Posted on 04/13/2011 3:25:29 AM PDT by MadMitch
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Scots-and-the-American-Civil.6750042.jp
IN May, 1864 a young Glaswegian by the name of Bennet Graham Burley stared at the dark, dirty water rising up through a grille and flooding over the floor of his cell and considered his alternatives, neither of which were good. He could remain in this dank, filthy cell in the Union prison on Pea Patch Island in the middle of the Delaware
“Another book on the subject was written by our (ahem) present crapola senator from VA, Jim Webb.”
Largely cribbed by Webb from David Hackett Fischer’s book ‘Albion’s Seed’.
Webb’s Born Fighting is a fine book. It’s based heavily on David Hackett Fischer’s book which I’d rate a bit higher.
A lot of Scotch Irish in my line as well. Some of them fought in militia actions on the road to that great victory at King’s Mountain.
No surprise there...the good citizens of VA toked a little too much the day they voted THIS guy in...AND Obummer...
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