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This is my first post and I just wanted to say hello. I am from Alabama and I have several ancestors that fought in the WBTS. Units like:16th, 42nd Alabama Infantry, 24th Mississippi Infantry and the 56th Georgia Infantry. My favorite general of the war is Patrick Cleburne and yes that is above Lee. All of my ancestors were in the AoT, none in ANV. So most of my studies have been focused on units and generals from AoT. The first two units that I listed are my favorites.
__________________ "If we are to die, let us die like men." General Patrick Cleburne, Nov. 30, 1864
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Welcome Ole Pat. Cleburne is my favorite Corn-fed gineral too. I'm inclined to believe that he never rose above division command because of his stance on arming the slaves. He was also one of the best trainers in the AoT.
A city near me here in Texas is name for General Cleburne (in Hood County).
Look forward to having you.
__________________ "There must be more historians of the Civil War than there were generals figthing in it... Of the two groups, the historians are the more belligerent." David Donald, Lincoln Reconsidered (1961)
Oh, great! Another Cleburne Fan. You are not alone here, Cleburne. Pull up that log and park yourself by the fire. We're mostly just folks like back home in Alabama. (Some of us, however, have a tail and horns and admire Lincoln.)
Coffee?
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
Sorry about that, Elennsar. You really need to get on that tail some. It's looking a bit raggedy and not at all respectable. If you're going to be a damyankee, I'll expect that tail to be smart and ready for inspection! Sir! Do you understand, sir!
Cleburne: get the idea? We can swing from giggles to deadly serious in an eye-blink. With a couple of exceptions, myself included, we're mostly quite nice. One thing we do get here is a whole bunch of learning you will not likely find in your library.
Now I must give some grooming to my tail. May I be excused?
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
Welcome to the board, Cleburne. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool yankee, but I admire and respect the many officers and men who gave their lives for their beloved South, not the least of whom is General Patrick Cleburne, a brave and true Son of Erin. IMO he was the bravest warrior ever to arrive on these shores from the Emerald Isle, and the greatest general to wear Confederate gray. Any info you can share on him would be greatly appreciated. Glad you're here with us.
Respectfully,
Leland
__________________ "What armies and how much of war I have seen, what thousands of marching troops, what fields of slain, what prisons, what hospitals, what ruins, what cities in ashes, what hunger and nakedness, what orphanages, what widowhood, what wrongs and what vengeance."
Clara Barton
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