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The American Civil War of 1861-1865 effectively concluded with the surrender of the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee to USA forces under Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Courthouse Virginia.
 
Yes.....back to a time when the generals were as badass as they ever were.

Sherman, Jackson, Lee, Grant, McClellan.....so much talent. It's like looking back at the 80's / early 90's NBA.

Now all we have are soft, pencil pushing, drone flying pussies.
 
Originally posted by argubs2:

McClellan
eh, easy on including the little Napoleon on the list of brilliant Civ War generals. should have crushed Lee on 2 separate occasions and ended the war years earlier; first during the Seven Days Battles then again at Antietam.

Stonewall Jackson FTW
 
Originally posted by JHB4UK:
eh, easy on including the little Napoleon on the list of brilliant Civ War generals. should have crushed Lee on 2 separate occasions and ended the war years earlier; first during the Seven Days Battles then again at Antietam.

Stonewall Jackson FTW
Sometimes the best team doesn't win.
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As far as battlefield tactics are concerned, you're right.....but he could lead men and for the most part, his soldiers loved him.
 
Originally posted by argubs2:
Yes.....back to a time when the generals were as badass as they ever were.

Sherman, Jackson, Lee, Grant, McClellan.....so much talent. It's like looking back at the 80's / early 90's NBA.

Now all we have are soft, pencil pushing, drone flying pussies.
You can add J.E.B Stuart and Stand Watie to that list. Also Philip Sheridan on the Union side. It's a good thing that the Union basically overwhelmed the Confederates thru sheer force of numbers and weight of industry. I'd also put Meade above McClellan, but that's just me.
 
According to eye witnesses, Grant introduced himself by reminding Lee that they had served together in the same unit in the Mexican war twenty years ealier. Lee replied to the effect that 'in all this time we opposed one another, I knew we had met before, but for the life of me I could not remember where'.

They chatted like old friends for a while, to the point that finally, one of the aides basically had to elbow Grant to remind him that he was there to accept the surrender of the southern forces.

I don't know why, but that always seemed like a interesting historical tidbit to me.

Grant was a terrible president, but the best thing he did as president was sign legislation creating Yellowstone National Park as the country's first national park.
 
Not necessarily a great general by any means, but even Custer was creeping around during this time.
 
Originally posted by GhostVol:

Originally posted by argubs2:
Yes.....back to a time when the generals were as badass as they ever were.

Sherman, Jackson, Lee, Grant, McClellan.....so much talent. It's like looking back at the 80's / early 90's NBA.

Now all we have are soft, pencil pushing, drone flying pussies.
You can add J.E.B Stuart and Stand Watie to that list. Also Philip Sheridan on the Union side. It's a good thing that the Union basically overwhelmed the Confederates thru sheer force of numbers and weight of industry. I'd also put Meade above McClellan, but that's just me.
Quartermaster Montgomery Meigs was a more important piece to the Union victory than either Meade or McClellan.
A soft pencil pusher was key to winning the war with logistics.
Meade and McClellan had opportunities to finish Lee's Army of Virginia.

Also CSA Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard - that's just one cool name
 
Originally posted by Tskware:
According to eye witnesses, Grant introduced himself by reminding Lee that they had served together in the same unit in the Mexican war twenty years ealier. Lee replied to the effect that 'in all this time we opposed one another, I knew we had met before, but for the life of me I could not remember where'.

They chatted like old friends for a while, to the point that finally, one of the aides basically had to elbow Grant to remind him that he was there to accept the surrender of the southern forces.

I don't know why, but that always seemed like a interesting historical tidbit to me.

Grant was a terrible president, but the best thing he did as president was sign legislation creating Yellowstone National Park as the country's first national park.

Here's another small tidbit about the Appomattox Court House. Credit goes to Bad Leroy Dawg:

In one of the great ironies of the war, the surrender
took place in the parlor of Wilmer McClean's home. McClean had once
lived along the banks of Bull Run Creek, in Manassas, Virginia, the site
of the first major battle of the war in July 1861. Seeking refuge from
the fighting, McClean decided to move out of the Washington-Richmond
corridor to try to avoid the almost continual heavy skirmishing that
would surely take place there. He moved to Appomattox Court House only
to see the war in Virginia end in his home.
 
