Haven't played Battle of Franklin yet but I do know he hasn't a chance at the Battle of Nashville.
MG Drex Ringbloom,
Cdr, 2nd Div "Corcoran's Legion", VIII Corps
Army of the Shenandoah
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| Author: | Cruces [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:51 am ] |
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I just got the game in and found this blog. http://battleoffranklin.wordpress.com/c ... nfederacy/ Interesting article about General Hood. Author is Kraig McNutt, the author and publisher of the blog. <b>Hood’s blunder-failure at Franklin?</b> <i>I understand I’m treading on thin ice here with some folk when it comes to critiquing John Bell Hood, especially for his actions at Franklin. If you still have an objective bone in your body I submit the following six items as evidence that John Bell Hood made at least six fatal errors at Franklin. These six are mainly related to his direct frontal massed assault at Franklin. Hood’s blunder-failure (i.e., his frontal assault) at Franklin can be summed up thus: a. His assault had virtually zero artillery support. b. He had too large an army to perform an assault that only had roughly 1.7 miles of width-to-width from flanks once the works were reached. His columns were terribly constrained and inter-mixed. c. He went against the better judgment of his subordinate commanding generals. d. His cavalry played virtually no role in the assault strategically. e. He started the assault too late in the day. f. He apparently had very little true knowledge of the topography of Franklin, and/or had the knowledge and ignored it.</i> So what do you think if you own the game. Could John Bell Hood won at Franklin. Was the glorious cause doomed once General Sherman started the march to the Sea? Pull up a chair, grab a segar and lets ponder the question. Major Elkin Asst COS (acting) AoT “I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. . . . Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves. Let us look before us, and not behind†|
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| Author: | Drex [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:54 am ] |
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Haven't played Battle of Franklin yet but I do know he hasn't a chance at the Battle of Nashville. MG Drex Ringbloom, Cdr, 2nd Div "Corcoran's Legion", VIII Corps Army of the Shenandoah
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| Author: | cameronm [ Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:08 am ] |
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Major Elkin <salute> David, Looks like Franklin will be our first battle[8D] Major General Cam McOmish Commander Western Theater Confederate States of America 
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