It wasn’t Washington and it wasn’t FDR either.
I would say the greatest was Jefferson and although they were not the greatest Wilson and Andrew Johnson certainly deserve a mention. Wilson because he finally forced Yankees to bury the bloody shirt and reconcile with us and Johnson because he risked everything defending us against the Yankees who tried all sorts of schemes on us during Reconstruction.
It said President of the U.S., not President of the Confederacy. ;)
Wilson was EEEEEEVILLLL!
“Wilson because he finally forced Yankees to bury the bloody shirt and reconcile with us and Johnson because he risked everything defending us against the Yankees who tried all sorts of schemes on us during Reconstruction.”
Unfortunately, as evidenced by the Leftist PC posters on this and many other threads, the “reconciliation” didn’t last too long.
>> Wilson ... certainly deserve(s) a mention
Apparently, you don’t subscribe to Glenn Beck.
You won't find too many Wilson fans on this board, but this is an interesting, and obviously Southern perspective.
In 1898, William McKinley, a former Union officer, also did his part to bury the bloody shirt by getting the Blue and Gray to march together against the Spaniards. Soldiers from both sides of the Potomac saw action in Cuba under General Fitzhugh Lee, a Confederate war hero who had fought with the Army of Northern Virginia.