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To: Art in Idaho

Thanks for sending. Hadn't heard of Howling Jake Smith. Wounds and lead in him from Shiloh and Cuba. Must have been a real warrior. I lament that his stock would not be able to do what he did now. . a pre-Patton kind of guy.

I suppose you're aware of the little detail that one of George S. Patton's boyhood mentors and storytellers was Confederate cavalryman and guerrilla raider John Singleton Moseby, aka The Grey Ghost.

43 posted on 02/25/2016 12:37:12 PM PST by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)

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To: archy

I suppose you're aware of the little detail that one of George S. Patton's boyhood mentors and storytellers was Confederate cavalryman and guerrilla raider John Singleton Moseby, aka The Grey Ghost.

Wow, didn't know that. Thanks for the info. Will research. . I wonder if they learn about him at West Point now? Prolly not, not PC. .

44 posted on 02/25/2016 5:35:54 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)

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