CaptainIsaacHall
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- Dec 10, 2015
Please feel free to visit the Forrest forum, where we try to make people welcome and encourage polite discussion. To address your question about why there's a Chamberlain forum.
I wasn't referring to the forum, really, but in general. Nonetheless, thank you, I will have a look at the forum.
You are putting ' the act ' up for debate, somehow also measuring ' the act ' against every, single other aspect of Chamberlain's war record. Like that's all there was- could have been enough. There was more- familiarize yourself. Chamberlain was chosen by Grant to accept the surrender at Appomattox for a reason. Your question on ' the act ' it has been answered. If it was not to your satisfaction well, can't do a thing about that.
In the whole Spears V Chamberlain debacle post war Chamberlain never bothered defending himself- did you do your homework? He kept an eye on his old regiment to the point of helping financially, did not slam Spears - Spears had an awesome war record and was one of them. All the poetic rambling Chamberlain does was real to him- idealizing men and principals, backing each other up, brotherhood of war, the whole 9 yards. Spears dissolves into bitterness, no idea why. Like I said, he was an incredible soldier. A few times Spears goes overboard and strays into genuine falsehoods with his accusations. That is why I believe Chamberlain.
And how in blazes is it to be laid at Chamberlain's door if someone wrote a book based on the 20th Maine over 100 years later?
I'm going to ignore the fact that you're insulting me and asking if I 'did my homework' (this is the second time, I believe), but I'm going to ask that you cut down on that, please. My aim isn't to start an argument, but to have an actual debate. Again, you're still missing the point. I've said a good five or six times now that whether or not his involvement in the charge occurred, that it means nothing. Why? Well, if he wasn't sure whether or not he ordered the charge, and yet is still regarded as a hero, then clearly there wasn't much concern whether or not he actually did order it. I'm aware he didn't just do the charge, but really, if we're going to be honest here, he's not famous for his actions in other parts of the war. Not by a long shot. The question regarding believing Spears or Chamberlain was entirely rhetorical; but my point is that you can't look at it from just the one viewpoint, need to at least take into account some of the things said by Spear (which reminds me, small correction, there's no 's' in Spear) and Melcher.
But again, I will reiterate, that isn't my point. It's that Chamberlain has an absolutely overwhelming amount of fame for his actions, rather than some others. Here's an example, which I said something similar to earlier, if you were to ask someone about Chamberlain, and then ask them about Samuel Cooper, who, and I will put emphasis on this, was the highest ranking Confederate general (until the appointment of Lee as General-in-Chief), you would get more answers about Chamberlain, in what would likely be a large margin. Now, I'm plenty aware that Cooper did not do anything notable, but reread what I had placed in bold there.
I don't understand why the lot of you continue to disregard what I've been saying, and instead take out bits and pieces to poke and prod at; you're missing the point entirely, and so I've had to repeat myself a good six or so times.