Originally posted by Free_Salato_Blue:

Meade and McClellan had opportunities to finish Lee's Army of Virginia.
Absolutely!

At Gettysburg Meade had an entire corps that had been completely untouched and unused by the 3 days of battle. after repulsing Picketts (really Longstreats) charge he could have used them to swing around the Rebs right and destroy what was left of an already mostly shattered army. Then, on Lee's retreat letting him cross the Potomac without firing a single shot in anger towards them, shameful.
 
Along the same lines as your post, JHB, was always under the impression that the South could've ended the war pretty quick if they'd advanced on DC after the first Battle at Manassas Creek.
 
Cant remember where I read it, but I only recently heard about a crazy potential turning point at Gettysburg. The CSA was advancing on a particularly thin Union line up a hill, but smoke and fog setting in at night caused the CSA to halt the advance, which was something like 4-5 men and 15 feet from breaking the Union lines. Apparently archaeological digs have supported the claim as well. Pretty nuts to think that fog kept the south from essentially winning the war.

I think that might have been in a recent Burns or PBS documentary, but I'm pretty sure it was the second night of the battle, not Pickett's Charge.

This post was edited on 4/9 3:24 PM by blueboy08
 
Originally posted by blueboy08:
Cant remember where I read it, but I only recently heard about a crazy potential turning point at Gettysburg. The CSA was advancing on a particularly thin Union line up a hill, but smoke and fog setting in at night caused the CSA to halt the advance, which was something like 4-5 men and 15 feet from breaking the Union lines. Apparently archaeological digs have supported the claim as well. Pretty nuts to think that fog kept the south from essentially winning the war.

I think that might have been in a recent Burns or PBS documentary, but I'm pretty sure it was the second night of the battle, not Pickett's Charge.

This post was edited on 4/9 3:24 PM by blueboy08
Could have been Little Round top, if you ever get to tour Gettysburg you can see why the position was key.
The Union had gun emplacements that overlooked much of the battlefield.
They only had a few men up there but Col Chamberlain's men defended against a CSA attack.


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This post was edited on 4/9 4:05 PM by Free_Salato_Blue

This post was edited on 4/9 4:06 PM by Free_Salato_Blue
 
Originally posted by blueboy08:
Cant remember where I read it, but I only recently heard about a crazy potential turning point at Gettysburg. The CSA was advancing on a particularly thin Union line up a hill, but smoke and fog setting in at night caused the CSA to halt the advance, which was something like 4-5 men and 15 feet from breaking the Union lines. Apparently archaeological digs have supported the claim as well. Pretty nuts to think that fog kept the south from essentially winning the war.

I think that might have been in a recent Burns or PBS documentary, but I'm pretty sure it was the second night of the battle, not Pickett's Charge.


This post was edited on 4/9 3:24 PM by blueboy08
Moreso than that, Gettysburg was a failure by Lee. Lee, a tremendous tactician, made a fatal error....actually several. One principal of Sun Tsu's Art of War is that if the enemy is entrenched and has the high ground, then leave them alone. Attack the enemy at a place of YOUR choosing. Lee did this throughout the war, but when it came to Gettysburg he supposedly stated "The enemy is there and I'm going to attack him there." So, attacking in the first place was a horrible error. Then his best commanders protested and urged him not to......but he didn't listen. Another grave error.
 
Originally posted by BlueRaider22:
Originally posted by blueboy08:
Cant remember where I read it, but I only recently heard about a crazy potential turning point at Gettysburg. The CSA was advancing on a particularly thin Union line up a hill, but smoke and fog setting in at night caused the CSA to halt the advance, which was something like 4-5 men and 15 feet from breaking the Union lines. Apparently archaeological digs have supported the claim as well. Pretty nuts to think that fog kept the south from essentially winning the war.

I think that might have been in a recent Burns or PBS documentary, but I'm pretty sure it was the second night of the battle, not Pickett's Charge.


