Thanks for the history lesson, I knew nothing about that.
It puts Scott in a different light, doesn't it?
Scott like the "Rock of Chickamauga" George Thomas was an amazing general from Virginia who chose the Union side.
Sadly, there were more who chose the Confederacy.
Interesting !
“Thomas struggled with the decision but opted to remain with the United States. His Northern-born wife probably helped influence his decision. In response, his family turned his picture against the wall, destroyed his letters, and never spoke to him again. (During the economic hard times in the South after the war, Thomas sent some money to his sisters, who angrily refused to accept it, declaring they had no brother.)[2”
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On June 18, his former student and fellow Virginian, Confederate Col. J.E.B. Stuart, wrote to his wife, “Old George H. Thomas is in command of the cavalry of the enemy. I would like to hang, hang him as a traitor to his native state.”[25]
Nevertheless, as the Civil War carried on, he won the affection of Union soldiers serving under him as a “soldier’s soldier”, who took to affectionately referring to Thomas as “Pap Thomas”.[26]”
Interesting how much societal and family pressure there was !