GDG- ANV corps commanders

[Charlie Townsley]

Chris,

   In reference to looking outside the ANV for a corps commander I have 
always wondered the possibilities of Patrick Cleburne fighting in the East.
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Subject: GDG- ANV corps commanders


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> In hindsight there were a couple of intriguing corps commander 
> possibilities, problem was they were all too junior at the time of the 
> pre-Gettysburg reorganization - Mahone (who did a lousy job at Gettysburg) 
> ended up being a good senior commander for Lee later in the war but was 
> only a brigadier in July 1863, Gordon and Ramseur were two good brigadiers 
> but they were just that, brigadiers...I think Pender would've made a good 
> corps commander had he lived (and a comment from Lee about losing all his 
> best men - Jackson, Hood, Pender, I think, were the three names Lee gave, 
> indicates that Lee thought so as well) - but Pender was very young and 
> also just fighting his first battle as division commander at Gettysburg. 
> Lee could've looked outside the ANV I suppose but that could've generated 
> problems, conflict, etc...
>
> Chris
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