[Seruzawa]

Why was a Fort named after that incompetent General in the first place?

[Hieronymus]

The North would have had a much harder time without him.

[NohSpinZone]

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.

[central_va]

Bragg, not as bad as Hood.

[hanamizu]

Why was a Fort named after that incompetent General in the first place?

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Good point. But, strangely, to our more sophisticated times, the nation in the late 1800s thought that the way to reunite the nation was to show respect to the defeated foe and its leaders. Now these decisions were made, for the most part by men who had actually fought in the Civil War, so they obviously were incapable of seeing the wisdom of completely trashing your opponents as the way to unify the nation.

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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[rdl6989]

Worst general ever.