Benjamin Prentiss

[rickd79]

Benjamin Prentiss

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_M._Prentiss
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This might be a bit of a reach...but its kind of a fun "what-if" idea so I'll throw it out there anyway. Prentiss was a division commander under Grant at the Battle of Shiloh. His troops famously held the "Hornet's Nest", and helped to fight off the Confederate army long enough so that Grant could patch together a defense on day 1, and launch his counterattack on day 2. His men took a pounding, but held on against numerous assaults. Finally, he and the 2000 survivors of his division surrendered, having bought Grant some precious time. This alone, would probably earn Prentiss a good "defensive" rating. After his exchange, Prentiss was promoted to Major General and fought in Arkansas in 1863.

Apparently Grant and Prentiss did not get along, which may have been the reason he was shipped to a lower visibility theater of the war upon his return. What if Prentiss had continued to fight in the more famous battles of 1863 and 1864....would he have gone on to stand out more in the history books?

I would recommend: 3/1/3 with the 3 for "defensive" as a nod to his work at Shiloh.

[frank7350]

rick...lets post a copy of thes in the gen leaders thread...

[rickd79]

Is that a bit redundant?....unless you're trying to split up the Yanks from the Rebs for the AGEod folks (we could just put USA or CSA in the post titles in this thread)

Its up to you...just trying to save you some work.