Posted on 04/06/2012 4:35:17 AM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
Thanks. I didn't realize that.
Lots of Southern towns have their Confederate monument near the courthouse, no doubt paid for with local funds. Often the town monument is a statue of a Confederate soldier facing North.
Then there are the pointed tombstones used for Confederate soldiers. The story goes that the tombstones were pointed so that Yankees couldn't sit on them.
A commander can be forgiven for being defeated, for superior numbers, supply shortages or circumstances may conspire or combine to defeat him despite any ability on his part.
But a commander can never be forgiven for being surprised.
--Napoléon Bonaparte
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