– After reading Chapter 2 in Hanson, discuss the effects of combat trauma on the leadership of Union General Sherman and Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
– In your opinion should either of these men have been allowed to continue in a command position? Why or why not?
– Who then should have been ultimately responsible for these officers’ post-Shiloh performance of duties and is this a microcosm of military cultures not addressing the seriousness of psychological trauma?