generals

Forum Post Would Stonewall Jackson have made a difference at Gettysburgh? by piesnchess
With both Generals Longstreet and jackson at him re the charge,Lee may well have listened to their joint common sense, and not gone ahead with it. Wise counsel from two Generals may well have swayed h...
Forum Post riddle me this! by kakman
hint-both were confed generals come on people rally to the flag and answer this quiz.
Blog Comment Our Three Equally Important Union Armies by kakman
...ive credit to george[who i believe is underated as sherman i believe was overrated sometimes]many of thomas generals seem to be of the opinion there was no order to the top.grant and granger and thoma...
Forum Post I dont know any good books about the american civil war. I w... by Fifer32nd
Gods and Generals, and killer angels. Best civil war novels that ive read! they are very accurate to!
Forum Post overated confederate by PeteHeron
...n Cavalry had gone from night to day in terms of performance and manpower and equipment. Most overrated generals? hmmmmmm.... Gen. Robt E. Lee to be sure. A great general, but his gaffs are delib...
Forum Post "Deadly Earnest" Quote to Abraham Lincoln by Midland
...ve it was by Daniel Sickles to Abraham Lincoln, and it went something like this: "We have many skilled generals, but you need men who are in deadly earnest." I'm sure the wording is wr...
Forum Post Gettysburg Battlefield Print by Allan
...;s positions. It's authenticated and signed by General G G Meade and has the signatures of some of the Generals of the day, eg General Sykes and General Doubleday. Could you advise if this of in...
Forum Post Best Civil War movie?? by Yello1
Gods and Generals, the prequel to Gettysburg. Okay, it was actually not nearly as good as Gettysburg. But I was an extra in it (Union soldier, Henry Hill scenes) so it scores extra points with me. ...
Forum Post Civil War Computer Games by ACCWRT
I've played the Sid Meiers game, and it was ok for a Win98, and also another called Civil War Generals was alright, too. But nothing lately has poked its head out for Vista. I also own a PlayStat...
Forum Post Tactical Improvements As War Progressed by PeteHeron
... soldiers began using cover and concealment. Though it had been around, known by some as Indian Style, some generals decried it, saying it would make cowards of men if allowed to conceal behind cover....
Forum Post Couple questions - Expert needed by Lugjury
...training facility for Confederate soldiers? Would fighting soldiers have trained at a different place than generals or other people whose responsibilities were more tactical? Thanks, any help woul...
Forum Post Was Nathan Bedford Forrest to blame for massacre? by piesnchess
...orrific weapons,trenches,the brutality and slaughter of young lives needlessly,the mistakes and blunders of Generals. All this was sadly repeated in WW1,the same errors of marching young men across fi...
Forum Post If the Confederacy had won at Gettysburgh...? by piesnchess
...ish troops to help,or the british navy to end the Union blockade of the South.? I think one of the southern generals was very keen on that prospect,of getting the Brits involved. How ironic that would...
Forum Post Quiz: What Battle produced three future Presidents and who were they? by PeteHeron
... time until new management took over and sorted things out. What am I talking about? Finally, two eastern generals played significant roles, one in the first battle, the other in the final aftermath...
Blog Post jefferson davis is elected president of csa by kakman
...is will be the president of the confederacy-a former senator from mississippi he actually hoped for  a generals commission in the army-he was colonel of 1st ms regt.in mexico and secretary of war...
Forum Post Suggestion by DragonSlayer
...ies, but should fit in with the topic of the forum. Let's say you have a forum with a topic for Union Generals or Union Officers. I might want to start a thread asking if General Meade was the ...
Forum Post Which of these battles was considered to be the high point o... by roysclockgun
...of learning how to prosecute a war and put stars on the collars of fighting people. Lincoln hired and fired generals until he got men who could not only fight their armies well, but wanted to fight an...
Blog Post The Ultimate Nickname List by Sue
Nicknames are obviously not an invention of our day and age, and many of the generals in the civil war had nicknames too, nicknames  that were not always complimentary. Sometimes they were even ...
Blog Post Our Three Equally Important Union Armies by PeteHeron
I have driven throughout the southeast United States. Not just interstate, but many local routes. In doing so, it has helped me grasp some of the difficulties faced by both sides. Today's US95 pre...
Blog Post Blog? What an interesting name. by PeteHeron
Blog. Blaaaauuuhhhhhggg. I like it; it sort of connotes blah. Blaaauuuhhhh. A condition of running off of the mouth. One I have suffered from for, well, maybe my entire life. And Peter said, "blah...
Blog Post Why I study the American Civil War by PeteHeron
I first saw a civil war battlefield about ten years ago while driving north on a two lane Georgia highway. Highway it said, but pretty like a country road. Trees swept out over it, making it shady en...
 

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