Where Does Admiral Yamamoto Go to Get His Apology? [Soleimani]

National Review ^ | January 6, 2019 | Rich Lowry

[jonascord]

"That worked out real well for General Reynolds at Gettysburg!"

Even better. Gen. Sherman saw a cluster of grey bodies with gold braid across a valley, standing on the crest of a hill. Capt "Leatherbreeches" Dilger of the 1st Ohio Artillery, said "I'll stir 'em up!"

He laid a gun and put a 12# ball through MGen. Leonidas Polk, an Episcopal Bishop. Cut him in half.

[wardaddy]

Reynolds was a far greater loss militarily than Polk who was a poor field command

Polk was however popular with his troop and to his credit worked tirelessly in vain to rid the Army of Tennessee of the detestable Bragg

I’m not familiar with any Napoleanic notion not to kill officers

I assume any La Grand Armée voltiguer would have coveted a chance to shoot Wellington from his saddle off Copenhagen

[BubbaBasher]

Or as Gen. Patton put it “it’s not about dying for your country. It’s about making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country”.

[WASCWatch]

Salami and cream cheese sandwiches, with a little brown mustard, are my favorite.

[Billthedrill]

A much fairer historical comparison isn’t to Yamamoto, it’s to Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi monster who got zotted by Czech resistance fighters during one of his own field operations. The similarities are remarkable: commander of a paramilitary force, ruthless killer, careless with OPSEC just one too many times.

[Pelham]

Another often forgotten loss that affected the course of the War was the death of Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh. Lee had served under Johnston in the US 2nd US Cavalry along the Texas frontier. Davis considered Johnston to be Lee’s equal, and had he lived the war in the West might have been much different.