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Buell and Grant Surprise the Rebels at Shiloh
Civil War Daily Gazette ^ | April 7, 2012 | Eric

Posted on 04/07/2012 6:16:18 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy

April 7, 1862 (Monday) Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee

General Grant tried to sleep, first under a tree near his men and then in a cabin that he found already occupied with the wounded. Through the night, Union transports and reinforcements arrived at Pittsburg Landing, bringing 25,000 much-needed men. Grant was certain that his line could withstand a Confederate attack. In fact, he was so certain, that he wanted to go on the offensive.

Meanwhile, General Beauregard, now the sole commander of the Confederate Army of Mississippi, slept in General Sherman’s tent, the former owner vacating it as the Rebels attacked the previous day. He had reported to President Davis a “complete victory,” but gave no clue as to how he would follow it up come morning. He had no idea that Union General Buell’s Army of the Ohio had joined Grant’s Army of the Tennessee. His army was scattered, disassociated and worn out. His plan must have been to attack as he took no precautions to defend against a Union assault. He believed he had Grant exactly where he wanted him. And he was wrong.

As the rains fell over friend and foe alike, Grant arrayed his men. He did not, however, command the entire Union force...

(Excerpt) Read more at civilwardailygazette.com ...


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To: 1rudeboy
“Libtards” who denied you your God-given right to own slaves? I can see why you are upset. That labor is cheap.

It does get confusing, you are the slave labor lover and Free Trader. You never met a coolie that you didn't like.

101 posted on 04/13/2012 5:47:16 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

You are not thinking very clearly.


102 posted on 04/13/2012 5:51:01 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: central_va

Nah, didn’t have to. I just let the moderator know. Haven’t seen the guy here since.


103 posted on 04/13/2012 11:23:27 AM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: central_va; rockrr; Ditto
BJK: "They both did it.

central_va: "A distortion... More reconstructed history nothing more, nothing less."

We're talking about

  1. Armies that "live off the land", leaving trails of pillage and destruction in their wakes, and
  2. Deliberate acts of destruction of enemy homes and facilities.

Here are comments on the subject from two more sites:

So, Confederate armies "lived off the land", even within the Confederacy, where they made efforts to "ask nicely" before taking what they needed.

When those armies left the Confederacy and invaded Union states or territories, they were not quite so "nice" about it, they took what they needed and destroyed whatever they deemed appropriate.

See examples cited in post #85 above.

104 posted on 04/14/2012 6:01:22 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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To: central_va

Amen to that!


105 posted on 04/21/2012 9:46:11 AM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: Ditto

We would rather YOU leave ditmeister :}
We were here first.


106 posted on 04/21/2012 9:50:38 AM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: jmacusa

Well, I know what he believes. He is no traitor, nor is it Traitorous to honor the Confederacy, Jeff Davis OR The Battle Flag of the ANV.

And since most of us have proved our loyalty to this country by serving IN THE RANKS of it’s armed forces, maybe you should take a valium and retire before you are verbally b*TCH slapped!


107 posted on 04/21/2012 10:03:44 AM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: TexConfederate1861
We would rather YOU leave ditmeister :} We were here first.

Who's 'We' Tex? You got fleas or something?

108 posted on 04/21/2012 10:25:46 AM PDT by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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To: Ditto

You know who.


109 posted on 04/21/2012 5:22:34 PM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: BroJoeK

Since for the most part, the Confederates didn’t “Invade” Northern territory, that “dog won’t hunt”.....


110 posted on 04/21/2012 5:25:51 PM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: TexConfederate1861
You know who.

No, I really don't. Please tell me who 'We' is? Are your their official spokesman -- woman -- person or whatever?

111 posted on 04/21/2012 7:43:17 PM PDT by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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To: TexConfederate1861

You take the valium,Reb and since this is an anonymous web-site I could be a four-star general. And if you did serve, which flag was it you served under?


112 posted on 04/21/2012 8:22:45 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: central_va
The PEOPLE of the south are the most rock ribbed conservatives in the country and to deny that relieves you of any credibility you had, which was none anyway, so no loss there.

Bull. FDR never lost a southern state. They still sing FDR's praises in the south, see "Song of the South" for an example.

Our divide today is between rural and urban. The Northern states have bigger cities so that's why the vote tips more liberal in some cases. Look at Wisconsin, that's the epicenter of the fight against the commies, not any southern state. Compare a group of rural northerners with a group of rural southerners and there won't be much difference.

113 posted on 04/21/2012 9:01:29 PM PDT by Partisan Gunslinger
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To: jmacusa

The United States Navy. You figure it out genius. You have a big mouth for someone who hides behind a computer........


114 posted on 04/22/2012 6:31:26 AM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: TexConfederate1861

Me, a big mouth? I could say the same about you Reb.


115 posted on 04/22/2012 7:02:39 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jmacusa

I’ve been a Freeper long enough to have earned that right. YOU on the other hand........


116 posted on 04/23/2012 4:47:09 AM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: Ditto

“We” being those who believe the South had a just cause.


117 posted on 04/23/2012 4:53:57 AM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: TexConfederate1861
“We” being those who believe the South had a just cause.

Those who 'believed' that after the Civil War moved to Brazil. ;~))

118 posted on 04/23/2012 6:01:58 AM PDT by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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To: Partisan Gunslinger
Compare a group of rural northerners with a group of rural southerners and there won't be much difference.

That's been my experience, pretty much anywhere I go in the US. Of course it isn't often that you come across a rock-ribbed Lost Causer wherever you travel ;-)

119 posted on 04/23/2012 7:16:28 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Ditto

or Mexico! :)

But some stayed.


120 posted on 04/23/2012 10:22:38 AM PDT by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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