Posted on 05/24/2022 4:20:57 PM PDT by tkocur
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Just finished Bruce Catton’s book on the Civil War. He certainly didn’t mince words about how incompetent Bragg was. He was kinder to Hood and Johnston.
Catton LOVED Nathan Beford Forrest though. It’s as if J.E.B. Stuart never existed.
Bragg, not as bad as Hood.
It’s not like the Yankee Amry didn’t have it’s share of knuckleheaded generals.
Oh, he was not kind to the political generals on the Union side either. Catton excoriated Nathaniel Banks, Benjamin Butler, and Franz Siegel especially.
Halleck didn’t fare much better.
There’s a firearm dealer in town whose business name is Fort Liberty. I wonder if he can sue?
I went through Airborne in 1981 at Ft Benning. I went through HALO school in 1983 at Ft Bragg. I will only know these places by these names.
Don’t know why they need to change this one. Bragg was inept. He probably did more for the Union cause than the Confederate.
How about “Fort Courage” as on “F Troop” ?
In defense of Bragg he was one of the few Southern generals that took seriously discipline and the care and feeding of his troops.
Yes the south had shortages but mostly the troops looked and dressed like shit because they were allowed to look like that. Under Bragg at least the troops looked good.
Still does.
Washington owned slaves. Will it have to change names? Insanity begets insanity.
To be fair, Catton’s characterization of Bragg was that he was a good strategist who tended to get bogged down in details in terms of execution and often far too cautious. Of course, many Union generals could be described the same way especially Hooker, Meade, and even McClellan.
Absolutely everyone in the military that jumped from an airplane or flew them from Pope, will always call it FORT BRAGG.
Intentional or not, that was funny!!
Conservatives should continue calling it Ft. Bragg.
I graduated US Army Infantry School at Benning in 1970. (Nam 1971).
I feel the same about only knowing those places by those names.
I grew up at Fort Bragg. Learned to ride my first two-wheeler there without training wheels when I was 5 years old. My Dad was with the 82nd and then the 101st in later years. When this is done, I will still have grown up at Fort Bragg.
I will also have lived at Fort Benning and Fort Hood during my husband’s career.
Both my husband and dad have passed away. They don’t have to know what these people have done to America’s history.
A rose by any other name.
When they finish re-naming military bases, what will they have?
A footnote that reads, This was once Fort Bragg. It will always be to the knowing.
Why was a Fort named after that incompetent General in the first place?
President Brandon is an advocate of this political philosophy. Belittling President Trump and his supporters is a great way to unify the nation.
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