Question of the Week: 12/11-12/17/23
Last week Time magazine announced their “Person of the Year.”
So…who would you choose for “Person of the Year” for 1863? Why?
Last week Time magazine announced their “Person of the Year.”
So…who would you choose for “Person of the Year” for 1863? Why?
Abraham Lincoln, for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which effectively removed Great Britain and France from ever supporting the Confederacy.
Abraham Lincoln for his speech at Gettysburg, PA indicating his strong desire to reunite the Nation and for having the temerity and faith to know he could,
George Meade, of cours
Union Colonel Benjamin Grierson. His raid caused confusion and distraction among the Confederates, allowing Grant to cross the Mississippi uncontested and gain the foothold he needed to take Vicksburg, a key turning point in the war.
US Grant= Vicksburg!
William Rosecrans for the brilliant Tullahoma campaign
It has to be Lincoln, between the Emancipation Proclamation taking effect, twin victories in July, and the Gettysburg address.
Taking this further, I would go with Lincoln in 1860, Jefferson Davis in 1861, Lee in 1862, Grant in 1864, and John Wilkes Booth in 1865. Keep in mind, Person of the Year only means the person with the most impact, not necessarily positive impact.
Lots of great choices already made on here. I’m going to go with Stonewall Jackson. His contributions at Chancellorsville helped the Confederates obtain their impressive victory there, which led to their decisions to invade Pennsylvania. His death resulted in Robert E. Lee reconstructing his army. Questions of how the Confederate forces would have fared in battles after Chancellorsville if he had been able to partake in them are uttered to this day by some. But there is no doubt Jackson’s loss was a tremendous blow to the Confederate forces in the East.
I was trying to decide between Grant and Meade, then realized it was Lincoln who was the top guy.
He was truly running this gigantic show, both North and South.
Since Time went with an entertaining illusionist in Ms Swift, my obvious choice is Braxton Bragg, the man who constantly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, and assisted in the miraculous elevation of Sam Grant into Supreme Command.
Grant – captured Vicksburg, won at Chattanooga, drove Bragg’s army back into Georgia.
The Johnny Reb that charged the Clump of Trees, day 3 at Gettysburg.