[stand watie]

ACTUALLY, the GENERAL never looked like that. that drawing is VERY complimentary to him.

"the Boss" was almost "hard on the eyes". he was short, fat,narrow shouldered, dumpy, bowlegged & "of a certain age".

he is a CLASSIC CASE of you "can't tell a book by its cover"!!!

fyi, he was TOO POOR to buy a horse, so he borrowed a "good, young red mule" from a cousin & rode her throughout the WBTS.

he also was too poor to buy a CSA officer's uniform (those fancy gray uniforms were VERY expensive.), so he pinned his rank on whatever old clothes that he happened to be wearing.

free dixie,sw

[Non-Sequitur]

fyi, he was TOO POOR to buy a horse, so he borrowed a "good, young red mule" from a cousin & rode her throughout the WBTS.

Why didn't he sell one of his slaves and buy one?