My wife and I had a pleasant time at the meeting of the San Francisco Civil War Round Table Thursday night. The subject was Maj. Gen. Gouverneur Kemble Warren and the fighting around Petersburg in August 1864. Warren won the battle of Globe Tavern, August 18-21, but received little thanks for it from his superiors, who unrealistically wanted him to capture Petersburg. At least he didn't get sacked for winning, as he did at Five Forks the following year. The vote after my presentation was almost unanimous that he ought to have sought employment elsewhere after his victory at Globe Tavern.
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