Dr. Timothy B. Smith

And so Sherman comes to Grant's headquarters and Sherman, of course, enters a room mouth first kind of thing. He just blurts out, well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today. And Grant responds, yeah, lick them tomorrow, though. And so he chooses to stay and fight.

And so Sherman comes to Grant's headquarters and Sherman, of course, enters a room mouth first kind of thing. He just blurts out, well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today. And Grant responds, yeah, lick them tomorrow, though. And so he chooses to stay and fight.

And so Sherman comes to Grant's headquarters and Sherman, of course, enters a room mouth first kind of thing. He just blurts out, well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today. And Grant responds, yeah, lick them tomorrow, though. And so he chooses to stay and fight.

And this kind of brings out for the first major time, Fort Donaldson notwithstanding, this Grant under pressure that he's not going to give up. He's not going to give in like so many other Union generals did and hightail it northward. He's going to stay and fight it out.

And this kind of brings out for the first major time, Fort Donaldson notwithstanding, this Grant under pressure that he's not going to give up. He's not going to give in like so many other Union generals did and hightail it northward. He's going to stay and fight it out.

And this kind of brings out for the first major time, Fort Donaldson notwithstanding, this Grant under pressure that he's not going to give up. He's not going to give in like so many other Union generals did and hightail it northward. He's going to stay and fight it out.

Lots of them came out of the Mexican War and will learn a lot from the mix. This is the only experience really that they have in the field. And, you know, the field experience, this is this is why we send, you know, education majors out to do student teaching to get some experience. And this is their student teaching in the Mexican War.

Lots of them came out of the Mexican War and will learn a lot from the mix. This is the only experience really that they have in the field. And, you know, the field experience, this is this is why we send, you know, education majors out to do student teaching to get some experience. And this is their student teaching in the Mexican War.

Lots of them came out of the Mexican War and will learn a lot from the mix. This is the only experience really that they have in the field. And, you know, the field experience, this is this is why we send, you know, education majors out to do student teaching to get some experience. And this is their student teaching in the Mexican War.

And Francis Grant learns, he watches Zachary Taylor and he watches Winfield Scott. And he takes the best of both. He takes Zachary Taylor and kind of his nonchalance and, you know, don't worry about pomp and circumstance and all that. But out of Winfield Scott, who's very much pomp and circumstance, he takes kind of the manner of fighting, flanking out, maneuvering the enemy, that type stuff.

And Francis Grant learns, he watches Zachary Taylor and he watches Winfield Scott. And he takes the best of both. He takes Zachary Taylor and kind of his nonchalance and, you know, don't worry about pomp and circumstance and all that. But out of Winfield Scott, who's very much pomp and circumstance, he takes kind of the manner of fighting, flanking out, maneuvering the enemy, that type stuff.

And Francis Grant learns, he watches Zachary Taylor and he watches Winfield Scott. And he takes the best of both. He takes Zachary Taylor and kind of his nonchalance and, you know, don't worry about pomp and circumstance and all that. But out of Winfield Scott, who's very much pomp and circumstance, he takes kind of the manner of fighting, flanking out, maneuvering the enemy, that type stuff.

So Grant learns a lot. Sidney Johnson does fight in the Mexican War, particularly at Monterey. Fortunately, Johnston doesn't learn from Mexican war experience and proves to be, I think, a lesser general. He's just not really fitted to be a good general. You have to have a little bark and a little bite to make people do things that you need them to do. I like Albert Sidney Johnson.

So Grant learns a lot. Sidney Johnson does fight in the Mexican War, particularly at Monterey. Fortunately, Johnston doesn't learn from Mexican war experience and proves to be, I think, a lesser general. He's just not really fitted to be a good general. You have to have a little bark and a little bite to make people do things that you need them to do. I like Albert Sidney Johnson.

So Grant learns a lot. Sidney Johnson does fight in the Mexican War, particularly at Monterey. Fortunately, Johnston doesn't learn from Mexican war experience and proves to be, I think, a lesser general. He's just not really fitted to be a good general. You have to have a little bark and a little bite to make people do things that you need them to do. I like Albert Sidney Johnson.

I think he's just too nice of a guy. He's too lean, too methodical probably to be a good commander. And so when he's killed at Shiloh, I'm not sure that his death at Shiloh really makes that much difference at the battle itself due to the terrain situation that the Confederates are facing.

I think he's just too nice of a guy. He's too lean, too methodical probably to be a good commander. And so when he's killed at Shiloh, I'm not sure that his death at Shiloh really makes that much difference at the battle itself due to the terrain situation that the Confederates are facing.

I think he's just too nice of a guy. He's too lean, too methodical probably to be a good commander. And so when he's killed at Shiloh, I'm not sure that his death at Shiloh really makes that much difference at the battle itself due to the terrain situation that the Confederates are facing.

But I think it does have a larger impact later in the war because, as you say, nobody really ever replaces him. in a way that everybody takes the new commander to be the head and shoulders above everybody else. In fact, what they wind up doing is promoting one of the corps commanders from Shallow above the rest of them, which institutes a lot of jealousy. And that's Braxton Bragg, of course.

But I think it does have a larger impact later in the war because, as you say, nobody really ever replaces him. in a way that everybody takes the new commander to be the head and shoulders above everybody else. In fact, what they wind up doing is promoting one of the corps commanders from Shallow above the rest of them, which institutes a lot of jealousy. And that's Braxton Bragg, of course.