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I added George Thomas into the Command History because any detailed history of the siege of Corinth will still list him as commander of the army during this time. (Jeremy Bentham)
OK, this is quite confusing. I found in the Official Records [series 1, Vol X/1, S#10] that on April 30, 1862, the Department of the Mississippi was reorganized by Halleck into wings. Grant describes this in his memoirs:
A biography of Thomas ( http://www.aotc.net/Life1.htm) says:
So although it is obvious to all that Grant was in the doghouse being Halleck's second-in-command, it is unclear that Thomas was given formal command of the Army of the Tennessee per se. He was given command of some of the divisions from that army and a division from another, organized as a wing. In that same OR, correspondence from Thomas is labeled "Headquarters Right Wing Army of the Tennessee" for the operations against Corinth. Special Field Order #90 from Halleck on June 10 says:
It is interesting that he says "Army Corps". Another source, Who's Who in the Civil War ( http://www.civilwarhome.com/thomasbio.htm) actually credits Thomas with command of the Army April 30-June 10, 1862, but the Eichers do not. Their bio entries for Grant and Thomas and their command history of the Army of the Tennessee do not mention this change of command.
I will think about an appropriate footnote. Hal Jespersen 02:13, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
Another interesting data point: I browsed through the new book by Steven Woodworth, Nothing but Victory : The Army of the Tennessee, 1861-1865, and he asserts that Grant remained nominally in command of an army that technically did not exist during this period. That would comport with the Eichers' record. Hal Jespersen 21:54, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
I have called for citation after the sentence giving so much credit to Prentiss and the Hornet's Nest. Is this really so clear cut? I don't mean to deprecate the heroism of the Hornet's Nest, only to ask whether the struggle there was really so pivotal as to justify such a definitive statement? What about other efforts -- like Sherman's staunchness on the Union right, also amidst very hard fighting? Hartfelt ( talk) 19:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Please note that the details given here seem to disagree with statements about reinforcements made in Grant's Memoirs, pp. 366-67 (Lib. of Am. edition). Hartfelt ( talk) 14:13, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
In your references, you have * Simon, John Y., ed., The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Southern Illinois University Press (1967- ) multivolume complete edition of letters to and from Grant.
What does the date refer to? — Ed (Talk • Contribs) 20:31, 22 May 2009 (UTC) -- Ed: Date is publication of first volume in series; they're still coming out. Hartfelt ( talk) 15:08, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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I added George Thomas into the Command History because any detailed history of the siege of Corinth will still list him as commander of the army during this time. (Jeremy Bentham)
OK, this is quite confusing. I found in the Official Records [series 1, Vol X/1, S#10] that on April 30, 1862, the Department of the Mississippi was reorganized by Halleck into wings. Grant describes this in his memoirs:
A biography of Thomas ( http://www.aotc.net/Life1.htm) says:
So although it is obvious to all that Grant was in the doghouse being Halleck's second-in-command, it is unclear that Thomas was given formal command of the Army of the Tennessee per se. He was given command of some of the divisions from that army and a division from another, organized as a wing. In that same OR, correspondence from Thomas is labeled "Headquarters Right Wing Army of the Tennessee" for the operations against Corinth. Special Field Order #90 from Halleck on June 10 says:
It is interesting that he says "Army Corps". Another source, Who's Who in the Civil War ( http://www.civilwarhome.com/thomasbio.htm) actually credits Thomas with command of the Army April 30-June 10, 1862, but the Eichers do not. Their bio entries for Grant and Thomas and their command history of the Army of the Tennessee do not mention this change of command.
I will think about an appropriate footnote. Hal Jespersen 02:13, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
Another interesting data point: I browsed through the new book by Steven Woodworth, Nothing but Victory : The Army of the Tennessee, 1861-1865, and he asserts that Grant remained nominally in command of an army that technically did not exist during this period. That would comport with the Eichers' record. Hal Jespersen 21:54, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
I have called for citation after the sentence giving so much credit to Prentiss and the Hornet's Nest. Is this really so clear cut? I don't mean to deprecate the heroism of the Hornet's Nest, only to ask whether the struggle there was really so pivotal as to justify such a definitive statement? What about other efforts -- like Sherman's staunchness on the Union right, also amidst very hard fighting? Hartfelt ( talk) 19:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Please note that the details given here seem to disagree with statements about reinforcements made in Grant's Memoirs, pp. 366-67 (Lib. of Am. edition). Hartfelt ( talk) 14:13, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
In your references, you have * Simon, John Y., ed., The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Southern Illinois University Press (1967- ) multivolume complete edition of letters to and from Grant.
What does the date refer to? — Ed (Talk • Contribs) 20:31, 22 May 2009 (UTC) -- Ed: Date is publication of first volume in series; they're still coming out. Hartfelt ( talk) 15:08, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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