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OK. How about Braxton Bragg (Chattanooga), Pickett (less for Gettysburg than for his role in the Pig War), and John Bell Hood (marched his troops all the way to
by cafard 3y ago
OK. How about Braxton Bragg (Chattanooga), Pickett (less for Gettysburg than for his role in the Pig War), and John Bell Hood (marched his troops all the way to Nashville to be defeated by a numerically superior, well-rested, well-equipped force. (Well, the ones he lost attacking well-prepared positions in Franklin didn't make it to Nashville.)
- pdonis 3y agoI didn't claim that all of the Confederate generals were superior. I was simply pointing out that there were plenty of them that were, and that the defeat of the Confederacy was not primarily due to "their generals weren't as good".