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Thanks for tuning into the podcast. On the cold night of January 2nd, 1864, most of the Confederate Army of Tennessee's ranking generals huddled around the fireplace inside

Army headquarters at Dalton Georgia.

Four of them, Major Generals W.H.T. Walker and Alexander Stewart

and Brigadier Generals Patton Anderson and William Bait,

were supporters of the beleaguered General Braxton Bragg who had resigned after the Confederate debacle at Missionary Ridge.

Across the room, Major General's Thomas Heinemann and Patrick Claiborne sat alone talking. Both of them had supported the ranking officers who petitioned Confederate President Jefferson Davis for Bragg's removal from command.

Major General Carter-Stevensenson was the only general present who had remained neutral in the controversy.

Soon, General Josephy Johnston, the Army of Tennessee's Slim and Dapper New Commander,

entered the room, followed by Lieutenant General William Hardee.

Johnston greeted the gathered officers warmly,

then took a seat and turned the meeting over to Hardee,

who announced that Claiborne had prepared a proposal on an important subject

and wanted to present it to them for discussion.

Patrick Claiborne Rose unfolded a sheaf of papers and began to read in a soft Irish

rogue tempered by 14 years of living in the South. As the other officers

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