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Confederate Stuart was a much-admired personality
Public Opinion ^ | 05 October 2002 | CATHY MENTZER

Posted on 10/06/2002 9:15:34 PM PDT by stainlessbanner

Edited on 05/07/2004 9:00:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

As commander of the Confederate Cavalry, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was a larger-than-life figure best known today for his daring raids and reconnaissance missions -- at times in Union territory.

Despite his reputation for flamboyance and derring-do, James Ewell Brown Stuart was also an intelligent, well-educated, faithful husband and father who spent only a small part of his time as the Army of Northern Virginia's chief of cavalry raiding Northern territory, according to historians and students of his life.


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To: weikel
YEP, i do.

GEN Jackson would have thrown 4th Aabama back into the fight. Chamberlain's MAINE-iacs were BRAVE but nearly out of ammo. had we taken out 20th ME, the army of the potomac was TOAST!

free dixie,sw

21 posted on 10/07/2002 9:08:31 AM PDT by stand watie
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To: Non-Sequitur
CORRECT!

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22 posted on 10/07/2002 9:09:24 AM PDT by stand watie
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To: stainlessbanner
too bad "IV" isn't 1/2 the man his ancestor was.

free dixie,sw

23 posted on 10/07/2002 9:12:39 AM PDT by stand watie
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To: stainlessbanner
"Still revered today throughout the South in the same way Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson are immortalized, the young general was charismatic, brave and by all accounts, a brilliant cavalry leader."

....'the young general'.....they were all very young men..their facial hair plus the old photos make them look older than they were....the average general in the South was 35 and in the North was 37....Lee, in his 50s was quite an exception......to this day, I believe Custer holds the record for the youngest brigadier [23?] in the US Army's history.....a record that will probably never be broken....

Good luck to everybody!

Stonewalls

24 posted on 10/07/2002 9:34:03 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: Conservobabe; stand watie; stainlessbanner; dighton
"The Haunted Tank" comic series, featuring SGT Jeb Stuart commanding a Stuart tank which was haunted by old Jeb himself, was one of my favorites


25 posted on 10/07/2002 9:58:39 AM PDT by BlueLancer
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To: stainlessbanner
Stuart, Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, Johnston, Hood, Davis...losers, all, and nothing but losers.

Walt

26 posted on 10/07/2002 10:09:45 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Jesus, Walt, were you bitten by a SCV member when you were a kid or something?
27 posted on 10/07/2002 10:11:09 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
Jesus, Walt, were you bitten by a SCV member when you were a kid or something?

ROTFLMBO, N-S! Well spoken, my Northern friend.

If not, this son of the South would happily remedy the oversight.

28 posted on 10/07/2002 10:23:02 AM PDT by LTCJ
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To: BlueLancer
NICE cartoon!

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29 posted on 10/07/2002 10:24:28 AM PDT by stand watie
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To: Non-Sequitur; WhiskeyPapa
I think this is his idea of 'fun'. It used to be somewhat subtle "trolling", but this latest more qualifies as "chumming2"
30 posted on 10/07/2002 10:26:09 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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To: Non-Sequitur
You know the deal, as we used to say.

I read years ago that thousands of patriotic young men flocked to Old Glory in response to President Lincoln's call for volunteers to preserve the Union and the vast future of all mankind. By the battle of Fredricksburg, where they assaulted the unassailable over and over, they were mostly dead.

It was Stuart and Lee and Jackson and Lngstreet and the rest --fighting for the cause of slavery -- of all things, that killed those fine young idealistic men.

Now we see the constant rant of lies and distortion and false hero-worship on Free Republic and elsewhere. It just repels me.

Stuart, Lee, Jackson and the rest were not and are not heroes. They were vile traitors.

Walt

31 posted on 10/07/2002 10:31:03 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa
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To: Non-Sequitur; billbears; 4ConservativeJustices; Constitution Day; wardaddy
ROFTL! Non - that's gotta be a classic!
32 posted on 10/07/2002 10:31:11 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Want another bucket?
33 posted on 10/07/2002 10:33:27 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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To: LTCJ
If not, this son of the South would happily remedy the oversight.

You'd bite Walt? I don't know about that. There's a lot of things I'd do for the South but I don't know. How many shots you'd have to get afterwards?

34 posted on 10/07/2002 10:34:36 AM PDT by billbears
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To: ArrogantBustard
Well, I would never chum aroumnd with - you. :-)

Walt

35 posted on 10/07/2002 10:34:40 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
hero-worship on Free Republic and elsewhere. It just repels me.

Not nearly enough. No where near enough.

36 posted on 10/07/2002 10:35:32 AM PDT by LTCJ
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To: billbears
many shots you'd

Make that 'many shots would you'

37 posted on 10/07/2002 10:36:06 AM PDT by billbears
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Your loss.
38 posted on 10/07/2002 10:38:43 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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To: WhiskeyPapa
Some of them go off the deep end, it's true. Anyone who has read a stand watie post when he is in full, mouth-foaming mode (which is just about all the time, come to think about it) knows that. But still, I think we can disagree on the cause that they fought for but still accept that most of those who fought for it did so honestly believing that they were right. Walt, my respect for you is immense but we have to agree to disagree on this one. Just like we agree to disagree on marines vs. Navy.
39 posted on 10/07/2002 10:39:24 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: billbears
There's a lot of things I'd do for the South but I don't know.

Think of it as something akin to throwing yourself on a handgrenade. Not something you'd relish - but done for the greater good.

40 posted on 10/07/2002 10:41:34 AM PDT by LTCJ
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