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Longstreet Goes West: Conclusions
James Longstreet’s time in the Western Theater has by and large, not garnered accolades. The prevailing western-centric view casts him as a haughty eastern interloper, come to further his own ambitions at Bragg’s expense. Historians of a more eastern bent … Continue reading
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Tagged Bragg, Chickamauga, civil war memory, historiography, Leadership, Longstreet, Longstreet-Goes-West, Monuments
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Longstreet Goes West, part nine: The November of our discontent
Part Nine in a Series Both Bragg and Longstreet – indeed every Confederate from Richmond on down – understood that to be successful, any movement into East Tennessee must be conducted quickly, and in sufficient strength. The idea was to … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged Bragg, Chickamauga, civil war memory, historiography, Leadership, Longstreet, Longstreet-Goes-West, Monuments
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Longstreet Goes West, part eight: Knoxville, and Huzzah!
(Fear not, dear reader: Our extended blog-essay is winding down; part nine will cover actual operations in East Tennessee, and part ten will conclude things with a summary of James Longstreet’s troubled interlude beyond Virginia. Thank you for your forbearance.) On … Continue reading
Longstreet Goes West, part seven: A parting of the ways
Part Seven in a Series On October 30th, Bragg dispatched an angry telegram to Jefferson Davis, then in Savannah, headed back to Richmond. Bragg outlined his frustrations with Longstreet, and the lack of effective action in Lookout Valley. On the … Continue reading
Longstreet Goes West, part six: Midnight Madness
Part Six in a Series October of 1863 was a lean month for the Union Army of the Cumberland, trapped in Chattanooga. Joe Wheeler’s Rebel cavalry kicked off the month by destroying a Union supply train of nearly 800 wagons … Continue reading
Longstreet Goes West, part five: Davis Hurries West
Part Five in a Series President Jefferson Davis departed Richmond on the morning of October 6, headed to Atlanta. James Chesnut’s urgent appeal had borne fruit; Davis boarded and early morning train, passing through Petersburg by 8:30 a.m. He made … Continue reading
Longstreet Goes West, part four: Discord
Part Four in a Series In the immediate aftermath of Chickamauga, Bragg and his generals were all gripped by a measure of collective uncertainty. Early on, it seemed as if Rosecrans might just abandon Chattanooga, falling back to his railhead … Continue reading
Longstreet Goes West, part three: On to Nashville?
Part Three in a Series Longstreet’s move to Georgia took 9 days, though some of the trailing elements in his corps – Anderson’s Brigade, which was diverted to Savannah for a week or so, and any number of individual Georgians … Continue reading
Longstreet Goes West, part two: Westward Ho!
Part Two in a Series The decision to reinforce Bragg came only after much debate, and only after every other expedient had been exhausted. While President Davis believed that the Confederacy needed to use interior lines to achieved localized concentrations … Continue reading
Longstreet goes West, part one: Machiavellian or Misunderstood?
Part One in a Series Confederate General James Longstreet remains one of the war’s most controversial figures. Detractors see him as a scheming subordinate whose ambition overreached his talents; supporters hail him as a clear-sighted realist who understood the changes … Continue reading
