CSA President Alexander Stephans

Can Davis serve effectively in a subordinate role, and on the battlefield?

Unless he's serving under AS Johnston, who he thought was a military genius, I'd expect Davis to be a difficult subordinate. He'd want unquestioned obedience with no personal initiative like Stonewall Jackson, but he's unlikely to be as skilled as Jackson. If Davis can't get subordinates like that, expect relations to be as smooth as those between Bragg and his subordinates. Davis neuralgia occasionally incapacitated him, so like AP Hill he might be down when the CS Army need him most.
 
Unless he's serving under AS Johnston, who he thought was a military genius, I'd expect Davis to be a difficult subordinate. He'd want unquestioned obedience with no personal initiative like Stonewall Jackson, but he's unlikely to be as skilled as Jackson. If Davis can't get subordinates like that, expect relations to be as smooth as those between Bragg and his subordinates. Davis neuralgia occasionally incapacitated him, so like AP Hill he might be down when the CS Army need him most.

Just what the South would need, another Braxton Bragg. :D
 
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