William
Private
- Joined
- May 23, 2008
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I think the obvious or self-evident answer to the question of unfortunate personalities of the Civil War would be those individuals who perished on either side (or civilians for that matter).
The discussion I think would be centered on those individuals who survived the war. The criteria I'm looking towards is individuals who either (i) had a stroke of bad luck; (ii) never got the credit they deserved, (iii) or any other criteria that a member feels I have neglected and wants to include.
As a relative amateur to many people here I will get it started with several obvious ones:
George Meade- He was caught in the shadow of Ulysses S. Grant from 1864-1865 and if I remember correctly there were individuals who sought to discredit him for his activities at Gettysburg.
Richard S. Ewell- Could he ever be better than Stonewall Jackson?
XI Corps- They just happened to be the ones on the flank that day.
The discussion I think would be centered on those individuals who survived the war. The criteria I'm looking towards is individuals who either (i) had a stroke of bad luck; (ii) never got the credit they deserved, (iii) or any other criteria that a member feels I have neglected and wants to include.
As a relative amateur to many people here I will get it started with several obvious ones:
George Meade- He was caught in the shadow of Ulysses S. Grant from 1864-1865 and if I remember correctly there were individuals who sought to discredit him for his activities at Gettysburg.
Richard S. Ewell- Could he ever be better than Stonewall Jackson?
XI Corps- They just happened to be the ones on the flank that day.