RE: [DL] Stonewall Jackson

[Xotzil@aol.com]

>>Despite the fact that the original message contained little historical 
relevance, the >>suggestion WAS interesting.. a manitou directing an army 
general's thoughts >>could make for a very fun campaign. Even if it isn't 
Jackson they're meddling with..

Heh. I've already promised to whistle Dixie for ten days as penance. Nine to 
go (and the people at work looked at me funny all day).

Bryson is generally good at citing where he got his info from. Looking on and 
around the pages I cited I found nothing, but in his "Suggested Reading" 
section in the back of the book, he mentions "Stonewall: A Biography of 
General Thomas J. Jackson," by Byron Farwell, published by W.W. Norton, c. 
1993, which is probably where he garnered the info from the excerpt I typed 
at you.

I haven't read the above book, and even if I had, I would no more be able to 
vouch for its veracity than I would for Bryson's. Me am dum wit histree. :-P

ob Deadlands: I may try to put together something on manitou inspired Army 
types. I like the idea of a kind of Military Hucksterism, where titled 
soldiers are willing to risk more than the lives of their men to win at all 
costs. It strikes me that a lot of the newer "educated men" who went to 
military school (ostensibly to enjoy the high life on Daddy's money) are now 
being thrust into positions of command and will turn to the "quick and easy" 
way of "showing their education." It's almost a manitou's dream come true.

--Jacques D'Penitant