Comments on: The Turning Point of the Civil War https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-turning-point-of-the-civil-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-turning-point-of-the-civil-war Hanker: To have a strong, often restless desire, in this case for--you guessed it--history! Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:33:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: spencercourt https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-turning-point-of-the-civil-war/#comment-195 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:06:41 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=816#comment-195 Gettysburg was an “accident”, which I think at least partially explains Lee’s loss. Stuart was off raiding / scouting and so Lee had lost his intelligence. When one Confederate division went to Gettysburg to find shoes, they ran into Union cavalry. Instead of retreating, the Confederates called for reinforcements, and so the Union cavalry did too and and what should have been a skirmish became a battle which Lee never planned on.

]]> By: HankeringforHistory https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-turning-point-of-the-civil-war/#comment-194 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:21:41 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=816#comment-194 In reply to US History Files (@USHistoryFiles).

Haha, yes…I would imagine it hard to fight without proper sustenance.

]]> By: US History Files (@USHistoryFiles) https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-turning-point-of-the-civil-war/#comment-193 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:53:41 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=816#comment-193 Even though Rosecrans was driven back into Chattanooga after Chickamauga, the valuable farmland that I mentioned in my post was still not available to the Confederacy. That was the point of my comment. Armies that cannot eat, cannot fight.

]]> By: HankeringforHistory https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-turning-point-of-the-civil-war/#comment-192 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:58:59 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=816#comment-192 In reply to US History Files (@USHistoryFiles).

While I agree that the Tullahoma Campaign was a valiant victory and an example of some of the “most splendid pieces of strategy” (Abraham Lincoln) during the Civil War, it didn’t have the same last effects as did the two I mentioned. While General Rosencrans was victorious on July 3rd, it would only be a short time (September 20th) until he was defeated by the same army he had run off a mere 3 months earlier. When Rosencrans lost at the Battle of Chickamauga (the worst loss in Union’s Western Theater), his earlier victory was washed away with that. (In my opinion.)

]]> By: US History Files (@USHistoryFiles) https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-turning-point-of-the-civil-war/#comment-191 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:21:53 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=816#comment-191 In reply to HankeringforHistory.

Actually, and many historians overlook the significance of this campaign, the Tullahoma Campaign (June 24-July 3, 1863) did more to deprive the Confederacy of valuable farmland than did either Vicksburg or Gettysburg.

]]> By: HankeringforHistory https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-turning-point-of-the-civil-war/#comment-190 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:20:29 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=816#comment-190 In reply to Bob.

And incredible part is that this (roughly 1500 words) is just the skin and bones…..so much interesting meat.

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