On Jun 27, 1:04 pm, "Mike stone" <mwst...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Michael" <michaelwy...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> news:g432rs$q10$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I have a question. Recently I saw the movie Gods and Generals, and I
> noticed
> > the almost saint like immage they painted of Stonewall Jackson. The
movie
> > gave us the impression that the south would have won, had Jackson not
been
> > shot by his own troops. Is this a correct image of the general? Was he
> > really that brilliant.
>
> He was certainly brilliant. I often feel that Lee, by himself, was a
good
> general rather than a great one, but that Lee and Jackson _together_
were
> great. I would, of course, be cautious about expressing that opinion if
> travelling below the Mason-Dixon line.
>
> That said, I understand he could be a harsh disciplinarian, and wasn't
as
> beloved by his men in life as he would posthumously become. I've seen a
> story that his death wasn't entirely accidental, but down to some of his
men
> who were related to a soldier he had executed for "desertion" after the
boy
> had gone AWOL to visit his sick mother or something. However, it may be
just
> an UL.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Also, I find the emphasis on the sincerity of the southern fighters to
be
> > quite disgusting in view of the fact that they defended a racist state
> built
> > on slavery. Somtimes you get the feeling that the war was without
reason
> > because of the high casuality number. That may be so, but the south
> clearly
> > represented a great evil. Then of course, Jim crow and sharecropping
> > replaced slavery and nothing changed. Enter the KKK etc.
>
> I tend to feel that G&G has at times a distinct Confederate bias - far
more
> noticeable than in _Gettysburg_, which did a somewhat better job of
being
> even-handed.
>
> > Anyway, I was hoping that you military people had some opinion about
this.
>
> --
>
> Mike Stone - Peterborough, England
>
> Q) In the Roman Civil Wars, why did all the bachelors fight for Sulla?
>
> A) Because they weren't the Marian kind.
Ooops, my great grandfather spent much time AWOL, glad he was North
and not under Jackson. It has been said that Lee missed Jackson at
Gettysburg with his ability to read what needed to be done. Jackson's
replacement, Ewell, was given the option of pressing an attack at
Gettysburg and declined, Jackson would have seen the "request" as an
order.
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