tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post439536448366727494..comments2023-10-24T03:46:41.971-07:00Comments on Contingencies: Feliz cumpleaƱos, Ambrose BierceJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-52572701605897849972011-07-03T08:21:05.322-07:002011-07-03T08:21:05.322-07:00Grazi for comment Mor. Re Jefferson Davis, I ag...Grazi for comment Mor. Re Jefferson Davis, I agree and would include all the CSA brass among the villains of the South (or rate them as reckless, stupid gamblers): Lee, Beau., Longstreet, Johnston, Breckinridge--sort of the Limbaugh of the secession movement--though Breck. and his "Orphans" fought hard at times. The pardons were dubious as well. <br /><br />You still read a few Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-39319950347824570972011-07-02T12:32:52.030-07:002011-07-02T12:32:52.030-07:00The biblethumpers' civil war nostalgia tends t...The biblethumpers' civil war nostalgia tends to focus on the good ol' boys--Lee, Jefferson Davis, Longstreet, Stonewall, Hood, etc. Beauregard, a french catholic is ignored, or considered a villain. In reality, Borey was the brains behind the South, and though reckless at times, IMO a better general than Granny Lee--peruse the last battles, Cold Harbor, etc. The Creole and his men took Moriartynoreply@blogger.com