To: Polybius
Jackson's relationship with Janie Corbin during the winter of 1862-63 is well known to Jackson historians... I've never seen it mentioned in any Jackson biographies, but even if it is a true story, the movie's telling of the tale was rather hokey and certainly lacked context (eg. far more Civil War soldiers being killed by disease than in battle).
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03/04/2003 8:05:11 PM PST by
ravinson
To: ravinson; Polybius; Cincinatus' Wife
To compare the movie with actual historical events is like saying Rush Limbaugh is a news reporter. The sensationalism and personality of Rush keeps his audience. Movie makers have always had to embellish their works. More so now as we have a generation that is too lazy to actually do the research to see what is real and what is fake.
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