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I repeat:
Neither Rosecrans, nor Grant, nor Sherman were going to accomplish much until the railroad connection between Cincinnati, Louisville and Bridgeport was substantially improved. Adding reinforcements to assist Rosecrans was not going to accomplish much if they could not be supplied.
I think rather than rely on an author I will go with the 1962 report of the Army Quartermaster. This little detail shows the solution to the logistical problem was real:
https://books.google.com/books?id=U...hur Edwards" Quartermaster Bridgeport&f=false p.414
Neither Rosecrans, nor Grant, nor Sherman were going to accomplish much until the railroad connection between Cincinnati, Louisville and Bridgeport was substantially improved. Adding reinforcements to assist Rosecrans was not going to accomplish much if they could not be supplied.
I think rather than rely on an author I will go with the 1962 report of the Army Quartermaster. This little detail shows the solution to the logistical problem was real:
https://books.google.com/books?id=U...hur Edwards" Quartermaster Bridgeport&f=false p.414