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To: KC Burke

Troops that fought under Stonewall Jackson generally hated him except for one thing, If he led them in a fight, they knew they were going to win.


13 posted on 07/13/2012 2:48:22 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

For infantry that today we might call “light” due to sizing and horsed support that old hand-in-the-air Presbyterian was a slave driver of troops without equal as well.

The south had the field commanders that’s for sure. On the Union side the list is short but there are a few. Sherman, Sheridan, Chamberlin and the “Rock of Chickamauga” come readily to mind.

Both sides had junior officers and infantry brave beyond belief.

Both sides had a good number of fools and scroundrals.


17 posted on 07/13/2012 3:04:54 PM PDT by KC Burke (Plain Conservative opinions and common sense correction for thirteen years.)
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To: central_va
If he led them in a fight, they knew they were going to win.

Otherwise, he would just run away.

35 posted on 07/13/2012 5:12:42 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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To: central_va
Troops that fought under Stonewall Jackson...

Why would they have named a General after a gay bar?

40 posted on 07/13/2012 5:20:57 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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