Don Wildman
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But then they renamed the fort anyway.
Now it's called Fort Liberty.
He was the merciless tyrant.
Uncanny ability to turn minor wins and losses into strategic defeats.
And that was cited by his subordinates that he worked for, or one in particular, Sam Watkins.
No tactical talent, I suppose.
His attempted invasion of Kentucky, 1862, stands out.
It was his first campaign as a general, and he had this to say to the people of the state.
Kentuckians, I have entered your state with the Confederate Army of the West and offer you an opportunity to free yourselves from the tyranny of a despotic ruler.
He's called a insufferable piece of nonsense by the local paper, the Louisville Courier.
And then from that moment on, Kentucky is a border state on the Union side.
He did win the Battle of Chickamauga, northern Georgia.
This is the case with several of these guys.