The equestrian memorial to Terry’s Texas Rangers on the south lawn of the Capitol. They weren’t actually Texas Rangers, but a Confederate unit with the Army of the Tennessee whose troopers wore the lone star on their slouch hats–also known as the Eighth Texas Cavalry Regiment. One of the troopers was George W. Littlefield, who became prominent after the war as a rancher, banker and benefactor of the University of Texas.
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Time magazine once again proves why I was wise to stop subscribing to and reading it years ago.
Via Instapundit
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Tagged Gen. Grant, Gen. Petraeus, Iraq, TIME magazine, war on terrorism
Reading the History of the 29th Massachusettes Infantry Regiment, 1861-65, last night, I came to the part, in the summer of 1862, where they were assigned to the Irish Brigade. The 29th went through the battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg, with the Irish. But they were transferred to another brigade right before Fredericksburg in early December. Putting the book aside for a bit, I went Web wandering and chanced upon this touching clip from Gods and Generals, at Southern Appeal, on the Irish Brigade’s fateful charge at Fredericksburg. It took about fifty percent casualties. The 29th was luckily held in reserve throughout the battle.
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What, you might ask, is a Lincoln shrine doing in Redlands, California? It was the work, in 1932, of a family of philanthropists memorializing their son who had died of wounds suffered in World War I, as well as Lincoln. The Great Emancipator and, had he lived, probably the Great Conciliator, was murdered 143 years ago Monday, and died the next morning. Lest we forget.
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So when did the great racial harmonizer turn into the instigator of the latest demand for racial dialogue? About the time he decided to defend his racist pastor of twenty years who had just been discovered by the MSM. Too bad, Barry. Reconciliation was your biggest attraction. But no sane person wants another interminable palaver with haters. Not after Gettysburg.
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Centcom’s boss is retiring, a year after he took the job, in what Westhawk says seem to be differences between Fallon and the Bush administration over Iran policy. Op-For essentially agrees and has a link to the Esquire article that may have precipitated the admiral’s problems. Perhaps. Could be Iraq policy, as well. An old Army friend who knows them both insists that Fallon can’t stand Gen. David Petraeus. Given the latter’s success, the former may have found, on his own, that his usefulness to Bush was at an end.
MORE: I’ve always admired Wretchard’s sense and sensibility about military matters. Mackubin Owens contends that Fallon was coming close to Union Gen. George B. McLellan’s insubordination.
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