I often wondered what kind of liqueur he drank! ...   Fri Nov 2nd, 2012 01:43 am

Hi do.  Good to have you!! Pull up a chair and lets discuss the War for Southern Independence!!;) ...   Wed Oct 24th, 2012 08:44 pm

Sounds like you may make a good transplant! ;) ...   Sun Oct 7th, 2012 05:51 pm

Here is another Davis but no indication of him being a doc. http://www.nps.gov/peri/historyculture/colonel-davis.htm ...   Tue Sep 25th, 2012 01:43 pm

Mark wrote: I think the biggest reason was Stuart's recent near-defeat at the battle of Brandy Station in early June. His cavalry was completely ...   Sun Sep 9th, 2012 12:15 am

Albert Sailhorst wrote: Sure, Forrest was a killer.....I do not disagree......That is what war is all about.... Heck, that is what Forrest said "War means fightin', ...   Sat Sep 8th, 2012 06:06 pm

Texas Defender wrote: BHR62-   In 1860, neither section of the country understood the other. Most northerners didn't think that the southerners would fight a war to ...   Sat Sep 8th, 2012 06:02 pm

Lincoln Peoria, Illinois, on October 16, 1854, “My first impulse would be to free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia, to their own native ...   Fri Sep 7th, 2012 11:35 am

June 26, 1857 "There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and ...   Fri Sep 7th, 2012 11:26 am

As most of you noticed, I cut off the activity real quick by recognizing a troll.  The rest of you gave good answers falling on ...   Sat Sep 1st, 2012 01:10 pm

BHR62 wrote: Grant wasn't anymore a butcher than Lee was. It was just the nature of that war. There was no way to ...   Tue Aug 7th, 2012 02:10 am

BHR62 wrote: He was talking about how Grant was labeled a butcher by people in the north due to his high casualties. Lee meanwhile ...   Tue Aug 7th, 2012 12:27 am

Mark wrote: Can you be more specific Old Blu? He makes a pretty good case here. Mark His attitude that he is perfect and always right, ...   Mon Aug 6th, 2012 07:45 pm

I would take Galager with a grain of salt. He says lots of things that are not correct and  people get all googleyed over him. ...   Mon Aug 6th, 2012 04:53 pm

JG6789 wrote: What did Early say in his book that was wrong?   I you can’t see that Early’s book is filled with errors, omissions, and distortions, ...   Wed Jul 4th, 2012 09:02 pm

The Union Army recruited and forced nearly 2,000 Blacks (free and slave) into Fort Negley's labor battalions. "Known men of treason," including Belle Meade plantation's ...   Tue Jul 3rd, 2012 11:17 am

Mark wrote: Well, if you want a provably false direct quote, try this one. Among other statements that 150 years have shown to be ...   Tue Jul 3rd, 2012 11:09 am

javal1 wrote: Just keep up the surly attitude - I'll tolerate it for about 5 more minutes. There's been 4 threads ruined by this poisonous ...   Mon Jul 2nd, 2012 12:48 pm

Johan Steele wrote: Old Blu wrote: Johan Steele wrote: Old Blu wrote: Pure revisionism!!:X Like Davis post war, Rhett, Yancey, Rutherford... or Early. Well, good to see you ...   Sun Jul 1st, 2012 09:21 pm

Johan Steele wrote: Old Blu wrote: Pure revisionism!!:X Like Davis post war, Rhett, Yancey, Rutherford... or Early. Well, good to see you show up once in a while.  ...   Sun Jul 1st, 2012 10:18 am

Mark wrote: Old Blu wrote: Pure revisionism!!:X Perhaps someone can explain this to me? I fail to understand why revising our understanding of history by asking ...   Sun Jul 1st, 2012 10:12 am

Pure revisionism!!:X ...   Sat Jun 30th, 2012 12:03 am

Barlow wrote: While reading various posts, I took a look at the books offered by the LSU Press and one caught my eye: "God and General ...   Fri Jun 29th, 2012 08:23 pm

Maybe. http://gburginfo.brinkster.net/Casualties.htm ...   Fri Jun 22nd, 2012 09:45 pm

 General Early talking- "I went on the field under General Ewell's orders, to superintend the burial of a portion of our dead, who had not been ...   Tue Jun 12th, 2012 03:43 pm

No. ...   Sat Jun 9th, 2012 11:35 pm

JG6789 wrote: Old Blu wrote: Perhaps you know enough about General Early to answer the question, 'What did Early write that was wrong?'? To be honest, ...   Thu Jun 7th, 2012 07:09 pm

Mark, I greatly appreciate your response!! As a man of his times as were other soldiers both North and South, I can't reasonably say from ...   Thu Jun 7th, 2012 01:55 pm

JG6789 wrote: The preceding portion of the passage you quote: “Reason, common sense, true humanity to the black, as well as the safety of the ...   Thu Jun 7th, 2012 09:41 am

Mark wrote: Well, if you want a provably false direct quote, try this one. Among other statements that 150 years have shown to be ...   Thu Jun 7th, 2012 09:29 am

General Jubal Early's burial monument, Lynchburg, Va. http://i50.tinypic.com/53acfk.jpg ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2012 10:57 pm

Johan Steele wrote: personal attack? Ok get a thicker skin. I provided an ample reading list on the subject. Read on the man and ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2012 09:19 pm

JG6789 wrote: Old Blu wrote: He went to Mexico because he didn't know what was going to happen. Then went to Canada for the same ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2012 06:52 pm

BHR62 wrote: My view of Early is that he was a bitter guy that just refused to reconcile with the US Government. Anybody that ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2012 03:03 pm

Johan Steele wrote: Old Blu wrote: Johan Steele wrote: A few titles that might educate on the subject. The Mind of the South by Cash Ghosts of ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2012 03:01 pm

JG6789 wrote: Here we go............is not an answer! ;) ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2012 09:59 am

Johan Steele wrote: A few titles that might educate on the subject. The Mind of the South by Cash Ghosts of the Confederacy by Foster Pollard's The Lost ...   Wed Jun 6th, 2012 01:37 am

I ran into criticisms of Jub that he was called "lost cause " by a biased "Northern writer" and is a word used all the ...   Tue Jun 5th, 2012 11:23 am

Johan Steele wrote: Old Blu wrote: Johan Steele wrote: Early as a founding father of the Lost Cause, am I wrong? The man was a ...   Mon Jun 4th, 2012 06:45 pm

Johan Steele wrote: Early as a founding father of the Lost Cause, am I wrong? The man was a bitter little man post war. ...   Mon Jun 4th, 2012 03:46 pm