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i have always wondered why there are so many atl's of the civil war that mainly focus on the eastern theater, mainly gettysburg, antietam, etc. I know that there are some atl's for the west, mainly shiolh, vicksburg, and the atlanta campaign, but has anyone seriously consider how different the war might have gone if the Kentucky Campaign of 1862 had gone different?

For starters, one of the main reasons in my opinion that it failed was that not one person was in charge overseeing the cooperate of generals like bragg or kirby smith. How differnent would the confederate offensive had been if bragg had gotten along with someone other than kirby smith? Or, maybe Bragg would have pulled rank and told kirby smith that he was in charge and that smith obey him.

In my mind, there are so many possiblities of how different the campaign could have unfolded. Another example could be that Bragg tells Smith not to leave for Kentucky untill Bragg's enitre amry was at Chattanooga and then both forces would combined and either bing buell to battle and defeat him before the move into kentucky or march into kentucky and force buell to follow.

Does anyone think this plausable? Yes, no? Thoughts? Comments? How would this have worked?
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