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rickd79
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Philip Kearny

Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:57 am

Philip Kearny -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kearny

MG Kearny falls into the category of "what might have been." Right after 2nd Bull Run Kearny was killed during a skirmish near an estate known as Chantilly.

Kearny was known to be extremely aggressive and courageous, and was highly respected by leaders on both sies of the conflict Had he not died, Kearny may very well have ascended to Corps or Army command. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton referred to his death as "a national calamity." General Lee had his body escorted through the lines under a flag of truce. Major Walter Taylor of Lee's staff is quoted as saying "There was no place for exultation at the death of so gallant a man."

frank7350
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:07 am

def should be included... with either the reckless or hot headed trait i'd think. doesn't seem to be the type to retreat... also what about giving him the cavalryman trait? very experienced cav:

Kearny obtained a commission as a second lieutenant of cavalry, assigned to the 1st U.S. Dragoons, who were commanded by his uncle, Colonel Stephen W. Kearny, and whose adjutant general was Jefferson Davis. The regiment was assigned to the western frontier.

Kearny was sent to France, in 1839, to study cavalry tactics, first attending school at the famous cavalry school in Saumur, France, and then participating in several combat engagements with the Chasseurs d'Afrique in Algiers. Kearny rode into battle with a sword in his right hand, pistol in his left, and the reins in his teeth, as was the style of the Chasseurs. His fearless character in battle earned him the nickname by his French comrades "Kearny le Magnifique" or "Kearny the Magnificent." He returned to the United States in the fall of 1840 and prepared a cavalry manual for the Army based on his experiences overseas.

Shortly afterward, he was designated aide-de-camp to General Alexander Macomb, and continued to serve in this position until Macomb's death in June of 1841. After a few months at the cavalry barracks in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Kearny was assigned to the staff of General Winfield Scott, soon becoming his aide-de-camp. He did additional duty on the frontier, accompanying his uncle's unit on an expedition to the South Pass of the Oregon Trail in 1845.

Kearny, disappointed with the lack of fighting he was seeing in the Army, resigned his commission in 1846, but returned to duty only a month later at of the outbreak of the Mexican-American War. Kearny was assigned to raise a troop of cavalry for the 1st U.S. Dragoons, Company F, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He spared no expense in recruiting his men and acquiring 120 matched dapple gray horses with his own money. This unit was originally stationed at the Rio Grande but soon became the personal bodyguard for General Scott, the commander in chief of the Army in Mexico. Kearny was promoted to captain in December of 1846.

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rickd79
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Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:48 pm

So what do we think? How does this look?

Traits: "Reckless" "Cavalryman"

(I don't have a clue about senority or political value...)

Division: 4/3/3

(I think Kearny had a real chance to be promoted to these levels if he had survived)

Corps:3/3/2

Army:3/2/2

frank7350
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Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:48 am

i like reckless and cav... the values look ok to me...anybody else?

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Kearny

Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:15 pm

The implications are amusing, I can see a lot of future Army of the Potomac commanders wondering why the cavalry was so bad in real life when all they did was create a cavalry corps under Kearny and were golden for the rest of the game.

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