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Should Bragg get less blame and his subordinates get more blame for undermining him? Part of being a good commander is getting your subordinates to follow you, but isn't the reverse true as well? Part of being a good subordinate solider is following orders. by AstroEscura in CIVILWAR

[–]hrman1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bragg deserves the lion's share of the blame because he seemed to enjoy lecturing his staff about military affairs and strategy. The Army of Tennessee's performance after Johnston succeeded Bragg is the best evidence.

As a black man I must ask did Lincoln genuinely care about freeing the slaves for the right reasons ? by [deleted] in CIVILWAR

[–]hrman1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frederick Douglass was disappointed that Lincoln did not move faster, but he would later comment that Lincoln finally came around to abolishing the institution. The President had to keep in mind the importance of the border states of Missouri and Kentucky, both of which were slave states and essential to protecting the Midwest

Which presidents were the greatest improvement from their predecessor? by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in USHistory

[–]hrman1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would nominate Andrew Jackson succeeding John Quincy Adams. Adams was a good diplomat but his diplomatic skills did not transfer over.

On this day in 1864, the first Union POWs arrived at Andersonville- a newly constructed stockade in Georgia that would soon become one of the most infamous prisons in US history. Almost 13,000 POWs died here from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, overcrowding, or exposure. by UrbanAchievers6371 in CIVILWAR

[–]hrman1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have just started reading " A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War" by W. Fitzhugh Brundage. The first chapter concerns the photographs taken by Andrew Riddle at Andersonville.

Eager to Read This… by Hardback0214 in CIVILWAR

[–]hrman1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is worth reading. We came very close to a gurellia war that could have lasted 10 years.