Generals Lee and Johnston

[Mike Serpa]

Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston Cabinet Card. Measuring 4.25" x 6.5", the two leading generals of the Confederate Army are seen sitting at a table in this wet plate albumen. Johnston appears at left and Lee on the right. The photograph was taken in Savannah, Georgia, sometime in the spring of 1870 at the photograph studio of D. Ryan. Lee, whose health was failing, was on a tour of the South when he visited Johnston, the first time the two men had seen each other since the war. Johnston, who was living in Savannah at the time, was working in insurance. Lee died in October of that same year.

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(I was trying to come up with a good caption but failed.)

 

[JeffBrooks]

"Just between you and me, Joe, I thought what Jeff did was pretty stupid."
"Thanks, Bob."

 

[rbasin]

If I keep tapping my finger on my book, am I annoying you?

Yes.

I'm not touching you! Am I annoying you?

Yes.

 

[Mike Serpa]

If I keep tapping my finger on my book, am I annoying you?

Yes.

I'm not touching you! Am I annoying you?

Yes.

I'll give you a half a like for the bottom one! It's better than I could come up with, though.

 

[rbasin]

I'll give you a half a like for the bottom one! It's better than I could come up with, though.

There are others:

World's oldest and worst staring contest.

Did you draw in my little book? Yeah. What is it? I dunno.

First Hair club for men meeting.

 

[Pat Answer]

"Old friends,
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends.
...
Old friends.
Winter companions,
The old men
Lost in their overcoats,
Waiting for the sunset.
The sounds of the city,
Sifting through trees,
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends..."

 

[Union_Buff]

Thanks for posting this photo Mike - another one of Lee that I've never seen until now

 

[Private Watkins]

Wonderful, thanks for posting. Oh to know what they really talked about...??

 

[Mike Serpa]

Thanks for posting this photo Mike - another one of Lee that I've never seen until now

I've seen the one with the inkwell and document before but this was new for me, also.

 

[Mike Serpa]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Johnston

 

[Stony]

Are you bored yet?
This is awkward.
Would you do it all over again?