atuttle32
Corporal
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2011
- Location
- Charleston, SC
I came across this by accident this morning, and it has some pretty interesting facts about some of the major players in the Civil War.
http://military.discovery.com/history/civil-war/civil-war-personalities-pictures-05.html
The first picture of Dan Sickles claims he was the first person to use temporary insanity as a defense and to win with it.
The other interesting fact I saw was of Edmund Ruffin - the man credited with firing the first shot at Fort Sumter ... he committed suicide after Lee's surrender rather than face being under the rule of the "Yankee race" again.
Anyway, a few intereting tid bits of information (including the one about Joe Hooker - the name "says it all" lol) I thought I'd share ...
http://military.discovery.com/history/civil-war/civil-war-personalities-pictures-05.html
The first picture of Dan Sickles claims he was the first person to use temporary insanity as a defense and to win with it.
The other interesting fact I saw was of Edmund Ruffin - the man credited with firing the first shot at Fort Sumter ... he committed suicide after Lee's surrender rather than face being under the rule of the "Yankee race" again.
Anyway, a few intereting tid bits of information (including the one about Joe Hooker - the name "says it all" lol) I thought I'd share ...