[Liberty Ship]

General Patrick Cleburne, CSA, had a similar thought. He spent the last part of the war in "time out" for suggesting that the South could win if they granted freedom to any slave who enlisted in the Confederate Army. From their desks in Richmond, Jeff Davis and Braxton Bragg thought this was a bad idea. So bad that when Davis relieved Johnston after the Battle of Atlanta, the command was given to Hood rather than Cleburne. Hood proceeded to loose the rest of the Confederate Army (and Cleburne) in Nashville and Franklin.

[catpuppy]

when Davis relieved Johnston after the Battle of Atlanta, the command was given to Hood

That will come as news to Johnston who on the order of Jefferson Davis was sent the following telegram on July 17, 1864:

...Lieut. Gen. J.B. Hood has been commissioned to the temporary rank of general ... as you have failed to arrest the advance of the enemy to the vicinity of Atlanta ... you are hereby relieved from the command of the Army and Department of Tennessee, which you will immediately turn over to General Hood.

The Battle of Atlanta is generally given a date of July 22, after which the city was under siege until its evacuation in early September. General Hood was commander of the Confederate forces there from July 18th.

[tort_feasor]

To give Cleburne command he would have have had to pass over Hardee, Stewart and Hood all of whom out ranked him. Cleburne though was a great general.