Robert Steinmetz

I've heard about the argument Bragg had with himself. Supposedly it had to do with his service in the army out West before the Civil War. He was a post commander and quartermaster at the same time. Bragg refused his own request for supplies. Weird!

Sure Lincoln should have gotten rid of the ineffective generals sooner, but I think he still had some hope that one of them could get a victory in Virginia. McClellan knew how to get the army ready to fight again and raise morale even after they had been beaten (7 Days Battles, 2nd Bull Run).

How might the war have changed had generals like Grant & Sherman been put in command much sooner???

This is crazy.

I know that some of the battles that were fought and lost on the field affected the generals, but come on. Why couldn't they realize that the best way to save their men is to fight and win making the total conflict shorter therefor making the war itself shorter. I think that Lincoln should have replaced his bad Generals faster with those who were winning on the western front.
Also, my no-it-all sister told me a story about Braxton Braggs having a written arguement with himself at one point in the war. Has anyone else heard of this? I have found a couple of places on the internet with the story but was unsure about it's crediblity.

Oct 1-4: Watkins, Lincoln, Battle