Bragg was not a great commander, but the Confederacy had few convincing replacements. Many officers understood generalship chiefly as personal courage and attack rather than paperwork, administration, logistics, and organization. That culture produced numerous men who believed they deserved high command without demonstrating its institutional skills. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee at least appreciated the administrative burden, although Lee's reputation may be inflated by the weaker Union commanders he initially faced. The Army of Tennessee's crisis was larger than one personality because it lacked leaders able to make a large organization function.
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The Confederacy lacked commanders who valued administration
Replacing Bragg was difficult because battlefield aggression was easier to celebrate than the paperwork, logistics, and organization required of an army commander.