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To: mainepatsfan
For those who don't know, Lew Wallace was widely criticized for his marches and countermarches at Shiloh, and after the war wrote a novel about redemption, called Ben Hur.
2 posted on 07/09/2009 6:11:37 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: LS

Sold a few copies. /s


3 posted on 07/09/2009 6:13:44 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: LS

Thanks for that info. Interesting historic tidbit.


5 posted on 07/09/2009 6:26:55 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: LS

was charlton heston in the civil war too?


6 posted on 07/09/2009 6:31:47 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: LS
long ago, I used to wonder why they never call Ben Hur by it's correct title:

Ben-Hur: a tale of the Christ

I don't wonder anymore...

7 posted on 07/09/2009 6:55:01 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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