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James Longstreet was one of ACW's most gifted tacticians, and especially so on the defensive. He understood that rifles capacity to destroy gentlemans warfare, and that alone mad him a force to be reckoned with. I personally believe he would've been a solid counter to Shermans aggressive and brutal style of warfare, and have oft wondered why Longstreet was never given command of the AoT, or even really in the picture. But alas, he was not.

But what if he was? What would an Atlanta Campaign look like with Sherman fighting Longstreet? Could Longstreet win? I personally dont see Sherman surrendering, but i also dont think Longstreet would budge. Could we see an instance of early trench warfare? And what do we do with Johnston now that he's not leading the AoT?
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