Re: Jefferson Davis and Joe Johnston
- --- In firstname.lastname@example.org, GnrlJEJohnston@a... wrote:
> and Davis then turned the AOT over to Bragg. I do not know whatI'm not sure in terms of "feelings," but in terms of respect, I think
> was worse, the feelings between Davis and Beauregard or the
> feelings between Davis and Johnston.
Davis had a lot more respect for Johnston than he did Beauregard.
- In a message dated 7/10/2003 8:51:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, slippymississippi@... writes:
> Is there any evidence that Sherman had beef with Logan? PoliticalFollowing Atlanta, Logan took leave to do some politicing in order for supporting Lincoln's election coming up in November. He had finished that and was on his way back when Grant sent him the wire to proceed to Nashville and take over command from Thomas. After that order was rescinded, Logan went back and joined Sherman. If Sherman had a beef with Logan so much and did not respect his ability, why did he have Logan appointed the final commander of the Army of the Tennessee. Granted, a year earlier, he had Howard replace McPherson rather than Logan, but not only was Howard a WP graduate, he outranked Logan. I do not think anything personal was involved in Sherman's decision making in this case.
> general or not, he was one of the most effective division commanders
> under Grant during the Vicksburg campaign. It's hard to
> Sherman would relish the loss of a good general.