The Battle of Nashville: How One General’s Fury Led to Catastrophe
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Hood’s Final Gamble: Blood, Blunders, and the Fall of the Confederacy
Imagine this: it's late November 1864, and General John Bell Hood is steaming with rage. His audacious plan to outmaneuver the Union army at Spring Hill has crumbled into chaos. But he’s not done. Oh no, Hood’s fury is just getting started. What could have possibly gone so wrong at Spring Hill that it left him hurling curses at his commanders? And why, just days later, would he send his exhausted troops into a suicidal charge at Franklin, turning the town into a blood-soaked graveyard for his finest men?
Fast forward to Nashville, where Hood, relentless and desperate, gambles everything on one last shot to reclaim the South’s honor. His battered army, half-starved and freezing, prepares for a final showdown against the well-supplied Union forces of General George H. Thomas, the immovable "Rock of Chickamauga." How could Hood’s once-proud Army of Tennessee be reduced to such dire straits? Why did Hood ignore every warning and plunge headlong into disaster after disaster?
In this forensic chronicle of blood, blunders, and bravery, we’ll take you deep into the chaos of Spring Hill, the carnage of Franklin, and the final, tragic chapter at Nashville. What drove Hood to make such costly mistakes? Could the Confederacy have won if not for these blunders? Stay with us as we unravel the twisted path of one of the Civil War’s most disastrous campaigns.
Hood suffered horrendous injuries prior to all this. At Gettysburg, July 1863, an arm was severely injured. In September 1863 for the Battle of Chickamauga, he was horrendously injured. A leg was amputed a few inches below the waist. I'd like to think that these wounds broke the man in the head. He was not the same afterwards and should have never held field command ever again, never mind command of an army.
Hood is a bold fighter but I'm doubtful of other qualities necessary
General Robert E Lee
Back in Virginia Grant was fed up with Thomas’s seeming endless delay in attacking Hood. He sent John S. Logan to replace Thomas but before that happen Thomas had crushed Hood
John bell hood… all lion and no fox
Hood's injuries had him using opium daily. I imagine, for him, the Fog of War was the real deal.
Lincoln did make mistakes picking Top Generals . Jefferson Davis made worse mistakes.
More strange hats….
❤❤❤yup. Us grant was sitting. Their in both citys❤❤❤ yep edward knows. The angle ohio😊