1864: Give Longstreet an Army

After Chattanooga, Davis either--

Sends Longstreet's Corps home but promotes Longstreet to command of the AoT.

Sends Lee west as AoT commander and makes Longstreet AoNV commander.
 
I think it is too late either way. The Confederate Army was disintegrating by this point.

The confederate army didn't really collapse until Sherman's March. I'm not necessarily even looking for a Confederate victory. My personal opinion is the CSA would last a little longer. I'm just curious what others think.
 
Lee can't be transferred west. He's too central to the AoNV, and both sides still see the East as the decisive front.

Longstreet managed to get outgeneraled by Ambrose Burnside (!) in his only independent army command; that's not a good resume, and the AoT had absolutely toxic internal politics.
 
Lee can't be transferred west. He's too central to the AoNV, and both sides still see the East as the decisive front.

Longstreet managed to get outgeneraled by Ambrose Burnside (!) in his only independent army command; that's not a good resume, and the AoT had absolutely toxic internal politics.

Which is probably part of the reason he was beaten by Burnside. By all accounts he wanted to get the Hell away from Bragg. That probably effected his judgment.
 
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