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By all accounts but yours, that army was done in at Franklin. Not hurt, not damaged, but destroyed in all but fact.
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He COULD have moved away, and probably should have, but the only difference that would've made was WHERE and WHEN his 'army' met its inevitable end. You're not reading what I'm writing: the DECISION was reached at Franklin, and it didn't really matter where Hood went from there; he had ceased to be a factor. There was no more clenched fist, just a couple of mangled fingers.
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It's like a cop responds to a traffic accident with injuries, but when he rolls up, there is a gunfight going on. He's got a priority: as long as there are Bad Guys firing, he can't treat injuries, and he can't get the cars moved, and finally, when all of THAT is done, he will be able to smooth out traffic flow and sweep up glass.
As long as Hood is on his feet with a weapon in his hand, the Federal police can't do anything but focus on HIM. The other stuff involved in re-establishing Federal control over the states in rebellion is going to have to wait, and the war is still on. Well, Hood was flat on his back after Franklin and of no threat to Federal war aims; the war in the West was finally OVER, and the cops can start getting traffic moving along the highway again, and sweeping up all of the broken glass. The Federals can divide, march to all points of the compass, and start getting the mail delivered again. You see my point? Just by EXISTING the Army of the Tennessee made it impossible to do anything but look at Hood, orient on Hood, make plans to defend against Hood or attack Hood. It was all about Hood NOT LOSING, not whether the Army of the Tennessee was able to make some miracle happen. THE WAR CONTINUED AS LONG AS THE ARMY WAS IN THE FIELD AND FIGHTING.
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No, 'decisive' means THAT event decided things, as in no alternative gives any other result. (And once again, the fact that Nashville marks the grave of the Army of Tennessee is immaterial, because the pore thang was terminal from the lead poisoning it caught at Franklin.)
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Focus on what question we're answering. You're too hung up on the unavailable courses-of-action that were open to Hood to somehow salvage his position and win the war.
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After Hood 'released' from Sherman and started his ‘Franklin-Nashville’ campaign against Schofield and Thomas, Sherman MAY have been halted, turned around, and sent in pursuit of a dangerous force of Confederate infantry and cavalry that was rampaging around and threatening multiple points in the Western theater. If Schofield is beaten or Thomas is prevented from linking up with him, they're BOTH in serious trouble, and Lincoln, not wanting any disasters this late in the war, MAY have sent Sherman in pursuit.
Oh, wait a second, though; Hood just ripped his own army apart. Carry on General Sherman, and call us when you pull into Savannah. You see what I mean? None of what you were describing is inevitable but for the Battle of Franklin going as it did. Sherman set out from Atlanta on 15 November; Franklin was 15 days later. What if it went a different way, or didn't even happen at all? Sherman still marches blithely away, while Thomas and Schofield face Hood? Possibly NOT, and that's an effect RIGHT THERE.
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Does Sherman still head northesat THEN? MAYBE, I'll grant you. But even if he DOES, Hood STILL is keeping the theater in play.
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These posts are just getting longer, and I'm losing hope that you're even reading what i'm writing.
Last post for me.
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