"Bernard E. Bee (son of the republic's secretary of state and a leading republic-era miltary figure in his own right), his brother Hamilton Bee, and Albert Sydney Johnston (secretary of war for the republic and texas revolution hero) all attained fame as confederate generals."
Bernard Bee was killed at Bull Run 1 and A.S. Johnston at Shiloh--two very early battles. Bee is mostly remembered for his line "There stands Jackson like a stonewall." It was considered admiring in its day but now is thought to be more like "There stands Jackson like a stonewall. Damn! Why doesn't he move? The fight is here!"
And also two very important ones. My point, of course, had nothing to do with where they were killed but rather with the fact that these men, all leading political and military figures in the Republic of Texas and/or its early days of statehood (aka the 'founding fathers' of Texas) sided with the south.
"There stands Jackson like a stonewall. Damn! Why doesn't he move? The fight is here!"
Is that the latest to emerge from the revisionists? I suppose it doesn't trouble itself with trying to explain why Bee is reported to have immediately followed that sentence with "Rally behind the Virginians!"
"Rally behind the Virginians!"
You notice he said behind the Virginians. In other words, let them do some fighting.
Well, if anyone knows... (((ping)))
How's about it, carton253? Was ol' Bee running down T.J?