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Over at the Siege of Petersburg Online today, the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Five Forks, James F. Epperson and I (Brett Schulte) debate the following question: Was Sheridan’s relief of Warren at Five Forks justified? For those of you unfamiliar with this particular controversy, I’ll try not to take my side in the […]
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DEBATE: Was Sheridan Justified in Relieving Warren at Five Forks?
April 1st, 2015 · Comments Off on DEBATE: Was Sheridan Justified in Relieving Warren at Five Forks?
Categories: 150 Years Ago in the Civil War · Controversies of a Campaign
Tags: · april 1 1865, battle of five forks, gouverneur k. warren, philip h. sheridan, siege of petersburg, ulysses s. grant
Was General Sherman Smeared?
November 16th, 2014 · 62 Comments
This being the 150th anniversary of Sherman’s March to the Sea, the venerable New York times has an article questioning just how bad Uncle Billy really was. Seems we have a new crop of historians who think that the Southern demonization of him was unwarranted, a sour grapes myth by the defeated Confederates perpetuated by […]
Categories: Civil War Individuals · Civil War Memory · Controversies of a Campaign
Tags: · burning of atlanta, March to the Sea, Roswell Mills, William Sherman
The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 14
March 18th, 2014 · 5 Comments
Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin. I had totally […]
Categories: 13 Controversies at Franklin · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Controversies of a Campaign · Military History · Strategy & Tactics · Western Theater
Tags: · battle of franklin, eric a. jacobson, for cause and for country, hood's tennessee campaign, patrick dowling, the confederacy's last hurrah, wiley sword
The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 13
March 11th, 2014 · 1 Comment
Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin. I had totally […]
Categories: 13 Controversies at Franklin · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Controversies of a Campaign · Military History · Miscellaneous · Strategy & Tactics · Western Theater
Tags: · battle of franklin, eric a. jacobson, for cause and for country, hood's tennessee campaign, john adams, the confederacy's last hurrah, wiley sword
The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 12
March 4th, 2014 · 1 Comment
Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin. I had totally […]
Categories: 13 Controversies at Franklin · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Controversies of a Campaign · Military History · Miscellaneous · Strategy & Tactics · Western Theater
Tags: · battle of franklin, david stanley, eric a. jacobson, for cause and for country, hood's tennessee campaign, Jacob Cox, the confederacy's last hurrah, wiley sword
The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 11
February 25th, 2014 · 3 Comments
Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin. I had totally […]
Categories: 13 Controversies at Franklin · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Controversies of a Campaign · Military History · Miscellaneous · Strategy & Tactics · Western Theater
Tags: · battle of franklin, emerson opdycke, eric a. jacobson, for cause and for country, hood's tennessee campaign, the confederacy's last hurrah, wiley sword
The Top 13 Controversies at Franklin: Part 10
February 18th, 2014 · No Comments
Editor’s Note: After I’d posted my recent comments on Lee’s possible endorsement of John Bell Hood for army command in 1864, I started going back over a lengthy nine or ten part series I did on Eric Jacobson’s book For Cause & for Country: A Study of the Affair at Spring Hill and the Battle of Franklin. I had totally […]
Categories: 13 Controversies at Franklin · Civil War Books · Civil War Books - Authors · Controversies of a Campaign · Military History · Miscellaneous · Strategy & Tactics · Western Theater
Tags: · battle of franklin, eric a. jacobson, for cause and for country, hood's tennessee campaign, patrick cleburne, the confederacy's last hurrah, wiley sword
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