This post was edited on 4/9 3:24 PM by blueboy08
Moreso than that, Gettysburg was a failure by Lee. Lee, a tremendous tactician, made a fatal error....actually several. One principal of Sun Tsu's Art of War is that if the enemy is entrenched and has the high ground, then leave them alone. Attack the enemy at a place of YOUR choosing. Lee did this throughout the war, but when it came to Gettysburg he supposedly stated "The enemy is there and I'm going to attack him there." So, attacking in the first place was a horrible error. Then his best commanders protested and urged him not to......but he didn't listen. Another grave error.
Plus the poor recon by Stuart's cavalry didn't help to relay enemy numbers and positions.
Lee just did not have a quality commander to replace the tactics and bold leadership of Stonewall Jackson.
 
Stonewall Jackson's replacement Jubal Early could have won Gettysburg on the first night of the battle had he as ordered by Lee advanced and dislodged the Union troops from Culps Hill. Rebs on Culps Hill would have made every other Union position on the fish hook untenable. Would have sent the Union in retreat and the Rebs would have occupied all the best positions on the battlefield. Likely Meade would have had no choice but to regroup and gather his army together south of Gettysburg, and who knows where the next battle would have occurred.
 
Custer had one plan.......attack. Only failed him one time.......

He saved the field at Gettysburg, 3rd day. He led a cavalry charge with a bunch of Michiganders, against 3x as many confederate horsemen led by JEB Stuart. He charged headlong into them and saved the union rear. His men fought like "wolverines" ... and now you know the rest of the story, Sorry, thought that sounded Paul Harvey like,



By the way, Lee didn't get any sprinkles. Sprinkles are for winners.
 
Originally posted by ktbug:
Custer had one plan.......attack. Only failed him one time.......

He saved the field at Gettysburg, 3rd day. He led a cavalry charge with a bunch of Michiganders, against 3x as many confederate horsemen led by JEB Stuart. He charged headlong into them and saved the union rear. His men fought like "wolverines" ... and now you know the rest of the story, Sorry, thought that sounded Paul Harvey like,



By the way, Lee didn't get any sprinkles. Sprinkles are for winners.
Another Civil War trivia fact, Custer holds a dubious record that most likely, hopefully, will never be broken:

His 7th Calvary is the largest American military unit to ever be completely wiped out in a single battle. 264 men or so.
 
Longstreet told Lee early on the second day that he could outflank the Union left around the Round Tops and slam the still-arriving Union troops & supply trains while not yet in defensive positions. Lee denied the recommendation.
 
Originally posted by vhcat70:

Longstreet told Lee early on the second day that he could outflank the Union left around the Round Tops and slam the still-arriving Union troops & supply trains while not yet in defensive positions. Lee denied the recommendation.
Also tried to talk him out of Picketts charge to no avail
 
Originally posted by JHB4UK:
Originally posted by Free_Salato_Blue:

Meade and McClellan had opportunities to finish Lee's Army of Virginia.
Absolutely!

At Gettysburg Meade had an entire corps that had been completely untouched and unused by the 3 days of battle. after repulsing Picketts (really Longstreats) charge he could have used them to swing around the Rebs right and destroy what was left of an already mostly shattered army. Then, on Lee's retreat letting him cross the Potomac without firing a single shot in anger towards them, shameful.
I read that Lincoln was continuously frustrated with his military leaders because they were reluctant to fight and destroy the southern army like they would any other foe. They could not get past the idea that these were other Americans they were fighting and couldn't bring themselves to ruthlessly crush them in battle. Often times they would not pursue and let the southern army escape when they could have finished them off. Lincoln kept searching for someone whose mindset was total victory. That's ultimately how Grant became the commander of the union army.
 
Originally posted by cat_in_the_hat:

Originally posted by JHB4UK:

Originally posted by Free_Salato_Blue:

Meade and McClellan had opportunities to finish Lee's Army of Virginia.
Absolutely!

