Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, USA

This may actually be a good turn of events for the Confederacy. Braxton Bragg was probably the most cantankerous, quarrelsome man in senior command on either side during the war, and he stayed in high command a lot longer than he should have because he was Jeff Davis' friend. Now that he's permanently out of the picture, who will command the Army of Tennessee (assuming Albert S. Johnston is killed as OTL)?

Beauregard then Polk or Hardee when Beauregard goes AWOL.
 
April 6th, 1862
Shiloh Day 1


Army of the Mississippi
Hardee's Corps
Cleburne's Brigade


"Keep at it men! sooner of latter they'll break!" General Patrick Cleburne was urging his men on, despite the fierce fire that was coming their way. Damn yankees! Now that they've shorten their lines, I'm finding it hrader to achieve a breakthrough. Although we have captured some prisoners, we haven't got a clear picture as to what their intensions are. Cleburne snapped out of his thought as some of his regiments fell back to the safety of the woods. Dammit! whoever is leading those yankees sure knowns what he is doing! Cleburne called a halt to the attacks in order to give the men a rest and resupply. About that time, a rider was seen heading to Cleburne. Looks like he's riding like the devil was after him. Cleburne saluted the rider and asked, "What do you want?" The rider snapped back a salute and said, " General Cleburne, i regret to inform you that you are now in command of the corps." Cleburne did a double take. "What do you mean that i'm commanding the corps? General Hardee is commanding it, not me!" The rider, in a sad tone said, "Sir, General Hardee was seriously wounded while observing Pond's brigade." Cleburne was shocked. Hardee was wounded! Cleburne bowed his head and murmered, "Very well, I will take command of the Corps."

Army of the Mississippi
Bragg's Corps
Johnston's HQ


General Albert Sidney Johnston was mortified. In the spand of two hours, two of his corps commanders were down, one severly, the other, dead. Not that I liked Bragg, but he was a good organizer. Johnston smiled for a minute, but then frowned. What the hell to do? The army is engaged and is having a harder time trying to drive the yankees now that they've dug in. The only other course is to pull back, reorganize the line, and appoint new commanders for both corps. Johnston then realized that Hardee had put a General by the name of Cleburne in charge of his corps. Well, who the hell is going to replace Bragg? Johnston turned to his aide and said, "Bring all Corps commanders here for a council and give the order to break off contact and withdraw to resupply the men and give them something to eat." The aide nodded his head and rode off. I'll need to rethink how we are going to break the federal line, otherwise i'll be forced to call the attack off and withdraw the army back to Cornith.


Hey! any ideas as to what Johnston is going to do?
 
What about Lew Wallace's Division? In TTL he got lost, but with the Union doing better in TTL his arrival might prove timely enough to turn Shiloh into a Confederate rout...
 
April 6th, 1862
Shiloh day 1

Army of the Mississippi
Johnston's HQ


Albert Sidney Johnston looked around at those gathered. At this point in the battle, he wasn't sure what to do. Two of his corps commanders were down, one killed, the other wounded. On top of that, Federal ressitance had strengthened and the yankees were dug in. What do i do? I know that we need to fight and win against them, but if i order a withdrawl now, i'll look like the laughing stock of the whole Confederacy. Johnston took a deep breath and started to talk: "Gentlemen, the army is in a dire straight. General Bragg is dead and General Hardee has been wounded. From reports gathered by our scouts and enemy prisoners, it seems that the entire Federal army is in position and well dug in. While we have driven them some distance and taken several hundred prisoners, the question now is wether we can break the union line without greater damage to ourselves." Jonston looked around the room and rested his eyes on his advisor sent from the east. "General Lee, what say you?"

Robert Edward Lee looked at those gathered before answering. "To tell the truth, General, I believe that to withdrawl now would hurt this army's morale. What i suggest we do is bring all our forces to bear on one spot and break through with shear force. With enough artillery support, i do believe that they will break and we can drive those people away." Lee's trip to the western theater had shocked him. He had believed that General Beauguard,who had often quarreled with Jeff Davis, was going to be sent West, but Davis instead sent him to the Valley to organize troops there. General Joe Johnston was stationed around Manassas, waiting for the yankee's next move. That left Lee, who up to that time, really hadn't shown much promise. So Davis sent him out west to help Johnston with the situation. Now Lee was here at Shiloh advising Johnston. Johnston nodded his head in approval. "Okay, if there are no objections, this is what we will do. General Cleburne will take over Hardee's corps and demostrate in front of the federals in order to keep their attention. General Lee, i'm giving you command of Bragg's corps and also you will have command over Polk's as well. Any objections Polk? None? alright then. i will take over on the right and help breckinridge's reserve corps. Is there a problem General Lee?" Lee nodded in approval "I don't mean to be disrespectful, but i think that General Breckinridge can handle the right. We cannot afford to loose you sir. Perhaps if you were to stay around this area?" Johnston thought for a moment and then nodded. "Of course General Lee, you are correct. Very well, General Breckinridge can take care of the right. All right Gentlemen, lets go to work."
 
Interesting... Stonewall's probably going East soon (replacing McClellan as commander of AotP, perhaps?)

Marc A

P.S. Will Order-191 still go out ITTL?
 
April 6th, 1862
Shiloh, Day 1

Overview of fighting
Afternoon to Sundown

With the confederate reshuffling done, they begin to pressure the federal line. On the Union side, from left to right are: Jackson's division, McClernand's division, W.H.L. Wallace's division, Prentiss's division, and Hulburt's division. In the rear, Lew Wallace's division had arrived and was marching toward the front. Facing the Federals were four corps,from left to right were: Cleburne (commanding Hardee's corps), Polk, Lee (commanding Bragg's corps), and Breckinridge. The fighting started in the center where Robert E Lee was massing his men with those of Polk's to assault the Federal line. Bringing up artillery, the rebels pounded the federals for a half an hour and then attacked in force. The resulting carnage bent the federal line, but did not break it. On the left, Cleburne directed the assaults against Jackson's and then McClernand's divisions. Although the assaults on McClernand dove him back a little, against Jackson they had no effect. Cleburne was heard to mutter, "attacking Jackson is like attacking a stonewall." Thus, Thomas Jonathan Jackson became known as Stonewall Jackson.

Meanwhile, Breckinridge, after several asaults, suceed in pushing back Hulburt's men away from the peach orchard. It seemed as if the rebels needed a miracle in order to break the federal line. That miracle came in the form of McClernand. He saw what he believed to be an opening in the rebel line. Attacking with his whole division and not telling either Jackson or Wallace, he pushed back Cleburne's men. Cleburne pulled back his men and let McClernand's division come into the trap set for him. Polk and Lee had sent 3 brigades to the left in order to hit Wallace, but instead, they wheeled left and slammed into McClernand's men. This, along with a counterattack from Cleburne, routed the yankee division. McClernand himself was killed as he tried to rally his men. With McClernand's division gone, Jackson's postion was unhindged along with rest of the army.
 
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