[Non-Sequitur]

According to Farwell's biography of Jackson, Jim Lewis was a free man from the Lexington area. He most certainly would have been paid a salary, either by Jackson or the confederate army.

Then G&G got it wrong?

Look, folks. 'Gods and Generals' was a movie, based on a work of fiction. It did not come from a burning bush in someones backyard. Why the idea that there might have been some sort of creative license in the dialog hasn't sunk in is amazing to me.

[lentulusgracchus]

It did not come from a burning bush in someones backyard.

LOL -- well, and here I thought it came from Longstreet's memoirs, via Shaara's novelization.

[stand watie]

beats me too.

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