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Good points Burg. Not so long ago I read this book. He was more than head and shoulders above his whiskey swilling cigar smoking counterpart.



He was offered command of the Union Army at the onset of the war so he could have been his counterpart. He made a bad choice.
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It was a wonderful community with some very enjoyable members. But the vast majority were like German housewives circa 1943 prenteding that horrib;le smell wafting through their open windowsd was just the neighbors having a cookout..--Windsock