I think I might fancy a chat with Ambrose Burnside myself. I imagine he was a very entertaining man. A good soldier up until his final mishap.Dear friends,
If you could have spent an hour drinking coffee and chewing hard crackers with a civil war figure, who would you choose?
That's fair enough. I didn't specify they had to be a soldier. The politicians of the day are equally valid for the purposes of this thread.I would say one of my ancestors also, have so many unanswered questions
Oh I'd want to talk to one of my ancestors that served in the war of course, some of them were in the thick of it. I'd rather hear from a grunt. There's plenty written about and by the famous figures to get an idea what their experiences were, I'd like to hear from someone who's voice isn't as well heard. That's what I prefer to read as well, diaries and letters from the guys on the ground doing the dirty work.That's fair enough. I didn't specify they had to be a soldier. The politicians of the day are equally valid for the purposes of this thread.
Would I want to talk to Lee? Hell yes!
Would I want to talk to Davies or Lincoln? Hell yes!
Crikey, you'd need a whole case of crackers!Absolutely my first choices would be my direct ancestors. Past them it would be, in order, Forrest, Lee, Jackson, Davis and Cleburne.
I imagine guns may have be drawn had that pairing been possible!First my ancestor William...then at the same time U.S. Grant and R.E.Lee....
Good call. Not the obvious.Varina Davis - because she pulled quite some strings when Jefferson Davois was incapacitated due to his frequent illnesses. Varina must have been one tough and smart woman. But I wouldn't mind if Robert E. Lee would join us over a glass of buttermilk ...
Postwar, I'd pull up a chair with my GGGF, his father, and his slaves that remained at the end of the war.Hmm. Nobody seems to want to talk to Grant so far. Interesting.