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Would we know who Chalmers was--if not for Forrest?
Often a stormy relationship between THAT GUY and Chalmers--but also one that really worked well when it worked.....General James R. Chalmers is a pretty interesting guy on his own. We have at least one previous thread discussing (somewhat) their relationship, but I'd love for us to discuss it further.
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/why-did-forrest-dislike-john-chalmers.13200/
As we know, Forrest took Chalmers' tent for his brother, who later died. As usual, he did it in his rather imperious way, which ticked off Chalmers.
http://books.google.com/books?id=LL...v=onepage&q=chalmers tent for brother&f=false
Let's look a bit a the standard biography of Chalmers....here's one on the NPS website:
http://www.nps.gov/resources/person.htm?id=61
Here's a report from Shiloh by Chalmers.....
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh/shiloh-history-articles/shiloh-official-report-of.html
And his Ft. Pillow report....
http://www.civilwarhome.com/chalmersftpillowor.htm
I'll be interested to see what the rest of you turn up and what questions we can ask--and answer!
Would we know who Chalmers was--if not for Forrest?
Often a stormy relationship between THAT GUY and Chalmers--but also one that really worked well when it worked.....General James R. Chalmers is a pretty interesting guy on his own. We have at least one previous thread discussing (somewhat) their relationship, but I'd love for us to discuss it further.
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/why-did-forrest-dislike-john-chalmers.13200/
As we know, Forrest took Chalmers' tent for his brother, who later died. As usual, he did it in his rather imperious way, which ticked off Chalmers.
http://books.google.com/books?id=LL...v=onepage&q=chalmers tent for brother&f=false
Let's look a bit a the standard biography of Chalmers....here's one on the NPS website:
http://www.nps.gov/resources/person.htm?id=61
Here's a report from Shiloh by Chalmers.....
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh/shiloh-history-articles/shiloh-official-report-of.html
And his Ft. Pillow report....
http://www.civilwarhome.com/chalmersftpillowor.htm
I'll be interested to see what the rest of you turn up and what questions we can ask--and answer!
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