"Best Union Generals Not Named “Grant” and “Sherman”" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Nov 2019 9:37 p.m. PST |
…. – We Picked 3 "Very generally speaking, most American Civil War professors, informal historians, and novices can easily tick off a list of well-known and talented Confederate generals. The list usually starts like this: Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, Forrest…and goes on for quite a while. There is little doubt that the military leadership of the Confederacy, combined with the elan of most of their men kept the South in the fight much longer than it should have been – at least on paper. Outnumbered, industrially inferior with fewer natural resources, the Confederacy could easily have folded had it not been for the skill of its general officers…"
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| langobard | 10 Nov 2019 2:10 a.m. PST |
Interesting list. I very much enjoy gaming the ACW (usually F&F or Black Powder), but I don't really do enough research into it as I would like, so lists like this are interesting. Thanks Armand! |
| Tango01 | 10 Nov 2019 3:13 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile)
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| rmaker | 10 Nov 2019 9:05 p.m. PST |
They missed Winfield Scott. His Anaconda plan was the basis for successful Union strategy. |
| Tango01 | 11 Nov 2019 11:17 a.m. PST |
Good point!.
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| 14th NJ Vol | 12 Nov 2019 6:32 p.m. PST |
John Reynolds, Lyon, even Meade. |
| BW1959 | 12 Nov 2019 6:54 p.m. PST |
I like the three on the list, Sheridan, Thomas, and Hancock.
Also I'd add John Buford |
| Bill N | 12 Nov 2019 6:58 p.m. PST |
Sorry, but he lost me when he implied that Sheridan made his reputation as a cavalry commander in the west. |
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looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!