Tag Archives: General Sherman

The Civil War and General Jim Mattis: Political-military relationship “trust up and down the chain” (Part 2)

Posted on April 22, 2020 by JoAnna McDonald

In Call Sign Chaos, Jim Mattis stresses “trust up and down the chain must be the coin of the realm.”   Official military doctrine supports this observation.  A U.S. Army publication notes that command is “not a one-way, top-down process that … Continue reading →

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The Civil War and General Jim Mattis: A Closer Look at Call Sign Chaos (Part 1)

Posted on April 21, 2020 by JoAnna McDonald

The first time I heard Jim Mattis speak was in 2007.  As an Education Director for the U.S. Marine Corps, I attended then Lieutenant General Mattis’ seminar on the 1st Marine Division at the First Battle of Fallujah (2003).  This … Continue reading →

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Ending the War, More or Less

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Meg Groeling

April 9, 1865, is the day that most people think the American Civil War came to an end. General Robert E. Lee realized his gallant Army of Northern Virginia was simply too beaten up to continue its fight for Confederate … Continue reading →

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Hits of the Sixties!

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Meg Groeling

Now that Sherman is marching through Georgia, albeit retroactively, I thought it time to discuss a little ditty that is guaranteed to make Confederate blood boil: Henry Clay Work’s Marching Thru’ Georgia. This song is still so inflammatory that the … Continue reading →

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