civil war meme ~

[lookingland]

this is curious. i was really shooting for longstreet ~ hahahaha!

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You scored as Robert E Lee. You're General Lee, a true American hero. You could have commanded the Union army, but your loyalties lie with your home state, Virginia </td> Robert E Lee 70% Ulysses S Grant 65% Jeb Stuart 55% George Armstrong Custer 50% Philip Sheridan 50% George B McClellan 50% Thomas Jackson 40% William T Sherman 20% What Civil War general are you? created with QuizFarm.com

i don't know if the quiz even has longstreet in it ~ who besides longstreet was Catholic? sherman was married to a Catholic and surely mcclellan wasn't ~ was he? i am amused that jackson and sherman are at the bottom (where they should be!) ~ hahahaha

the quiz doesn't have pictures, so i had to go find my own.

Comments

[seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com]

oh no, oh no!...he was the closest
thing to a military saint we have had...
cf. Gustavus Adolphus etc
read a good bio...or again Kyd Douglas
Douglas like JEB Stuart was a cavalier
but Jackson could go with that and would
tap his foot with a slight smile as
the officers whirled their ladies in the dance.
what do you find of the loon in this
honorable man ?

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

i think his old testament leanings were borderline psychotic from all accounts and he wasn't very responsive to his men (the little guys on the wee bottom). and some of the anecdotes about him (one especially at Cedar Mountain) of his behavior on the field just make me think he had some loose screws.

it's just an impression that's never left me. perhaps a really good bio would change my mind, but so far none has yet ~ !

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[seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com]

Frank Vandiver*
he's the man
if he caint do it
noone cain

*author of "The Mighty Stonewall"

[dsch.livejournal.com]

Oh, but the loose screws are what makes it entertaining to read about Stonewall!

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha ~ !

no doubt he's an interesting guy!

i'm just not convinced he was any fun at parties and not sure i'd've wanted to be under his command!

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