Danny, I've often wondered if Richard Taylor was a cut above the average in the Trans-Mississippi because he had served under Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia, or if he was just naturally that good. His writings reflect his frustration with "Kirby Smithdom" and make for one of the best postwar memoirs I've ever read.

Doyle brought up a good "what if" in his reference to Cleburne. Governor Flanagin tried to get Cleburne transferred back to Arkansas, but there was no way that the Army of Tennessee was going to give up its best division commander. But if Cleburne had been transferred back here.......