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General George Thomas, the "Rock of Chickamauga" was cast off by his family after he decided to remain in the United States Army. But in a copy of a letter that I have obtained from the NMPS in Chattanooga, signs of "southern pride" leap forth in the writers words.
The letter written Sept. 16th, 1937 from Anne _____ to Martha______, the writer expresses her memories of General Wilder, General Forrest and General Thomas.
Anne, from the text of the letter, was the daughter of a minister living in Chattanooga in 1863. In the letter she recalls this: "Another thing I recall is the old Veterans /confederate/ said they charged up the hill at Chickamauga with the sinking sun full in their eye, so that they had to pull their old caps and slouch hats low down to see at all, and facing a galling fire from the union forces under General Thomas who made a brave stand (he was a Virginian you know)....."
To me it seems that the last few words show pride and respect from one southerner to another with out reguard of who's side they were on,
__________________ Located near Indianapolis, home of Col. Eli Lilly and the Eli Lilly Civil War Museum
Or it might simply be human chutzpah. I do agree, 'though, that the Southerner was imbued with a bit more than his or her share.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
It's yiddish for an overload of self-confidence. Guess I should have used "temerity."
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
It is interesting to see the implied respect of the veterans there as well. That was more common than some would think. Men who had shared the same mud & blood had a tendency to respect each other if just for sharing the same hell. Something the staybehinders could never fathom.
__________________ Few take the trouble to understand or to view the American scene with perspective. And we Americans love to find ourselves guilty of something. However, it is never I who am guilty, but those other Americans, the past or present government or the other political party. Americans almost never find other countries guilty. It is always ourselves or our fancied influence in other countries. Louis L'amour
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
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