[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Yep, Cleburne was ahead of his time. And because of his proposal, which horrified Joe Johnston and Jeff Davis, his rise in the Confederate Army of Tennessee abruptly ended.

Instead, when Davis fired Johnston (again) after giving ground to Sherman outside of Atlanta in the summer of 1864, he appointed twice wounded and heavily drugged John Bell Hood as commander of the Army, ultimately leading to the debacles at Franklin (where Cleburne was killed) and Nashville.

[Brices Crossroads]

Davis should have listened to Cleburne in 1862. Instead they marginalized one of the best commanders in the war. Dumb. Made it easier for the Union to win in the West