tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post1356455937633193480..comments2023-10-24T05:05:24.143-07:00Comments on BULLET HOLES IN THE MAILBOX: A CONFEDERATE FIVEBulletholeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331404499950190378noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-31515727736903343132007-04-29T07:43:00.000-07:002007-04-29T07:43:00.000-07:00Maybe Reconstruction would not have been the debac...Maybe Reconstruction would not have been the debacle it was if he had lived.Old Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333172930957879928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-23944568550734146832007-04-24T10:56:00.000-07:002007-04-24T10:56:00.000-07:00Shelby Foote was wonderful...he died two years ago...Shelby Foote was wonderful...he died two years ago... we lost a great historian...after the landmark Ken Burns documentary on the Civil War, which he played a major role as commentator, he received quite a few proposals of Marriage. He was a very charming Southern Gentleman.bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-12617177771881008252007-04-22T01:48:00.000-07:002007-04-22T01:48:00.000-07:00I like Shelby Foote's "Before the Civil War, when ...I like Shelby Foote's <BR/><BR/><I>"Before the Civil War, when you spoke of the United States you would say "the United States ARE"...that is the way we saw ourselves, a collection of separate states...after the war, you would say "the United States IS"...<BR/>the war made "us " an "is"."</I><BR/><BR/>A small change from 'are' to 'is', that means a whole new way of thinking of the country. The difference between individuals working seperately and a unison working towards a common goal...Annelisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18404801255562567591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-27292449656861308802007-04-17T09:54:00.000-07:002007-04-17T09:54:00.000-07:00Steve's the most tired man on the blogs?!!Lincoln ...Steve's the most tired man on the blogs?!!<BR/><BR/>Lincoln always looked like the Smith Brothers Cough Drops guys.Mother of Inventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797365678860039018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-57864735055861741432007-04-16T13:51:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:51:00.000-07:00The "m" was understood.The "m" was understood.GEWELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667187693235282985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-86910649991219558822007-04-16T13:14:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:14:00.000-07:00My typing is horrific today. "most tired man in th...My typing is horrific today. "most tired man in the world."bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-71337655401480569572007-04-16T13:12:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:12:00.000-07:00barbara- This post started out to be very long but...barbara- This post started out to be very long but for once I did the right thing and chopped it by about 2/3's. in addition to saying he had lived a "nightmare" he said he must be the most tired an in the World.<BR/>I think there are some paralells to Moses, who did not make the entire journey into the promised land. maybe you can only do so much and still live.bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-18246966059003770982007-04-16T10:23:00.000-07:002007-04-16T10:23:00.000-07:00Can you even imagine a picture of Lincoln smiling ...Can you even imagine a picture of Lincoln smiling or laughing? It was so obvious that he felt a profound sadness for the state of his country. His leadership and statesmanship kept the country from totally disintegrating as a result of those years of war. His was such a senseless death, much like the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by a madman in another country.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35136026.post-63109427879215075652007-04-16T08:56:00.000-07:002007-04-16T08:56:00.000-07:00Wow- didn't even realize that yesterday was an ann...Wow- didn't even realize that yesterday was an anniversary - of sorts- of Lincoln's death.<BR/><BR/>Nice post.GEWELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667187693235282985noreply@blogger.com