[Non-Sequitur]

Wow! A sure sign of the apocalyse.

I was in a meeting and I did notice a tremor in The Force along about that time. This explains it.

lentulusgracchus - have you read the Safire book? I'd be curious as to your opinion on it.

[lentulusgracchus]

No, sorry, my reading is pretty much nonfiction where the ACW is concerned. I didn't even read Killer Angels when I had a chance, once I saw how firmly based in Longstreet's memoirs it was (of which I have a copy). The interview Harrison the scout has with Longstreet is right out of the memoir. I saw that scene in the book, and in the film (Gettysburg) that in turn is based on the book. Why they had to turn to the novelization when they had a ton of documentation in authentic, period voices, is a bit of a puzzle to me.