Born on this day: James Longstreet

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[sionnsar]

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[KTpig]

I enjoyed Gods and Generals (loved Gettysburg). It seemed accurate and by comparison better than much else coming to the big screen. Do I understand correctly that we won't get the third in the trilogy, this, due to lack of enthusiasm for Gods and Generals?

[KevinB]

I've pointed people to "Gods and Generals, "The Killer Angels, "The Last Full Measure", as a good place to read about the Civil War, they're good for people who don't read history books.

A Civil War buff friend of mine made the same recommendation to me. I read them both and have to agree that they're a great place to start if one wants to begin a journey into Civil War history.

[KevinB]

Isn't Longstreet buried in Grant's tomb?

[KevinB]

Oops, I've only read Killer Angels and The Last Full Measure. I didn't realize your post also mentioned Gods and Generals.

[4CJ]

It will my friend, as long as there are those of us that continue to cherish the memories of our valiant ancestors.

[Valin]

Do I understand correctly that we won't get the third in the trilogy, this, due to lack of enthusiasm for Gods and Generals?

That's what I've heard.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

The town of Nevada, Missouri was also burned to the ground twice by Northern troops out of Kansas. A twenty mile wide strip of Missouri bordering Kansas was declared a free fire zone by the North, no one was allowed to live there, males were to be shot on sight.

Women suspected as rebel sympathizers in that part of Missouri were jailed in a Kansas City stone building, which mysteriously collapsed one night killing many. This trip wired some of the rebels to commit unspeakable atrocities against known or suspected Yankees, including women & children.

We should never become complacent & smug about senseless violence & the cruel internal strife of other countries, it has already happened here once, and can do so again.