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Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville?
Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville?
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Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF The Greatest Cavalry Movement of the War AND General James H. Wilson's Cavalry Operations in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia
That General Thomas was not slow at Nashville is ancient history. General Grant, who was the first to charge it, was also the first to withdraw the imputation, by declaring in his official report that at the time he had been very impatient over what appeared as unnecessary delay on the part of Thomas, "but his final defeat of Hood was so complete that it will be accepted as a vindication of that distinguished officer's judgment."
The ostensible reason for heralding Thomas as slow — so slow, indeed, as to require his removal and lead to an order for it — was that he insisted upon concentrating his infantry force and remounting his cavalry. Secretary Stanton declared that the delay would be till doomsday if Thomas waited for the latter.
• a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index
Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF The Greatest Cavalry Movement of the War AND General James H. Wilson's Cavalry Operations in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia
That General Thomas was not slow at Nashville is ancient history. General Grant, who was the first to charge it, was also the first to withdraw the imputation, by declaring in his official report that at the time he had been very impatient over what appeared as unnecessary delay on the part of Thomas, "but his final defeat of Hood was so complete that it will be accepted as a vindication of that distinguished officer's judgment."
The ostensible reason for heralding Thomas as slow — so slow, indeed, as to require his removal and lead to an order for it — was that he insisted upon concentrating his infantry force and remounting his cavalry. Secretary Stanton declared that the delay would be till doomsday if Thomas waited for the latter.
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