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Bee, you didn’t get my tongue in cheek humor. The good guys would be Sherman’s enemy, Confederates.
Lee was the better tactician. Sherman was the better strategist. As a strategist, Lee was not very impressive at all.
Hard to say as neither had final say on strategy.Lee was the better tactician. Sherman was the better strategist. As a strategist, Lee was not very impressive at all.
I am intrigued to know the root of your distaste for Sherman. For you to ignore the results of the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea shows deep seated hatred. Yes, he may not have faced off head to head against Lee, but to march that far behind enemy lines, and to take two of the Confederates major supply depots (Port in Savannah and Depot in Atlanta). Those accomplishments alone must mean something.OK, Douglas Southhall Freeman's work is not terribly popular around here, but it contains, in four volumes, virtually zero reference to Willie Sherman.
General Lee did not care about or feel threatened by Willie.
Did the enemy make him look good?
My reply #48 was a question to you, not my personal opinion.I believe you're confusing tactics with strategy.
Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, May 20, 1864
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
KINGSTON, GA., May 20, 1864.
That would be the Confederates I am sure but it is a fair question. I have often wondered about some news accounts shared and why both sides did not filter such information even to family. I wonder when the military started to realize that this might be a bad idea when sharing correspondence.Who are the "good guys" that you are speaking of?
That would be the Confederates I am sure but it is a fair question. I have often wondered about some news accounts shared and why both sided did not filter such information even to family. I wonder when the military started to realize that this might be a bad idea when sharing correspondence.
I'd Lees?Did the enemy make him look good?
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I'd Lees?
Unfortunately, his tactical prowess did not come close to matching his unparalleled skills as a strategist.
Just thought to stop in and laugh at this. We'll need to see what General Lee had to say about Willie Sherman (probably not much), but let's look it up and keep the groove going....
Is that because Freeman was writing about Lee?OK, Douglas Southhall Freeman's work is not terribly popular around here, but it contains, in four volumes, virtually zero reference to Willie Sherman.
General Lee did not care about or feel threatened by Willie.
Here's an easy way to keep the difference between strategy and tactics straight, Bee:
Strategy is the game plan. Tactics are how the game plan is implemented.