities and "could not see beyond their immediate military...
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aldrichr@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:16 pm
Thanks for addressing the political angle, which in general I'd love to hear more of. It seems to me, though, that implicit in what you are saying is that, in...
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josepharose@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:17 pm
Joe, From the Chickamauga battlefield, Bragg wouldn't have even needed to cross the Tennesse. He would have to get around or over Missionary Ridge and cross...
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Jack Ehmer
ohio11thcavalry@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:24 pm
I am curious as to whether anyone has read "Echoes of Battle, the Struggle for Chattanooga" by Rick Baumgartner and Larry Strayer and can offer an opinion on...
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josepharose@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:27 pm
Bob, First, thanks for Thomas' birthday greetings and the link. You stated, "a soldier has the responsibility to obey an order. Was it customary or allowable...
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Jenny Holder
jholder@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:28 pm
Kevin, I guess you better start the ball rolling and collect funds for it:-) Just off topic, when I was in the hotel lift in Manhattan, a photo pic of Grant...
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theme_music@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:39 pm
... Army of the ... Cavalry in the ... first ... movement that ... needed ... name...oh yea ... Just look ... inland....Van ... line of ... Good points about...
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Dave Smith
dmsmith001@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:39 pm
... In my Webster's Seventh (Brown University edition) the only synonyms listed are renounce, reject, and deny. All are a lot more positive than "decline." ...
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hartshje@...
Aug 1, 2001 4:44 pm
Hank, Your points are well taken. I might add that with point #1, this applied equally to the Southern commanders, although Beauregard (with all his faults)...
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Robert Taubman
rtaubman@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:23 pm
I have three copies if you would like to buy one. ... From: "Jack Ehmer" <ohio11thcavalry@...> To: <civilwarwest@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August...
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clarkc@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:42 pm
Good points. I would imply that Grant, at least, was casting about for the next objective. Once Vicksburg was taken, half the Anaconda plan was accomplished,...
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Robert Taubman
rtaubman@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:52 pm
Fortunately or unfortunately, semantics and interpretation play a large role in discussions here. What it eventually boils down to is one person's opinion ...
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Michael Mason
richthofen@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:54 pm
If Thomas had,taken that command ,when ordered,and had some good results,than there would have been no Rosey, Being the top General of the war as ,some have...
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Michael Mason
richthofen@...
Aug 1, 2001 6:10 pm
Joe could you cut me a little slack here!Halleck took the better part of a month to make a two day march.I think he just might have been a little over...
