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Had Johnston stayed in command and continued to stymie Sherman's advances or if Hood's counterattacks had worked then the McClellan could have won the election and the CSA gained it's independence.

That's my point though, no one was going to beat Sherman. Lee, on the other hand, managed to lose the war all by himself.

If Lee had listened to Longstreet, the Confederates would have entrenched themselves between Meade's army and Washington. Forcing Meade to attack...which was not his strength, rather than defend, which was.

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Posted by Damn Good Dawg

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Posted on 2/16/14 at 11:15 pm to TigersOfGeauxld

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That's my point though, no one was going to beat Sherman.

You can't say that though. The Army of Tennessee made a major leadership change mid-campaign that only hastened the fall of ATL. There are several ways that could have gone.

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Lee, on the other hand, managed to lose the war all by himself.

Seriously? Come on, man. I'd say a whole bevy of generals in the West did a good bit to hasten that. The war wasn't solely fought in the East. There's is so many things that went into the South's defeat that I can't honestly even begin to list them.

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If Lee had listened to Longstreet, the Confederates would have entrenched themselves between Meade's army and Washington. Forcing Meade to attack...which was not his strength, rather than defend, which was.

Hindsight is 20/20. Lee was an aggressive minded General and to that point his aggression had worked to his advantage. He had several things go wrong and I'll admit he was too adamant in sticking with his plan but again, hindsight is 20/20.

Not saying Lee is infallible but to blame Lee for the CSA's losing the war is nuts

This post was edited on 2/16/14 at 11:16 pm

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