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[WJC]

Much is made about the close friendship between Grant and Sherman. Theodore Lyman mentions the close relationship of Meade and Hancock. Certainly, during the conflict and for some time afterward, Lee and Longstreet were close.
Are there any others that are worthy of discussion?

 

[Yankeedave]

Meade/Reynolds

 

[cash]

McClellan and himself.

 

[TomV71]

Jeb Stuart and Heros von Borch.

 

[BlueNGrey]

Sherman and Forrest.

 

[BlueNGrey]

Forrest and Bragg.

 

[AUG]

Pat Cleburne and William J. Hardee

Cleburne was also close with Thomas C. Hindman, as well as his brigade commanders Lucius E. Polk and Daniel C. Govan, all residents of Helena, Arkansas before the war.

 

[leftyhunter]

Thomas and Lee when Lee was Superintendent of West Point. Thomas was an instructor at West Point.
Thomas may of been very close to Rosecrans when Rosecrans was Commander of the AoC. @David Moore would know more about that.
Leftyhunter

 

[TomV71]

I believe Lee and Joe Johnston also had a close relationship. They where at west point together and had contact through the antebellum years..

 

[Yankeedave]

I believe Lee and Joe Johnston also had a close relationship. They where at west point together and had contact through the antebellum years and after the war..

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Great photo.

 

[TomV71]

Great photo.

Yes, one of my favorites. I made a new thread with it in the photo forum.

 

[WJC]

I believe Lee and Joe Johnston also had a close relationship. They where at west point together and had contact through the antebellum years..

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Great photo, one that I'd not seen before! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Eleanor Rose]

I believe Lee and Joe Johnston also had a close relationship. They where at west point together and had contact through the antebellum years..
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Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston, Savannah, Georgia, 1870

On a tour through the South in April 1870, a few months before his death, Robert E. Lee visited Savannah, Georgia, where this photograph of him was taken with General Joseph E. Johnston. The two gray bearded generals, both sixty-three, had not seen each other since the war. Johnston was then living in Savannah, trying to earn a livelihood in the insurance business. During the past four and a half years, Lee had been serving as president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia.

Unidentified photographer
Albumen silver print, 1870
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

http://www.civilwar.si.edu/appomattox_lee_and_johnston.html

 

[Ole Miss]

Jefferson Davis and Albert Sidney Johnston
Regards
David

 

[luinrina]

Hancock and Armistead were close friends before the war. Albert Sidney Johnston was good friends with both too. When the war broke out, they had a farewell dinner at Hancock's house. Next morning, Armistead and Johnston headed toward the Confederacy.

 

[TomV71]

Jeff Davis and Bragg, which turned out to be a complete disaster for the Confederacy

 

[Schwallanscher]

Jeb Stuart and Heros von Borch.

heros von borcke?

 

[TomV71]

heros von borcke?

Yes. I misspelled his name.
I just read his book. He and Stuart became very close.

 

[Schwallanscher]

Yes. I misspelled his name.
I just read his book. He and Stuart became very close.

the old noble family von borch got extinct in the early 16th century and the somewhat younger but still existing von der borch family is not related

 

[diane]

I'm glad you're here to sort us out, Schwally! There seems to be all sorts of controversy about who Heros von Borcke actually was - some say he was a Polish mercenary. But, whoever he was he could fight and he was somebody Stuart could literally look up to - 6 foot 4, and very stoutly built. And, he could show Stuart how stylin' was done! I don't know which of them liked fancy threads most.

For friendships during the war, I think the most poignant was between Lee and A P Hill, at the end of the war. Hill was known for his temper and pride but he was also a compassionate person who could keep a confidence. I think Lee was really in need of those two qualities at that time. Very dark days.