WI: Bragg+Polk dead at Shiloh Hardee in command of AOT

[Arnold d.c]

Exactly what it says on the tin. Using the powers of handwavium, A.S Johnson, Polk and Bragg are all killed at Shiloh. What are the consequences of Bragg's and Polk's death and the army of Tennessee being under the command of General Harder?

 

[Darth_Kiryan]

Exactly what it says on the tin. Using the powers of handwavium, A.S Johnson, Polk and Bragg are all killed at Shiloh. What are the consequences of Bragg's and Polk's death and the army of Tennessee being under the command of General Harder?

General Beauregard says hello. He was the 2IC next to AS Johnson.

 

[Anaxagoras]

I'll assume that Beauregard is removed by Davis later on in a similar manner to what happened IOTL and that Hardee takes command at the same time Bragg did historically.

In the short term, it's hard to know what Hardee would have remained in Mississsippi to contest Grant or shift the Army of Tennessee to Chattanooga to block the Union advance there. He wasn't a bold general like Robert E. Lee; they didn't call him Old Reliable for nothing.

Generally, though, this would be good for the Army of Tennessee. One can imagine Hardee in command with Cheatham and perhaps Breckinridge in command of the two corps.