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American Civil War Thread 2017-03-31 09:41:55 Post No. 2594597
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Why didn't Jefferson Davis just appoint Bragg as a military advisor from the start? It was obvious that Bragg wasn't fit to lead men into battle, but he was good at planning and organizing an army. It probably would have been better to leave Beauregard in command of the Army of Tennessee after Albert S. Johnston fell at Shiloh. Also, can we try and keep this thread strictly about the military aspect of the war and leave the who was right and who was wrong out of it?
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From Grant's memoirs:
>"But Mr. Davis had an exalted opinion of his own military genius, and sought to 'kill two birds with one stone'. On several occasions during the war he came to the relief of the Union army by means of his SUPERIOR MILITARY GENIUS."
He actually did capitalize that, I didn't add it in.
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>>2594612
Based Grant. Used capitalization to btfo of the South.
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>>2594612
Grant was quite the sassy fellow. True Davis fucked up a lot, but there was a lot of bad material to work with in the Western Theater.
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>>2594612
SUPERIOR MILITARY GENIUS deserves to be a /his/ meme
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>>2594652
Agreed.
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>SUPERIOR
>MILITARY
>GENIUS
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Didn't nepotism have a lot to do with it?
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>>2595780
Yes, Bragg and Davis were butt buddies. Bragg wanted to command the AoT in person and despite almost constant complaints from Bragg's corps and division commanders Davis always sided with Bragg.
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