tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344498494799149794.post1997704273998497368..comments2024-02-28T20:34:49.657-05:00Comments on <center>My Civil War Obsession</center>: Siege of Cincinnati / Battery Hooper article in Cincy EnquirerRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16080050613624485848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344498494799149794.post-66477063870448731362015-12-11T20:44:05.761-05:002015-12-11T20:44:05.761-05:00We can add several locations to your image above. ...We can add several locations to your image above. There are a couple of positions within Devou Park that are extant and accessible from the mountain bike trails there, if you know where to look. I am working on a map showing all the forts and batteries, color coded by year. If you would like it for a future post let me know.Darryl R. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02940160706955019354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344498494799149794.post-88447004508037286182010-11-02T07:16:11.964-04:002010-11-02T07:16:11.964-04:00Thanks for the viewpoint. I've always thought ...Thanks for the viewpoint. I've always thought Hood's plans to head west and invade Kentucky while Sherman was in Atlanta were too optimistic, but perhaps I do need to study the situation more carefully.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080050613624485848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344498494799149794.post-75363358291221762842010-11-01T22:49:18.106-04:002010-11-01T22:49:18.106-04:00John Bell Hood never said he planned to march on C...John Bell Hood never said he planned to march on Cincinnati. It was US Grant who wrote after the war of the threat to the Upper Midwest by Hood's Army of Tennessee in the fall of 1864. Hood is unjustly criticized for having "delusional" and "quixotic" plans for his army in 1864, but those grandiose plans were incorrectly attributed to him.<br /><br />His plans, which wereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com