[Non-Sequitur]

i'd guess that "he did his best". sometimes your BEST just isn't good ENOUGH!

If that was his best, then his best was great...for the Union.

[stand watie]

your opinion is noted. i don't necessarily disagree with you (occasionally you say something SMART, when you're not posting NONSENSE to fool the RUBES in the "DY coven" and/or propaganda.), though MANY noted scholars would.

free dixie,sw