[miss marmelstein]

I love all of them, including McClellan, who did build the Army of the Potomac. One of my favorites is George Armstrong Custer who has been brutally assaulted by politically-correct historians and their running dogs for so many years now it makes my head spin. They can’t even see the devastating personal charisma captured in photos.

Yes, Lee’s horse was Traveller. I’ve visited his grave 3 times now and always give a little wave to this intrepid animal. The original War Horse! He actually lived in Lee’s house at the end of their lives together.

Last November I stood on the spot where Jackson received his fatal wound. He was an eccentric!

There’s no one today who can hold a candle to any of them - in my opinion.

[HandyDandy]

Yeah, Custer made a name for himself at Gettysburg. He was the real deal. I once visited the room that Stonewall died in (the bed, the furniture, etc....). The placard at that site stated that he actually died from the pneumonia that he contracted after the wound.

[HandyDandy]

Of course, the generation that fully learned and appreciated an historical version of those times that was not "politically-corrected" by modern historians will be dying off. So there won't be a whole lot of opportunities to hash it out with people that don't need to be spoon-fed the story from the beginning.

When veterans (yankee and rebel) of Gettysburg would meet at reunions many years later, the old coots would start going at each other with their canes. Now, you tell me, in such an instance were they fighting over slavery?