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There's a lot of discussions of William Rosecrans the focus on Grant. Grant became President, and championed the 14th and 15th Amendments, so he is a noted figure in history and always draws controversy. Some bloggers have noted his conflicts with Stanton and the pressure applied on Rosecrans by Henry Halleck. Rosecrans' division commanders in his Cumberland Army were an undistinguished group, and he dismissed several with no decline in efficiency.
However, Rosecrans was in the least favorable theater in terms of logistics, because he did not have the Mississippi River nor Chesapeake Bay, nor proximity to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia to ease the logistical problems.
His main logistical link was a single track railroad leading back to Nashville and Louisville, which was not built to maintain a moving city of 40,000 men and their livestock.
However, Rosecrans was in the least favorable theater in terms of logistics, because he did not have the Mississippi River nor Chesapeake Bay, nor proximity to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia to ease the logistical problems.
His main logistical link was a single track railroad leading back to Nashville and Louisville, which was not built to maintain a moving city of 40,000 men and their livestock.
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