Steve, I would venture to say that Bragg was more popular than Hindman, but then again one person that could be counted among Hindman's friends was, ...
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FLYNSWEDE@...
Feb 4, 2002 2:24 am
In a message dated 2/3/02 8:23:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, lilsteve68@... writes: << And as for Hindman he had as many happy followers as Bragg.. I havent...
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lilsteve68@...
lilsteve68
Feb 4, 2002 1:22 am
In a message dated 2/1/02 5:21:58 PM Central Standard Time, LWhite64@... ... And as for Hindman he had as many happy followers as Bragg.. I havent reafd ...
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LWhite64@...
Feb 3, 2002 2:09 pm
It all comes down to Bragg's stubborn determination to not change his plans, and also his fault of not being able to change a plan when something went wrong. ...
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Jack Hultquist
lonejack1862
Feb 3, 2002 1:40 pm
(I still need a source for information about Captain Rabb's Second Indiana Battery that was located in Kansas see # 9600. Thank you.) Brice's Crossroads, near...
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hartshje
Feb 3, 2002 6:53 am
I would be very interested to know the group's opinions on this question: Since Bragg seemed to be so intent on driving in the Union left at Chickamauga trying...
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Dick Weeks
shotgun20170
Feb 2, 2002 7:20 pm
Carl I do believe you are correct. Watie's claim to fame was not that his was the last Confederate command to surrender, rather that he was the last ...
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carlw4514
Feb 2, 2002 7:18 pm
correcting myself, make that "bleeding Kansas"...
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carlw4514
Feb 2, 2002 6:37 pm
the Shenandoah gets the bragging rights for the last officially commissioned CSA unit to surrender, edging out Watie by a few. Carl ... some...
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carlw4514
Feb 2, 2002 6:29 pm
Well maybe if you have subordinates who won't execute your orders that makes you a pessimist! When Bragg was in charge of the Wilmington defenses late `64 to...
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aot1952
Feb 2, 2002 5:40 pm
As this thread indicates everyone has their own favorite books on the so-called 'Chattanooga Campaign'. I for one, if I only had ONE book to recommend it would...
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tonybro.geo
Feb 2, 2002 4:57 pm
... I completely agree I think a case can be made that the war started there ... I completely agree ended there (Stand Watie's surrender), Are you sure that it...
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Jack Hultquist
lonejack1862
Feb 2, 2002 3:44 am
Lone Jack and MO. Still looking for an answer to # 9600. Carl, thanks for your response. Until I looked at cwi I could not figure out what you were writing...
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LWhite64@...
Feb 1, 2002 11:23 pm
Joe H. has a good point, Breckinridge had been on loan, but Wilson and Gist's Brigades had been part of the Charleston Garrison sent to the Army of Relief. Lee...
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LWhite64@...
Feb 1, 2002 11:19 pm
In the McClemore's Cove debacle it was DH Hill and Thomas Hindman that didnt act as ordered,...Hill going as far as to lie to Bragg. Lee...
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josepharose
Feb 1, 2002 11:10 pm
Bob, Thanks hugely. Knowing of your previous posts, I assume that you provided this abundance of information off the top of your head. One reason that I'd be...
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hvonbork@...
Feb 1, 2002 10:50 pm
Bob- Thanks and my compliments for your most interesting, detailed post. Jack...
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hartshje
Feb 1, 2002 10:48 pm
... Weren't some of Bragg's reinforcements from the Army of Mississippi? Doesn't that make "Seven"? Or were these just AoT troops being returned? Joe H....
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hank9174
Feb 1, 2002 10:36 pm
unre, are you saying that Bragg was an optimist in 1861 and a realist in 1864? ;) Again, Woodworth points out that Bragg was thwarted by Hardee and Polk during...
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josepharose
Feb 1, 2002 10:17 pm
... I would guess: the Armies of the Ohio, the Tennessee, the Cumberland, the Potomac, Northern Virginia, and Tennessee. Joseph...
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Bob Huddleston
huddlestonus
Feb 1, 2002 9:23 pm
One question you only partially asked was How many copied were made? Then and now the number depended upon the material. A report would have one for the...
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Bob Huddleston
huddlestonus
Feb 1, 2002 8:53 pm
If you have a copy of the Army Regulations, you will find chapter 34 concerns army orders and correspondence with details on how many order books an outfit...
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Bob Huddleston
huddlestonus
Feb 1, 2002 8:44 pm
The Grant Papers in the LoC include his own personal papers, material gathered by the family, and stuff like the original of Personal Memoirs as well as...
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carlw4514
Feb 1, 2002 7:12 pm
I have concluded after finishing CONFEDERATE GOLIATH [excellent, btw] that whatever Bragg was in `61 by `65 he had completely degenerated into a defeatist that...
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carlw4514
Feb 1, 2002 6:52 pm
Sorry to take off on a tangent, I guess we twisted your thread around to something different. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to your question myself....
Hi all, While I don't claim to be a huge fan of Bragg, I do think at times he takes a hit for things not his fault. I am glad to see that someone has finally...
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Lieberum, Steve
slieberum
Feb 1, 2002 3:54 pm
HankC, I do so agree, I am a map man from why back, and the lack of maps in "Six Armies" does make me lose track of what is going on.... Steve L ... From:...
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hank9174
Feb 1, 2002 3:48 pm
'Six Armies' offers a concise, well-written explanation of the entire campaign from Murfreesboro through Tullahoma to Chickamauga back to Chattanooga and then...
