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What would be your thoughts, if Lee, and Forrest had been teamed together, instead of Lee and Stuart? How would that combination, have possibly changed the events, in the east?
Forrest and Lee... I wonder if they would have gotten along at all. Stuart and Lee got along famously but Forrest was at odds w/ several of his commanders. Bragg to say the least.
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Being at odds with Bragg did not exactly put Forrest in a league of his own. Lee and Stuart went back a long way, and I believe that they respected and trusted one another. For that matter, Lee earned the respect of many men, while Bragg did not fare so well, I'm afraid. Whether or not Lee and Forrest would have clashed, I don't know, but I can't imagine anyone not wanting to command a man like Forrest.
I don't feel, that Lee and Forrest, would have clashed. Lee, knew the limitations, of each of his soldiers, and I'am not sure if Forrest had any limits. Lee could have made his wishes known, to Forrest, and then tuned the whole situation over to him. It certainly would be hard, to say if that combo, would have changed the outcome of the war, but there may have been a good possibility.
The better question is,"How would Stuart have fared in the west?" We have to remember, very little press was to be got in the western theatre, while Stuart could easily be in the papers in the east.
Stuart, was excellent, at his job, and I feel, that he would have done well in the west. I've had my doubts, as to his, seeking fame, in the newspapers.
Stuart, wouldn't have been a thorn, in the side, of the western union armies, like Forrest was, but Forrest was in a class by himself.
Awww, give Charlie, a break, that's how, I know, it's him, in all, the Civil War clubs that we're in together.
If we're going to be picky, it's "fared," not "faired."
There was actually a lot of press coverage in the Western Theater in the Federal states. In fact, a lot of times the reporters got news back to their papers faster than the Generals got their reports to Washington. Taps into telegraph lines had something to do with this.
And as with all other Confederates who weren't in the West, of course the Confederacy would have won if only JEB Stuart had been there!!
Stuart didn't hold a candle to Forrest... nuff said.
__________________ Few take the trouble to understand or to view the American scene with perspective. And we Americans love to find ourselves guilty of something. However, it is never I who am guilty, but those other Americans, the past or present government or the other political party. Americans almost never find other countries guilty. It is always ourselves or our fancied influence in other countries. Louis L'amour
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