Tullahoma Quotes

“Tullahoma was one of the more remarkable campaigns of the Civil War. It was a brilliantly conceived and executed piece of strategy in a conflict better known for command snafus and artless bloodbaths. A such, it deserves closer study. It was a masterpiece of organization, logistics, deception, and maneuver, and it will stand as William Rosecrans’s most impressive military achievement.”
― David A. Powell, Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

“In effect, the Tullahoma Campaign irretrievably cost the Confederate war effort the entire state of Tennessee.”
― David A. Powell, Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

“The Army of Tennessee was not the Army of Northern Virginia. Bragg was not Lee; Polk was not Jackson; and Hardee was not Longstreet.”
― David A. Powell, Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

“Bragg fumed that “with all his ability, energy, and zeal, General Polk, by education and habit, is unfitted for executing the orders of others. He will convince himself his own views are better, and will follow them without reflecting on the consequences.”
― David A. Powell, Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

“The simple fact is that the Army of Tennessee never had sufficient military-grade transport to meet its needs, a problem that only worsened over time.”
― David A. Powell, Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

“By 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia could no longer subsist on its own where it fought, drawing foodstuffs from the Carolinas, Georgia, and even East Tennessee. Beyond supporting local garrisons, those regions were reserved for Lee’s use.”
― David A. Powell, Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

“Once the final makeup of the brigade was set, it took about a month for Wilder to mount his entire command and Capt. Eli Lilly’s 18th Indiana Battery. Lilly was a pharmacist from Greencastle, Indiana, who went on to found one of the largest and most successful drug companies in the world.”
― David A. Powell, Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863