mkloby
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks as I said I find your Civil war very interesting. One question I do have. Most battles elsewhere had the same name etc Why at stages were battles known as different names in the Civil War. You have for example Bull Run battles yet it was known as Mannassas Junction as well. Or Sharpsburg is another example. I have never been really clear on that issue.
Unfortunately Renrich I have to plead as being a neutral observer much like British Army Officers were at Gettysburg.
I have to admit though Southern Commanders had exceptional talent in battle. For example Robert E Lee and it seems to me he had the exceptional ability to gather around him good officers of the calibre of Longstreet and Ewell for examples but not only that he was admired by his own troops as a Commander. Totally different from example like McCelland who was self absorbed and Burnside etc. Lee had the ability no question about it that was lacking in some Northern Commanders greatly. Until such a time when Grant and Sherman came to the fore and it changed dramatically in another direction for the North
Manassas is the nearby town, Bull Run was a nearby river.
You could talk about Lee's brilliance all day long, but he still ordered a charge against the Yank center. Of course it was smashed and the rebel offensive was over. Perhaps this whole excursion into the North was the south's only shot at a successful outcome to the war. As sys brought up, they hadn't an icicle's chance in hell of emerging victorious in a prolonged struggle due to their piss poor industry and infrastructure... not to mention lack of a notable navy.