Dan in Charlestown

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@JayRock_QueenCi @ManifestHistory I guess that was Beauregard’s command I forgot Ewell was such a dogshit corps commander Lee did get rid of him and replace him with Early

@JayRock_QueenCi @ManifestHistory I thought there was some point around petersburg where there was an extra corps added but under the technical title of like “defense district of northeast virginia”

To follow up on my post from yesterday, Out of the 25 Confederate full Generals and Lieutenant Generals, only three had not attended West Point. Of the three, which one is your favorite.

@AHC1776 Very much appreciated my friend

@NotCharlestown I can't even imagine what it was like. So I mean it when I say thanks for your service and also how much I respect your knowledge of military history.

The cushion around the bradley gunner’s targeting system is the best pillow i’ve ever seen, i probably spent 15 minutes total awake in 2012 i just assumed everyone in the back was also asleep the whole time

@AHC1776 It sounds like a joke but all of 2012 was a fever dream passed out sleeping in a bradley to me lol

@NotCharlestown Thank you, Dan.

@JayRock_QueenCi @ManifestHistory that one was rigged from the start

@JayRock_QueenCi @ManifestHistory I pulled a fast one on you, I was substituting Mahone Early and Gordon for Ewell, AP Hill, and RH Anderson, didn't see that one coming, IV Corps ANV

@JayRock_QueenCi @ManifestHistory Love me some wade

@NotCharlestown @ManifestHistory Right, I was half-kidding with my reply. With that being said, the clear choice is the home town here, Wade Hampton; despite the fact that asking to choose between the 3 is nonsensical. All three were terrific.

@JayRock_QueenCi @ManifestHistory If you asked Lee in April 1865 to go back and do it again at june 1863 he would have taken Mahone, Early, Gordon as Infantry Corps commanders and made Wade Hampton his cavalry corps commander

@JayRock_QueenCi @ManifestHistory I tend to believe Gordon’s claim that he was promoted to Lieutenant General but there’s no primary source that proves it With that said i’ll take any of these 3 in a fight but Richard Taylor is the genius here

@raconteur_press Probably like this

Heyo.

@SalinaBBaker I believe Diana’s 4 guns were all used as field artillery by Richard Gridley at bunker hill along with 2 other preexisting ones but of the 6 guns if i’m remember correctly only one ever actually went into action because of incompetence

On the evening of May 26, 1775, General Artemas Ward sent Colonel John Nixon and Colonel John Stark to implement the Massachusetts Committee of Safety’s order to remove all livestock and hay from Noddle’s and Hog Island. The two contiguous islands lay east of Charlestown. On the morning of May 27, approximately 500 rebels waded across the Chelsea-Hog Island channel. Around 2:00 p.m., British Admiral Samuel Graves was notified that smoke could be seen rising from Noddle’s Island. Stark and Nixon and their men had set fire to a barn full of hay and had killed some of the livestock, drawing the attention of the marines stationed on the island. Admiral Graves ordered his nephew to sail the schooner Diana up the narrow waterway that lay between the islands and the mainland, while 170 marines were sent to pursue the rebels on foot on Noddle’s Island. Armed with four six-pounders and a dozen smaller swivel guns, Diana fired on the rebels on Noddle’s Island while the larger force of marines splashed ashore from longboats. Half the rebels continued on with the livestock while the other half jumped into a ditch and commenced a rear guard action to keep the schooner and the marines at bay. By 5:00 p.m. Diana was in the shallows between Hog Island and the mainland. Under heavy rebel fire and with an outgoing tide threatening to ground his schooner, Lieutenant Graves, sought the aid of a dozen longboats to tow him back down the creek in the dying breeze. In hopes of ambushing Diana before she reached the safety of the harbor, the rebels rushed down the north shore of Chelsea Creek toward Winnisimmet. By 9:00 p.m., the sun was setting. Colonel Israel Putnam and Dr. Joseph Warren arrived at Newgate Landing with two field pieces and more men. Putnam directed his cannon fire at Diana that was now slowly drifting south along the shore. The Royal Navy marines had transported several cannons to a hill on Noddle’s Island. Cannonballs whistled down at the rebels as they waded into the creek and fired at the longboats towing Diana past the Winnisimmet shore. The rebel cannons returned fire with such effectiveness that the British longboat crews were forced to abandon Diana. The schooner soon drifted toward shore and grounded on the wooden rails extending from the ferry dock. Lieutenant Graves and his men attempted to use their anchor to drag the schooner to deeper water, but as the tide ebbed, the schooner began to roll onto her side. They had no choice but to abandon her for the sloop Britannia anchored in deeper waters. Later that night, the rebels plundered Diana of her guns, rigging, and equipment, and then set her on fire. Around 3:00 a.m., the fire reached the vessel’s powder magazine, and the schooner exploded.

@OldNewYork1664 Brandywine was a decent plan but the fact that he didnt expect a flank attack was awful, germantown was unquestionably a dumb plan, he’s lucky he didnt get fired for that one Monmouth wasn’t really his fault chalk that one up to Charles Lee

Washington doesn’t turn this around until crossing the Delaware, but still makes some pretty disastrous decisions at Brandywine and Germantown. Even Monmouth was a sketchy affair in a straight up fight.

@AHC1776 @OldNewYork1664 I think the British plan was just too good, force was too strong, Washington’s too spread out and has no navy, if Morgan’s there he can do some damage but probably ends up captured or killed, worse outcome Howe and Clinton were just straight up playing with Sullivan

@NotCharlestown @OldNewYork1664 Excellent point about Knowlton. I defer to you on Long Island. They botched that one.

Actually not really and was saved throughout the NY campaign by sheer luck on three occasions, Brooklyn, Manhattan and White Plains.

@AHC1776 @OldNewYork1664 Would you say Thomas Knowlton was something of a “proto-Morgan” at that point, he probably would’ve ended up as a general Anyway i can see him changing Harlem Heights from a minor battle to a serious problem Long Island i genuinely just don’t see another outcome

As I'm working on Cowpens, I can't help but wonder how he might have changed things he'd been in command of troops on Long Island or at Harlem Heights. I think he would have used the terrain and his riflemen to his advantage, like he did at Saratoga and Cowpens. Of course, they won at HH, but he could have made it a more significant victory. Always fun to ponder.

@AHC1776 @OldNewYork1664 I think Morgan was still technically a captain at the time anyway

@AHC1776 @OldNewYork1664 I mean i can’t really say it would have changed a lot, i’d be interested if you think differently but Morgan was definitely perfectly suited for a battle like Saratoga or Monmouth If we’re being realistic nothing probably would’ve changed the outcome in NYC or Trenton

@AHC1776 @OldNewYork1664 That was probably his strongest asset along with his ability to typically see talent and work with subordinate commanders Knox, Greene, Lafayette, von Steuben, Stirling, Wayne, Mercer, Sullivan even

@NotCharlestown @OldNewYork1664 I think his superpower was simply being able to keep things together. He did it with the Continental Army, the Philadelphia Convention, and during his Presidency, when France was causing problems.

@AHC1776 @OldNewYork1664 I will say he was a far better commander in chief than an army commander

@OldNewYork1664 In this case, "luck" is pronounced "divine providence." 😀

I’m watching this movie called memento, it’s crazy bro you gotta see it, the main character has amnesia so the movie is played back chronologically, can’t believe you’ve never seen it bro Also carrie-ann moss is in it and she’s the reason i love milfs