entire position to the protection of the confederate army, and not just any confederate army, the army of northern virginia. without robert e. lee, there is no jeff davis. i will stay, mr. president. good, very good. we have a crisis in the west. if general bragg does not stop the yankees at tennessee, they will march on atlanta. i will send general longstreet. the confederacy knew that they can t destroy the army of the potomac because it s got way too good a supply base, ty peel off an entire corps of the army of northern virginia, send iover to georgia and reinforce bragg s army of tennessee. the loss at chickamauga stuns the union,
and it demonstrates to both sides that the confederate army is still a formidable fighting force capable of defeating its adversary, but the confederates fail in their ultimate objective of wiping out union forces in the area. the rebels overwhelming victory at chickamauga represents hope for the confederacy, but that hope fades as the union army is allowed to retreat to chattanooga. having lost their best chance to regain control of the war, rebel genera pin the blame on one of their own. mr. president, this general has lost us our last opportunity. the federals were in our grasp, and bragg just let them slip away. he has lost the confidence and the morale of this army, and he must be removed to another command immediately,
or we will lose everything we gained at chickamauga. jefferson davis considered himself something of a military genius, and so he would often intervene in his armies. davis did not trust longstreet. general longstreet, it s not so simple as placing general bragg at another command. you have no idea the political and public pressures i must contend with. all the public wants is success, and if you cannot give it to them, the end of this confederacy is assured. jefferson davis allows braxton bragg to hold onto his command despite the urging of his many generals, who request that he be removed. so, unlike lincoln, who listens to his generals and heeds their advice, davis tends to micromanage, putting belief in his own military genius, and his allegiance to old friends like bragg guide him to poor decisions
for search teams. in fact, shane says their every move could give up their position if a trained eye, like his, could follow their tracks. for example, take a close look at this area. it could look like nothing to an untrained eye. immediately things are already popping out to me. look what? i already know there is tracks, a track right here. this has been pushed down. this group right here, and this group has been pushed forward. look at the color as the foot left it lifted the stick and pushed this into its place. because this is clearly not, natural behavior, how this plant was growing. shane says this would technically be called a run. a series of signs showing someone ran through the woods. but not every clue is left on the ground. shane also looks for clues at shoulder level. if i moved here, swiftly or a bit more with aggressive, aggressive behavior, i may have moved it in such a way that it did grab itself. and this is the type of thing that we ll look for. it s the t
fort bragg named after confederate general braxton bragg. one of ten army base as cross the south the pentagon says were named for confederate civil war generals decades ago as a gesture of reconciliation to a defeated south. of building a nation unfortunately we had this great civil war. but these men who were the military leaders were for the most part very good tactician and strategists. reporter: well maybe not general bragg. he graduated very far down in his class at west point. i think it was some where in the 40s, out of 52 in the class. he was not the brightest of bulbs. reporter: amid the current controversy over the confederate flag, some law makers now believe military tradition isn t enough to keep the names in