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- Nov 8, 2018
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- Palm Coast, Florida
I had no strong opinion on Bate as a field commander until I ran into some guy on Warhawk's Discord server calling him one of the worst Confederate division commanders. I cannot remember the exact arguments he made (I left the server soon after due to personal stuff); however, from what I recall, he refered to his actions at Dallas and Franklin as screw ups on his part, that he could have done way better in those cases (his rhetoric pumped up the impression there were a bunch more, but all he had to say about Shy Hill was that he did "as good as he could", which to him meant it was normal for him to get his rear handed to him because of a stupid mistake).
I don't know. I am not as well read on Bate and his division in 1864. If anyone has their own opinions on this, go ahead. I'm interested in hearing people talk about this man and not sound like they're just rattling off dates, or feel like "oh yeah and he was there".
I don't know. I am not as well read on Bate and his division in 1864. If anyone has their own opinions on this, go ahead. I'm interested in hearing people talk about this man and not sound like they're just rattling off dates, or feel like "oh yeah and he was there".