Georgia Sixth
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Dec 14, 2011
- Location
- Texas
This is just for fun. Who are the people from the Civil War you find most to be admired?
Here's my short list of six:
- Sam Houston for being one clear-headed, outspoken southerner who refused to be swept up in secession-mania, even to the point of being removed from his governorship. The South needed more leaders like him.
- Patrick Cleburne for having the courage to challenge sacred cows and promote the enlistment of slaves in exchange for their freedom.
- Clement Vallandigham for having the courage to challenge the powers that be during wartime and pay the price for civil liberties.
- U.S. Grant for his sheer determination to keep coming at problems from a different angle until he found one that worked.
- R.E. Lee for not flinching at the long odds facing him. Ever. And then accepting the outcomes with grace. Always.
- Abe Lincoln for remaining patient and faithful all those years to a wife who'd make a perfect poster child for borderline personality disorder.
Here's my short list of six:
- Sam Houston for being one clear-headed, outspoken southerner who refused to be swept up in secession-mania, even to the point of being removed from his governorship. The South needed more leaders like him.
- Patrick Cleburne for having the courage to challenge sacred cows and promote the enlistment of slaves in exchange for their freedom.
- Clement Vallandigham for having the courage to challenge the powers that be during wartime and pay the price for civil liberties.
- U.S. Grant for his sheer determination to keep coming at problems from a different angle until he found one that worked.
- R.E. Lee for not flinching at the long odds facing him. Ever. And then accepting the outcomes with grace. Always.
- Abe Lincoln for remaining patient and faithful all those years to a wife who'd make a perfect poster child for borderline personality disorder.