Posted on 10/12/2018 7:13:42 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
You hit the Bullseye! Thank you.
You’re right.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a egomaniacal dictator--and yet he is also widely regarded as one of history's most able generals. Shall we mention Julius Caesar? Then let's go to Oliver Cromwell.
No one in polite society today endorses the politics of these men--but any historically literate person knows these guys kicked major ass.
You’re welcome.
One of the greatest, if not the greatest American general.
That’s the truth. I think that is the most frustrating part of this.
From experience, it is impossible to reason with them, let alone persuade them. They are ignorant of what’s going on, unable to discern and don’t even know what critical thinking is.
To the Left, the Truth is whatever they want it to be.
They must be approached on a personal basis. They can’t see the big picture so it must be shown to them in a way that they can relate to.
Grant understood that attrition was on his side.
You’re right. Thank you.
Grant threw his men into meat grinders because he knew he could replace them.
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That’s right. Grant knew attrition was on his side. Lee understood it, too.
Giap was a mediocre general.
Had Lee equal resources, he would have quickly defeated Grant. Grant won because he had four times the manpower and four times the industrial support, such as train assets and ship assets.
Amen.
Lee was a great General. His tactics at Chancellorsville are still studied and used today. Dividing his army three times in the face of the enemy while being outnumbered three to one, was nothing short of a masterful use of speed and maneuver as a force multiplier.
Donald Trump, King of Trolls. He has a different way from Reagan of making heads explode. Both are thoroughly enjoyable to watch.
Wow
80 posts before your strawman bullshit
Feel better ?
Just shows this forum as a whole is a far better place than you handful of south haters
So go screw yourself
I have been very curious on this particular point. I've read that he was in Texas when Sumter fell, but that he turned down the offer of the Army (in Washington DC) shortly thereafter.
How was he contacted in order to send him to Washington? It seems to me it would have taken a long time to get a message to him, and then it would have taken him some time to get to Washington.
When was he sent for?
A bit touchy, eh?
umm, no, McClellan was not replaced with Grant. Burnside replaced McClellan. Grant didn’t come east until much later.
Army of the Potomac: Commanders
Brigadier General Irvin McDowell: Commander of the Army and Department of Northeastern Virginia (May 27 – July 25, 1861)
Major General George B. McClellan: Commander of the Military Division of the Potomac, and later, the Army and Department of the Potomac (July 26, 1861 – November 9, 1862)
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside: Commander of the Army of the Potomac (November 9, 1862 – January 26, 1863)
Major General Joseph Hooker: Commander of the Army and Department of the Potomac (January 26 – June 28, 1863)
Major General George G. Meade: Commander of the Army of the Potomac† (June 28, 1863 – June 28, 1865)
†Major General John G. Parke took brief temporary command during Meade’s absences on four occasions during this period)
Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all Union armies, located his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac and provided operational direction to Meade from May 1864 to April 1865, but Meade retained command of the Army of the Potomac.
“Dividing his army three times in the face of the enemy while being outnumbered three to one, was nothing short of a masterful use of speed and maneuver as a force multiplier.”
Didn’t work so well for Custer in 1876...
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