To: stainlessbanner
Nathan Bedford Forrest and James Ewell Brown Stuart win by a mile.
To: stainlessbanner
4 posted on
09/23/2004 12:00:02 PM PDT by
BlueLancer
(Der Elite Møøsënspåånkængrüppen ØberKømmändø (EMØØK))
To: stainlessbanner
Just a note about the present . . . . General Buford's great-great-nephew is a State Senator in Kentucky and is running for Congress in the 6th District this fall as the Republican nominee.
http://www.bufordforcongress.com
To: stainlessbanner
"[Buford is] one of the best officers of [the Union Cavalry] and is a singular-looking party... a compactly built man of middle height, with a tawny mustache and a little triangular gray eye, whose expression is determined, not to say sinister. His ancient corduroys are tucked into a pair of ordinary cowhide boots and his blue blouse is ornamented with holes... notwithstanding this get-up, he is a very soldierly-looking man. He is of a good natured disposition but not to be trifled with."
Col. Theodore Lyman
8 posted on
09/23/2004 12:01:39 PM PDT by
skeeter
To: stainlessbanner
Buford, described by a Yankee colonel as "decidedly the best cavalry general" in the Army of the Potomac Doubtless, but that is a far cry from having been the best cavalry commander on either side, during The Recent Unpleasantness.
16 posted on
09/23/2004 12:05:36 PM PDT by
Bedford Forrest
(Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
To: stainlessbanner
A pair of generals on the marker were Buford kin. His half brother, Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, also fought for the Union. Their cousin, Gen. Abraham Buford, donned Rebel gray.A senseless war, one against the freedom of self-government.
Forrest and Stuart were far better.
25 posted on
09/23/2004 12:10:27 PM PDT by
4CJ
(Laissez les bon FReeps rouler)
To: SittinYonder
26 posted on
09/23/2004 12:12:06 PM PDT by
eyespysomething
(I'm typing up lottery tickets. I mean, as long as the content is true the rest doesn't matter.)
To: stainlessbanner
Another forgotten Civil War soldier
"Yes, gentlemen good day. And we shall see you on da BattleField!"
84 posted on
09/23/2004 12:46:35 PM PDT by
Rise of South Park Republicans
(The Founding Fathers wanted disagreements as long as we all agree America kicks as* - Eric Cartman)
To: stainlessbanner
I'd like to see Buford's boys mix it up with NBF, that's for sure.
Sure, the guy was a white hot racist and helped to start the KKK---which, admittedly, has nothing to do with his skills as a calvary commander---but for a man with no formal military training, Forrest was spectacular.
Love the story of how he disengaged from the last skirmish of Shiloh: scooping up a Union soldier and using him as a shield against a hail of Union bullets as he galloped away.
98 posted on
09/23/2004 1:11:10 PM PDT by
LincolnLover
(Too Lazy to Do A Search Before Posting? Check This Out--http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/117)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach
122 posted on
09/23/2004 10:33:55 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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