I swear a lot of these officers loved to flirt! I believe their wives may have know that knowing of the big egos that go with their high ranks. Robert E. Lee was supposedly a big flirt too! Now Custer and Hooker and guys like them were more than just flirts.
Miss Ellie. Regarding Longstreet's actions around the ladies: Isn't that apart of Southern charm. Always making everyone feel welcomed and wanted. One of the many great qualities I enjoy from Southern people and their culture. David.You're quite right Belle. Even General Longstreet who was known for being stoic livened up around the ladies. Several folks who served with him commented on how charming he was in the presence of ladies. He certainly charmed his second wife, Helen. He has charmed me too.
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There is a really neat book by Charles Mauro, that I downloaded once, that tells about this situation between Jeb and Laura. Wasn't it Emory Thomas that said that Jeb practiced a sort of Nineteenth Century notion of Chivalry, that we find hard to understand in the 21st century because things have changed. I know one thing he (Jeb) used the same poem over and over, I guess they were never the wiser. But people that don't know what they are talking about of course infer that something dark was going on. But Jeb was Jeb and he liked the chivalry, and he idealized women as called for by the notions of chivalry.
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