"Asleep at the Gap" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Jun 2020 12:50 p.m. PST |
"In 1862 Union general John Pope had a chance to cut the Confederate army in half. He blew it. AS HE CONTEMPLATED THE SCENE AT BRISTOE STATION, VIRGINIA, on the evening of August 27, 1862, Major General John Pope of the Union army was in a surprisingly upbeat mood. Although three crack Confederate divisions under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson had cut his railroad supply line to Washington, D.C., and forced him to pull back from the Rappahannock River, Pope remained stubbornly optimistic. "Jackson, [Richard S.] Ewell, and A. P. Hill are between Gainesville and Manassas Junction," the 40-year-old commander of the Army of Virginia informed his subordinates. "If you will march promptly and rapidly, at the earliest dawn of day, upon Manassas Junction, we shall bag the whole crowd."…"
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Frederick  | 11 Jun 2020 1:16 p.m. PST |
There was certainly a prejudice against poor old John Pope in the US Army, but to be fair he was a good example of someone being promoted above their ability level |
| Tango01 | 12 Jun 2020 12:25 p.m. PST |
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bases them up.
