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| Author: | Cruces [ Sun May 09, 2010 3:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Gen Averell, bad press or bad General? |
An excellent article about the General and the 1864 Valley Campaign. Full article here. http://shenandoah1864.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/general-william-woods-averell-and-the-1864-valley-campaign/ William W. Averell had worked wonders organizing and training the cavalry in the Department of West Virginia dating back to 1863. He had been sentenced to the remote department after being relieved of his command at the end of the Chancellorsville Campaign. By the spring of 1864, Averell had conducted several successful operations including the Battle of Droop Mountain and his Salem Raid. (He would refuse to shake Sheridan's hand when they met after the war. Col. Elkin Chief Engineer AotT “I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. . . . Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves. Let us look before us, and not behind†|
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