I was looking up information on General George Henry Thomas and it seems that he turned down a major independant command in 1862 before Perryville. He was offered command of the Army of the Ohio after the Union high command became nervous about Don Carlos Buell's leadership.
So how would the War have been effected if General Thomas had accepted commander of the Army of the Ohio before Perryville?
Information on Thomas from wikipedia:
Thomas resumed service under Don Carlos Buell. During Confederate General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky in the fall of 1862, the Union high command became nervous about Buell's cautious tendencies and offered command of the Army of the Ohio to Thomas, who refused. Thomas served as Buell's second-in-command at the Battle of Perryville; although tactically inconclusive, the battle halted Bragg's invasion of Kentucky as he voluntarily withdrew to Tennessee. Again frustrated with Buell's ineffective pursuit of Bragg, the Union replaced him with Maj. Gen. William Rosencrans.
So how would the War have been effected if General Thomas had accepted commander of the Army of the Ohio before Perryville?
Information on Thomas from wikipedia:
Thomas resumed service under Don Carlos Buell. During Confederate General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky in the fall of 1862, the Union high command became nervous about Buell's cautious tendencies and offered command of the Army of the Ohio to Thomas, who refused. Thomas served as Buell's second-in-command at the Battle of Perryville; although tactically inconclusive, the battle halted Bragg's invasion of Kentucky as he voluntarily withdrew to Tennessee. Again frustrated with Buell's ineffective pursuit of Bragg, the Union replaced him with Maj. Gen. William Rosencrans.