Don't Count Your Eggs Before They Hatch, Or Else You Get Scrambbled Eggs

The Army of Tennesse is the Confederate version of the Army of the Potomac. Its' men deserved better then to be led by men who were too slow and to timid to give victories. By then end of the first day of the Battle of Stones River, Bragg, thier commander, proclaimed a mighty victory to Richmond. He was sure that God had handed them a mighty victory. Boasts do not win battles. And his opponent knew it. General Rosecrans, Braggs' opponent, knew that he was not whipped. He soldified his battered line, and stregthened it. When Bragg came at him again on New Years Eve, it was no whipped opponent or cleaning up operation. Rosecrans was clearly willing to stay and fight. Bragg did meet with some success. But, in the end, he was outfought. He fell back to Chattannoga. As a famous historian once said, "The Battle can be described as a staring match, and Bragg blinked first.