Quote:
Originally posted by DeltAlum
Don't know much about him except he was an outstanding cavalry commander. I've heard he was also a racist, but really don't know about that.
|
He was also the architect of the Fort Pillow Massacre in Kansas (during which many slave women and children were slaughtered), and instrumental in the founding of the Ku Klux Klan after the war.
In the fears that some GC folks will feel inclined to refer to this man as a "great American," my contribution to this thread is limited to the above.
Threaded Mode