At Gettysburg Meade had an entire corps that had been completely untouched and unused by the 3 days of battle. after repulsing Picketts (really Longstreats) charge he could have used them to swing around the Rebs right and destroy what was left of an already mostly shattered army. Then, on Lee's retreat letting him cross the Potomac without firing a single shot in anger towards them, shameful.
I read that Lincoln was continuously frustrated with his military leaders because they were reluctant to fight and destroy the southern army like they would any other foe. They could not get past the idea that these were other Americans they were fighting and couldn't bring themselves to ruthlessly crush them in battle. Often times they would not pursue and let the southern army escape when they could have finished them off. Lincoln kept searching for someone whose mindset was total victory. That's ultimately how Grant became the commander of the union army.
Yep, hence the famous telegram to Mclellan where Lincoln asked "If you don't intend to use the Army of the Potomac, do you mind if I borrow it for a while?"
 
Originally posted by Tskware:
Originally posted by cat_in_the_hat:

Originally posted by JHB4UK:

Originally posted by Free_Salato_Blue:

Meade and McClellan had opportunities to finish Lee's Army of Virginia.
Absolutely!

At Gettysburg Meade had an entire corps that had been completely untouched and unused by the 3 days of battle. after repulsing Picketts (really Longstreats) charge he could have used them to swing around the Rebs right and destroy what was left of an already mostly shattered army. Then, on Lee's retreat letting him cross the Potomac without firing a single shot in anger towards them, shameful.
I read that Lincoln was continuously frustrated with his military leaders because they were reluctant to fight and destroy the southern army like they would any other foe. They could not get past the idea that these were other Americans they were fighting and couldn't bring themselves to ruthlessly crush them in battle. Often times they would not pursue and let the southern army escape when they could have finished them off. Lincoln kept searching for someone whose mindset was total victory. That's ultimately how Grant became the commander of the union army.
Yep, hence the famous telegram to Mclellan where Lincoln asked "If you don't intend to use the Army of the Potomac, do you mind if I borrow it for a while?"
One of the best lines ever.

McLellan was afraid to fight; he was a driving reason the north won due to his ability to build and train and army...but he was afraid to fight.
 
Originally posted by cat_in_the_hat:
I read that Lincoln was continuously frustrated with his military leaders because they were reluctant to fight and destroy the southern army like they would any other foe. They could not get past the idea that these were other Americans they were fighting and couldn't bring themselves to ruthlessly crush them in battle. Often times they would not pursue and let the southern army escape when they could have finished them off. Lincoln kept searching for someone whose mindset was total victory. That's ultimately how Grant became the commander of the union army.
Sherman more so than Grant. Liddell Hart ('theory of mechanized warfare') and Heinz Guderian (Blitzkreig) both cite Sherman as a major influence on how their doctrine of warfare and tactics were conceptualized. In fact, I'd say that Grant's success was due to Sherman. When Lee lost Jackson, it was all downhill from there for the Confederacy. If Grant had lost Sherman, the Union still would have won, but it would have taken longer to do so.
 
Great points about Sherman & Grant. People don't realize how important the Vicksburg campaign was for both of those generals to develop the plans and methods needed for total victory over the Confederacy. Before that campaign the idea of an army going off marching into enemy territory with no supply lines went against all military doctrine. But Sherman & Grant did that around Mississippi, showing they could both supply their army as well as inflict damage on Confederate infrastructure. Led them to implement the same strategy of going from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and from ATL to the ocean, and from Savannah up the Carolinas.

Shelby Foote wrote a brilliant book about this campaign, how Grant tried six or seven different plans to take Vicksburg. Kept failing, but kept trying new tactics.
 
If you've never been to V-burg, it's one hell of a defensive fortress location.
 
Grant ability to use the combined arms of the army and navy ironclads was impressive in the western campaigns.
He took every key CSA installation from the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers down to Vicksburg.
Crippling the Confederates most vital artery for supplies and communication to the eastern armies.
 
McClellan had actually fought well in western Va before heading the army. Frustrated the confed army and swung those counties into West Virginia. Probably the best thing that happened in Virginia's history. They ought to build statues of him in Richmond!
His insubordination towards Lincoln should have seen him fired sooner than he was.



Grant was a very good general, as good as the CW produced.
 
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