WI Johnston Had Remained in Command of the Army of Tennessee?

WI Joe Johnston stays in command of the AoT in July, 1864?

  • Johnston would have evacuated Atlanta without a fight

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • Johnston would have made a half-hearted effort to defend Atlanta and then retreated

    Votes: 10 52.6%
  • Johnston would have fought hard and determinedly to hold Atlanta

    Votes: 5 26.3%
  • Something else

    Votes: 3 15.8%
  • I'm not sure

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    19

Anaxagoras

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Sure, but in a more open engagement (given that southern Georgia is not anywhere near as hilly and built-up as northern Georgia was, Johnston has greater difficulties finding terrain that suits him), 2:1 advantages strongly favor the Union. Especially if the minor necessity of whether or not Joseph Eggelton Johnston still is a general officer or not forces Johnston to fight, period, or be sacked. It would be far from the first time a general was pushed into a battle for political, as opposed to sound military, reasons......

I agree. But I would also give Johnston a fighting chance. In open battle, he did pretty well at First Manassas. And at Bentonville, he did better than could reasonably have been expected considering the disparity of forces.
 
I agree. But I would also give Johnston a fighting chance. In open battle, he did pretty well at First Manassas. And at Bentonville, he did better than could reasonably have been expected considering the disparity of forces.

Yes, when both sides were inexperienced, his forces were on the defensive, and even then McDowell was actually a hair's whisker from winning the battle. Where at Bentonville Sherman wasn't really hoping for a fight no matter what he said he wanted. That engagement would be nowhere near as decisive as OTL Nashville, mind, but it'd be a major walloping of the AoT.
 
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