[PeaRidge]

You know, I give you an entirely new topic to read, think about, and maybe to post something intelligent.

But you can't bring yourself to do anything except issue your senseless ad hominum attacks on everything Southern.

I see that fewer people here respond to your predictable tripe, so I am thinking of joining that group.

[donmeaker]

Actually I have nothing but praise for southern valor, especially as demonstrated by the 40 regiments of southern men who fought for the Union, against treason. Further, I have nothing but praise for General Thomas, raised in Virginia, whose family couldn’t stand being caught in the wrong. I have significant praise for General Winfield Scott, raised in Virginia, who laid out the broad blueprint of direct pressure on Richmond, naval interdiction, and bisecting the rebellious section at the Mississippi. As modified by Grant, to early secure the pork producing sections of Tennessee, it served the country well.