To: claudiustg
"Col. Joshua Chamberlain and the 10th Maine...
And, I will raise you one Nathan Bedford Forest, Tennessee
79 posted on
05/16/2004 9:25:31 PM PDT by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
Col. Joshua Chamberlain and the 10th Maine... I don't mean to pick nits, but to be historically accurate, it was the 20th Maine.
87 posted on
05/16/2004 9:36:41 PM PDT by
arm958
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
Forrest to my mind may have been the best soldier ever. His tactics are still admired and studied in Europe, but the PC crowd has almost eliminated his name in the States.
101 posted on
05/16/2004 10:12:49 PM PDT by
GarySpFc
(Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
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