Confederates At Perryville

[jstrahan2]

Bragg's Army was actually called the Army of Mississippi, not the Army of the Mississippi (a Union Army).

[eastkybanjo91]

god bless the confederacy i wish perryville wouldve turned out like swift southern victory over in richmond

[rebel2276]

Yes you are correct, fighting was much worse in South America with the jungle fighting.

[rebel2276]

Buell was an idiot and got fired.

[ChaserRox94]

Go General Buell! I am in the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A. General Buell started out originnaly as the general of just the 6th Ohio, then he went on to be the general of the Army of Ohio. Though we did loose more, being the Union, we were still able to push the Confederates away from our territory. Funny, they never tried again, beside C.S. Cavarly General John Morgan. Who all's going to the reenactment? See you there this October.

[rebel2276]

Good regiment (6th Ohio). Buell must have started off as Colonel of the 6th Ohio. Bragg was worthless. Had a Jackson been there, things would have been different.

[ChaserRox94]

6th Ohio is my reenacting unit. The original 6th Ohio got desolated during the battle because of a stupid move by General Buell. We will be there for the re-enactment this next weekend. Hope to see y'all there participating or spectating. It doesn't matter to me, as long as you'll be there. It's a spectacular battle to spectate...or fight in.

[paintballa1000]

i couldnt go this year with the 36th va buffalo guard but i plan on it this year

[24michiganironbrigad]

i loved this reenactment my one problem is that i took a hit early and laid there for over 2 hours!!!

[jonwillingham]

oh boy, that stinks

[rebel2276]

I'd give you some water! Had a family member in the 6th Wisconsin, Company K (Stephen Prouty). He did live through the war. Died in 1893. M559 Roll 24 at the National Archives.

[Savagery34]

Ever see the movie Gettysburg? You have to wonder if Lee followed Longstreet's advice on the first day, the Confederates may have won the whole war.

[rebel2276]

I wonder if Longstreet had followed orders that Lee gave him to attack at 4am on July 2nd rather then 4pm as Longstreet attacked. Sickles 3rd Corps would not in the Peach Orchard at 4am.

[DickJohnson3434]

I was watching Ken Burns' civil war movie set and they had a historian there saying the union fought the war with one hand behind their back, and if the confederates' invasion of the north really brought the union to desperation, they would simply bring the other hand out from behind their back and crush them.

Which seems to make sense. The confederates may have been better fighters, but they were up against the industrial revolution.

[rebel2276]

I agree, the South NEVER had a chance to win a long war. If it was one battle such has 1st Bull Run, sure. But not in long terms. Think on this, there were 300 Union regiments that never fired a shot and another 300 that fired once.

[DickJohnson3434]

"there were 300 Union regiments that never fired a shot and another 300 that fired once."

That's an AMAZING statistic.

Another good one I heard of a completely unrelated matter was that a US, WW2 soldier had a better than 99% chance of surviving the war.

It might put the whole war in perspective but the vast majority of Union and WW2 soldiers experienced hardships that someone like me couldn't even begin to comprehend.

I guess that goes without saying, but saying it again couldn't hurt.

[rebel2276]

Many of the 300 regiments that never fired a shot were your high up numerical regiments such as 155th Illinois ETC. They mostly guarded supplies, cities, forts etc. Forrest would bump into these regiments and that would be some of the 300 regiments that fired once.

[DickJohnson3434]

Here's another startling statistic.

The confederates had almost twice as many deaths due to disease than battle and the union had MORE than twice the number of deaths due to disease than battle.

[rebel2276]

I believe it. Taking Taylor's all Louisiana brigade and putting it in the Shenandoah Vally in the winter time, was pretty foolish. Many deep South Confederates never had been in the cold or even seen snow.

[drummer78]

I doubt it. Gettysburg really was not this high water mark that some have made it out to be. In many ways it was desperation time for the Army of Northern VA. Almost an attempt at Sharpsburg Part II. However, by Gettysburg, the South were down Stonewall Jackson and were burning through troops, supplies as the North was getting only stronger. Also, Britain and France had pretty much written off the Confederacy and finally the real action was at Vicksburg and the South lost it there.

[jstrahan2]

Possibly. However, I bet if you ask historians, the vast majority would agree that Gettysburg WAS such a "high water mark".

[drummer78]

Bruce Catton for one called the Summer of 1862 the authentic high water mark of the Civil War. James McPhearson has basically detailed how the summer of 1862 was the time when the Confederacy had their greatest chance for victory. Gettysburg was dramatic it was more of a desperate measure and certainly the South was on the ropes in the West at that time. In the summer of 1862, they were truly at their highest point they would ever reach in the war...there can be no doubt about that.

[jstrahan2]

Actually, there can and is doubt about that.