Hi guys,
Had a few questions on their encounter.
1) Is it surprising to you that Mac sided with Sumner? I always thought Franklin was a die-hard McClellan loyalist and a very trusted member of the inner circle.
2) Is it possible that when Mac rode up to evaluate the situation, he witnessed the worst carnage of his career? (My understanding is he was in the rear for a lot of the Seven Days). And that this pure shock caused him to order the stop? Did he witness any large carnage in the Crimean?
3) Hooker, Mansfield and Sumner must have had 30-40k men. This has got to be close to the size of Lee's army on the field in the morning. Were these three corps really that beaten up? I know Hooker's slugged it out in the cornfield, but it surprised me to hear that one wing of the ANV could have mauled three federal corps this badly. Was it really poor Federal maneuvering and strong Confederate flanking that won out? Or were their elements of II and XII that weren't that beat up?
4) Not wanting to turn it into a what if. But, if Franklin advanced, was there anything in the way of stopping him?
Mike
Had a few questions on their encounter.
1) Is it surprising to you that Mac sided with Sumner? I always thought Franklin was a die-hard McClellan loyalist and a very trusted member of the inner circle.
2) Is it possible that when Mac rode up to evaluate the situation, he witnessed the worst carnage of his career? (My understanding is he was in the rear for a lot of the Seven Days). And that this pure shock caused him to order the stop? Did he witness any large carnage in the Crimean?
3) Hooker, Mansfield and Sumner must have had 30-40k men. This has got to be close to the size of Lee's army on the field in the morning. Were these three corps really that beaten up? I know Hooker's slugged it out in the cornfield, but it surprised me to hear that one wing of the ANV could have mauled three federal corps this badly. Was it really poor Federal maneuvering and strong Confederate flanking that won out? Or were their elements of II and XII that weren't that beat up?
4) Not wanting to turn it into a what if. But, if Franklin advanced, was there anything in the way of stopping him?
Mike