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Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet in Chattanooga, Part IV

Posted on March 24, 2022 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Ed Lowe Read the series What If…? This brings up the question that what if Longstreet had decisively defeated Burnside at Campbell’s Station, reaching that vital road junction before Burnside and pinning his army up … Continue reading →

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Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet in Chattanooga, Part III

Posted on March 23, 2022 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Ed Lowe Read the series General Braxton Bragg, commander of the Army of Tennessee, elected to make a significant organizational change in his army, especially after the failed effort at the battle of Wauhatchie.  That … Continue reading →

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Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet in Chattanooga, Part II

Posted on March 22, 2022 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes back guest author Ed Lowe Read the series James Longstreet and Ulysses S. Grant had known each other from their West Point days and into their initial assignments at Jefferson Barracks close to St. Louis. Longstreet was well … Continue reading →

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Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet in Chattanooga, Part I

Posted on March 21, 2022 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Ed Lowe The Confederate victory at Chickamauga, Georgia, in September 1863 offered up a further opportunity for General Braxton’s Bragg Army of Tennessee to finish off Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans’s Army of the Cumberland. Lt. Gen. … Continue reading →

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