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so grant is technically still under halleck, although halleck is now many miles away and as a result,nt doesn't have the autonomy or the authority to start the operations on his own. had he been booted up to that western theater commander, i have no doubt that grant would have going right on. but he doesn't. and as a result, the vicksburg campaign doesn't start in july either. now, what's critical is that in mid-october before october 16th, i'd have to look back, but october 16th grant is promoted to that higher authority where he has autonomy to conduct his own operations. he actually takes command about ten days later, on october 25th and the very next day is branded. he issues orders. move, go to vicksburg. we're going to take vicksburg. so you know, obviously we start the process of going to vicksburg yeah everybody knows grant's going to vicksburg but it's more complicated just what it seems it should have been done much earlier. but finally, in the fall of 1862, grant start southward and he will actually do things by the book this year, meaning book will have supporting columns
so grant is technically still under halleck, although halleck is now many miles away and as a result,nt doesn't have the autonomy or the authority to start the operations on his own. had he been booted up to that western theater commander, i have no doubt that grant would have going right on. but he doesn't. and as a result, the vicksburg campaign doesn't start in july either. now, what's critical is that in mid-october before october 16th, i'd have to look back, but october 16th grant is...
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., and dixon miles, the commander of the garrison, is almost begging henry halleck. general chief to allow him to withdraw. and henry halleck will not allow him and finally says, don't mcclellan will protect you if get into trouble. we know how that goes right. and lee will come up with nails always breaking the rules. remember, you never divide army up, especially if it's a small army enemy territory. does that and special orders 191 does that. he's to divide his army into pieces and most of it, two thirds of it, he's going to be sending around make laws walker's division. the clause will have two divisions. jackson will have three divisions. it's going to surround harpers ferry. he's got lee has three other divisions. the hill is going to have one. longstreet will have, a couple of others. they're going to be hanging around. they go up to boonesborough and to hagerstown and. lee is saying, i'm not about dividing my army because mcclellan is it's going take them time to come out of washington martin. i'm going to plenty of time. jackson's going to capture harpers fe
., and dixon miles, the commander of the garrison, is almost begging henry halleck. general chief to allow him to withdraw. and henry halleck will not allow him and finally says, don't mcclellan will protect you if get into trouble. we know how that goes right. and lee will come up with nails always breaking the rules. remember, you never divide army up, especially if it's a small army enemy territory. does that and special orders 191 does that. he's to divide his army into pieces and most of...
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needs to, but listening to advice most of the time before he does act and he brings in people like halleck and grant and slowly assembles a team that can win the war. jefferson davis doesn't do that because jefferson davis knew better right. and we can we can go to a fight between these two gentlemen. two, two, really encapsulate that in brief. so when the confederacy is formed, they need to appoint general officers. they need to appoint them. and joseph johnston at the time is the quartermastereneral of the united states army. and he thinks great, i'm going to be the highest ranking officer in the confederacy because i'm the highes ranking guy who resigned their commission in the united states army. not so, says jefferson davis in fact, johnston falls behind samuel cooper, albert syey johnston and robert e lee. so he's not even the first johnston. he's he's his fourth and the second johnston and i mean, he was upset. i'll say that in march 1861, confederate congress had authorized the appointment of five officers to the great a brigadier general and the law stipulate to that quote the rel
needs to, but listening to advice most of the time before he does act and he brings in people like halleck and grant and slowly assembles a team that can win the war. jefferson davis doesn't do that because jefferson davis knew better right. and we can we can go to a fight between these two gentlemen. two, two, really encapsulate that in brief. so when the confederacy is formed, they need to appoint general officers. they need to appoint them. and joseph johnston at the time is the...
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., and dixon miles, the commander of the garrison, is almost begging henry halleck. general chief to allow him to withdraw. and henry halleck will not allow him and finally says, don't mcclellan will protect you if get into trouble. we know how that goes right. and lee will come up with nails always breaking the rules. remember, you never divide army up, especially if it's a small army enemy territory. does that and special orders 191 does that. he's to divide his army into pieces and most of it, two thirds of it, he's going to be sending around make laws walker's division. the clause will have two divisions. jackson will have three divisions. it's going to surround harpers ferry. he's got lee has three other divisions. the hill is going to have one. longstreet will have, a couple of others. they're going to be hanging around. they go up to boonesborough and to hagerstown and. lee is saying, i'm not about dividing my army because mcclellan is it's going take them time to come out of washington martin. i'm going to plenty of time. jackson's going to capture harpers fe
., and dixon miles, the commander of the garrison, is almost begging henry halleck. general chief to allow him to withdraw. and henry halleck will not allow him and finally says, don't mcclellan will protect you if get into trouble. we know how that goes right. and lee will come up with nails always breaking the rules. remember, you never divide army up, especially if it's a small army enemy territory. does that and special orders 191 does that. he's to divide his army into pieces and most of...
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when halleck was reorganizing after shiloh, he elevated grant to in command of the army group, for lack of a better term, and put thomas in charge of the army of the tennessee. therefore superseding grant's and nearly driving grant to such despair that he was going to resign his commission. and sherman, fortunately talked him out of it so that is a sore point that thomas is very exist and will continually remind grant of. and then you had the you know just the different philosophy of of of conflict, a different philosophy of war thomas, much more methodical thomas and also was much more you know, approached war differently, approached campaigns differently than grant. um, you know and you put all those things together and i think they just butted heads and sometimes, sometimes it's, it's the intangibles too. and why i say, you know, it's it's tough without actually watching the two of them in action. it's tough. kind of put my complete finger on it at the best the best i can come up with on the, you know, on the available records that we have. excellent. i just have a just a couple more
when halleck was reorganizing after shiloh, he elevated grant to in command of the army group, for lack of a better term, and put thomas in charge of the army of the tennessee. therefore superseding grant's and nearly driving grant to such despair that he was going to resign his commission. and sherman, fortunately talked him out of it so that is a sore point that thomas is very exist and will continually remind grant of. and then you had the you know just the different philosophy of of of...